Are you eating enough?

The field of health and wellness is full of different opinions and views on how much we should eat. Should we eat breakfast? Should we snack between meals? Should we be fasting? It all gets very confusing!!!

If you are suffering with gut, immune, hormone or adrenal imbalances then generally speaking, restricting the body of fuel to run itself (skipping breakfast, having long breaks between meals or fasting) will generally worsen symptoms and cause us to feel more depleted.

• When we are unwell, exhausted or fragile we need nourishing, regular fuel to get us back to full strength again. The body can not heal itself without nutrients.
• Generally I recommend eating a minimum of 5 x a day, eating every 2-3 hours to get the body back on track and fuelled optimally again. This also stops us reaching out to foods that don't support our health.
• Having protein at every meal is fundamental for healing, growing and strength. Making an effort to include protein at each meal can have a significant impact on improving symptoms.
• Pairing the protein with a fruit or vegetables is fundamental for digesting the protein optimally. Vegetables/fruits not only feed the good bacteria in the gut for optimal digestion, but they also keep our body alkaline (it’s preferred pH level) and they wash our blood, organs and detox pathways. Veggies, greens and fruits are the cleaners of our body and feed our microbiome.

Pairing Protein + Veggies/Fruits at every meal = optimal health

Example

Breakfast:
- Smoothie (frozen berries, coconut milk, kale, nut or seed butter, chia seeds, cacao powder, water)
- Paleo toast with avocado

Morning Tea
- 8 walnuts
- Cucumber sticks

Lunch
- Same as dinner night before (Slaw, roasted root vegetables - kūmara & pumpkin, avocado, celery, capsicum, chicken/tofu and sprinkled with seeds)
- 2 mandarins

Afternoon Tea
- Smoothie (the other 1/2 of the breakfast smoothie)
Or
- Carrot sticks
- 8-10 Almonds

Dinner
- Large Salad taking up 1/2 the plate (lettuce, fresh coriander, orange slices, avocado, cucumber, grated carrots, kiwi fruit)
- Dressing (1 tablespoons of ceres mayo, 2 tablespoons olive oil, 1 teaspoon maple syrup, juice of 1 lemon or lime)
- Steak on BBQ fried in olive oil (Vegetarian option - Organic tempeh fried in coconut aminos and olive oil)
- Roast potatoes and beetroot cooked in deodorised coconut oil and salt and pepper
(Make enough for lunch the next day)

After Dinner Snack
- Coconut Yogurt with frozen berries

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