Description
We come home (sitting) and then we crash out in front of the TV because
we’re so exhausted from all the stress of the day. We stay there until bed,
having gotten no sunshine and no exercise.
And what are we using to fuel ourselves through all of this? For the most part,
the answer is garbage. Most of us live on primarily processed foods, which
include things like sausage roles, shop-bought quiche, ready-meals, crisps,
chocolates and soda drinks.
These foods are high in calories but they’re low in actually useful nutrients.
These are what we call ‘empty calories’ because they don’t actually contain
anything that is particularly useful for the body. You can gain weight with them
easily, spike your blood sugar with them easily and generally impact your
health negatively. But what you won’t get is any positive effect from filling
your body with vitamins and nutrients. Thus your hair, skin, teeth and nails
start to become grey and brittle. You don’t sleep as well. You gain weight.
Your hormone production gets out of balance. You feel listless and depressed…
Why are we eating like this? Because these are the foods readily available.
Sure, there are all kinds of amazing superfood seaweeds, legumes and wild
berries out there – but you just try and make these a part of your regular diet
and you’ll quickly find it’s not so easy. You’ll quickly find that preparing these
foods takes a lot of time and that you don’t have the money to keep buying
new fresh fruits from exotic organic shops.
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.