People Who Have Inspired Me: Michael Pollan

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Michael Pollan is a Journalist, Professor of Journalism at the University of California Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and author of a number of books on the subject of eating.  In his book "In Defense of Food" Pollan says:  "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants".  He explains that we should eat REAL food, not refined or processed foods, and asks us to also consider the origin and quality of our food.  He delves into the history of the commercialisation of food production, discusses what he terms "the age of nutritionism" and the influence of politics and big corporations on the food industry and marketing.  Michael Pollan's approach to the diet and nutrition "puzzle" is the most sensible I have found so far.

Planning & Preparation Tips

Let's face it, committing to eating healthy and avoiding processed foods does require planning and preparation and can be challenging in today's busy world. I take shortcuts where I can.

Information: Drink Water

As a kid I wasn't too fond of water. You know it just, well, tasted too much like water! I drank a lot of cordial growing up. I learned to like water a lot more after I moved to a tropical climate. I started to carry a water bottle around with me in the car. I'd half fill a bottle and freeze it and then just top it up with water from the tap. This worked rather well for instant cold water.

People Who Have Inspired Me: Sally Joseph

Sally Joseph is a Clinical Nutritionist, Health and Wellness Coach and author of the "Eat Yourself Healthy in 28 Days" program. Sally has an inspiring story of recovery from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Lupus SLE and Hashimoto's - under active hypothyroiditis, all by changing her diet.

Taking Control of My Health

Some of you will know that I've been on a bit of a "health quest" for the past ten months.  Actually my "quest" has been much longer than that, but about ten months ago I finally began to have some success.  I have been suffering from gradually worsening menstrual migraines for some time.  Not being satisfied with suggestions from doctors, I've been convinced that there's a natural nutritional way to deal with this.  In August last year I stumbled across a program called "Eat Yourself Healthy in 28 Days".  This program looked pretty radical, but promised great things.  After another bout of migraines I resloved to give it a try.  I am pleased to report that things on the headache front improved within a week!