Food Rules

Some people think I think way too much about what I eat. I think that some people don’t think enough about what they eat!

For the past 30 years I have researched, experimented with and endured what is the best food to eat to achieve optimal health and sustainable energy over time. What amazed me the most on my journey was how much food scientists didn’t know. Why don’t we know what is best to eat?

Well I think we do know, but maybe some of us have forgotten. Over the past few years I have lived close to farmers and have access to grass-fed and pastured meats. It is now possible for me to know the people who have made my food.

I have tried just about everything including eating almost anything, and nothing. As a child I had a hate relationship with most food and would not eat any food that touched any other food. So soups and stews were right out. And it was as a child that I started the habit of not eating breakfast. I just have never been able to eat within a few hours of waking up.

Today my food rules are pretty much inline with Michael Pollan’s book Food Rules and I just eat whole foods, minimally processed foods and I basically eat the same diet that my grandmother taught me. I eat just grass-fed, pastured meats, farmer’s cheeses and eggs, local fruits and veggies. In short, there are very few foods I eat that I buy in a supermarket.

And I prepare all my own foods now. And I don’t trust anything anymore that promises me health benefits. I won’t eat fish because of the pollution, so I do supplement with Krill Oil (mercola.com) and since I am over 50 years old I also supplement with ALA (alpha lipoic acid, right isomer), ALC (acetyl L-Carnitane) and creatine for energy production. I don’t get enough sun (because it is too confusing) so I supplement my vit-D and monitor levels with blood tests every 6 months. And I take a calcium supplement because my doctor says I am “older than dirt” and I won’t drink milk or eat other dairy products often enough.

I eat a wide variety of whole foods, lots of colours and the more I remove processed foods out of my diet and know who is making my meals (ME) the better my numbers come back from my annual physical. The good news about food that is good for your body is that it is full of flavor, and it is kind of old-fashioned. Try it you’ll like it.