The Good Place with James McGovern

THE GOOD PLACE LET’S GET BACK TO NATURE –three tips for a healthier diet

WITH JAMES MCGOVERN // THE GOOD PLACE

It’s time for us all to get back to nature.

Returning to what is genuinely natural as opposed to those ‘foodlike’ substances that modern marketing tricks us into thinking is natural. Modern society has certainly given us a lot of comforts. However, it has also deceived us with misinformation funded by the marketing budgets of the biggest processed food manufacturers in the world.

Not to mention that many of us in Australia will base our grocery shopping on a national ‘health star rating’ which ignores basic nutrition science.

You know something is flawed when an Up and Go breakfast milk drink with 28.7 grams of carbs, 15.8 grams of added sugar and ingredients such as “cane sugar, vegetable fibre, soy protein, vegetable oils (sunflower, canola), and fructose”, has a star rating of 4.5 out of 5.

Yet smoked salmon, which is high in healthy omega 3 fats and protein with zero carbs or sugar, and just two ingredients (salmon and salt for those playing along at home), has a star rating of 2! If you are looking to move your health in a positive direction, I recommend you ditch the clever marketing and get back to nature: 1. Fill your plate with non-starchy vegetables and eat natural foods high in proteins and fats like organic eggs and meats, cooked in natural fats like butter, extra virgin olive or coconut oil. 2. Steer away from seed oils like vegetable, sunflower and canola, which are extracted using high temperatures and chemicals. 3. Eat only when you’re actually hungry and try to limit your “feeding window” to ten hours during daylight. The natural food debate is a deep and winding rabbit hole of truth and fiction – but speaking from experience, your health will improve immensely when your diet is dominated by the foods that nature intended. ca www.thegoodplace.co

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

James McGovern is owner of The Good Place cafes, driven by a purpose to fix a food system he believes is broken. His passion is to improve physical and mental well-being through real food whilst selecting only ethical and sustainable ingredients, leaving behind a better world for the generations to come.

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