True colours

This picture shows the gorgeous natural colours of real food. It makes me wonder why anyone would want to add a lurid food dye to their food. 

Unless that food is so unnatural it needs to be disguised by adding a colour. 

Children are usually attracted to food in bright, gaudy colours, and the brightest colours come from the fruit and vegetable world. But most of us quickly lose contact with what our body wants and turn to junk food that imitates real food. 


Instead of eating a real orange we become addicted to orange-coloured sweets.  

We poured out these tasters after making a few juices at The Flavour Co. They contained nothing but fruit. The one on the left was pineapple, ginger, chilli, lemon and lime; the one in the middle was spinach, lime, apple and pineapple and the one on the right was strawberry and pineapple. 

They were all delicious. 

Eat more good stuff!

OVER the years there has been so much publicity about “bad” foods, things we should stay away from. People try to improve their health by cutting things out, only eating foods of a certain type. I’m all for cutting things out if it’s a sensible detox programme carried out for a very short time only.

Instead of trying to cut out this...

My way of thinking is quite different. Instead of trying to cut out “bad” foods, we should be trying to put in good foods – ie, food and drink that is high in nutrients. If your body has all the nutrients it needs, it won’t crave so much of the “bad” stuff. 

Anyway, I don't really believe any food is inherently bad for you unless it's poisonous or contaminated - or you're allergic to it. Humans have been on this planet for around 200,000 years and we’re all descended from long lines of ancestors who had to eat all sorts of things in order to survive. Our bodies have evolved to allow us to survive on a vast range of food and drink sources, many of which would make most of us feel sick to even think about today – but if we had nothing else to survive on they could sustain us.

... just drink more of this!

The human body really is an amazing life-sustaining package, and if you feed it the things it really wants and needs it will soon start to regulate itself. When you have a good supply of nutrients in your system you’ll probably find you only want one cup of coffee or a few pieces of chocolate. The times when we feel like scoffing a whole packet of biscuits at one sitting are usually those times when our nutrient levels are depleted – either because we haven’t been eating enough nutritious food or because we’ve been over-working and undersleeping.

One of the best ways to get a good dose of vitamins and minerals is to drink a freshly-squeezed fruit juice or fruit or green smoothie. And not only will it give you a generous dose of nutrients – it will taste delicious too.