Pantry Clean Out

Would it surprise you to learn that your kitchen cupboard might be full of “formulations of ingredients, mostly of exclusive industrial use, made by a series of industrial processes, many requiring sophisticated equipment and technology”?*

What if I told you that these “processes and ingredients…are designed to create highly profitable products (low-cost ingredients, long shelf life, emphatic branding), convenient (ready-to-consume) hyper-palatable products liable to displace freshly prepared dishes and meals”?*

Did you assume that the food you buy is designed to be
nutritious first and profitable second?

Maybe you’re not surprised at all because you have already heard about “ultra-processed food”(UPF)? If you have, then you have no doubt also heard about the increasing body of scientific research showing a link between UPF and most modern lifestyle diseases.*

So what should we do about UPF? And if we want to reduce the UPF we eat, what should we eat instead?

If you’re not (yet) sure that you need nutritional therapy coaching, but want some help identifying UPFs in your kitchen and knowing what REAL foods to swap them with, how about signing up for a Pantry Clean Out (lasting 2-3 hours)?

Allow me to (virtually!) inspect your kitchen cupboard and we will run through ingredient labels, talk about why certain foods are harmful, others less so and what convenient swaps you could make to SUPERCHARGE the nutrient content of your everyday foods whilst still being able to enjoy your favourite meals. A few simple changes can make a huge difference.

Food represents many aspects of our lives – celebration, comfort, survival, family, health, indulgence. What’s in your kitchen cupboard?

*Monteiro, C.A., Cannon, G., Lawrence, M., Costa Louzada, M.L. and Pereira Machado, P.
2019. Ultra-processed foods, diet quality and human health. Rome, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Nutrition and Wellbeing

Ditch Those Ultra-Processed Foods!

Pantry Clean Out

Pantry Clean Out