You are what you eat

Or so they say. I've always wondered though exactly what that meant. It doesn't make sense really. If it did, I would be an apple right now. Clearly I'm not.

That slogan would be better understood if it was - 'if you want to be a top class athlete, if you want to be fit, healthy and happy - eat well'

That makes more sense.

This blogger has been called a food Nazi in the past. I can be fierce strict when it comes to my food. I fell into ill health a number of years back. I was about 23 and inflicted an inflamed gall bladder on myself while on holidays. I could barely walk. I was over 17 stone in weight. I had stopped training for a year or two to concentrate on other projects and jobs.

I visited the hospital while away, and there the Colombian doctor who tended to me read me the riot act after he took a blood test. Here I was 23 years of age, meant to be in my prime, a fat waste of space, sick on holiday. Things were going to change and change they did.

I got back training in Taekwon-Do, the rest is history as they say.

There is no need to be over weight these days, although it easy to be. A lot of the food we eat these days is processed, meaning it has been tampered with by man, and once man has touched it, it is rendered useless. Processed food is bad.

Keeping it natural is the way to go. You cannot beat natural foods, straight off the tree or straight out of the ground.

Here is my typical food intake for an average day, beginning with breakfast;

• Raw oats with blackberries, raspberries, blackcurrants and banana - (rice milk, I don't drink milk)
  
• 30g of milled flax seed, goji berries, sunflower seed and hemp seed


• 30g of protein isolate


• Supplement g Vit C, 4g of garlic, potent multi mineral and vitamin tablets

Meals during the day;

• With me throughout the day is a box of raw vegetables, tenderstem brocolli, a whole pepper, olives, cherry tomatoes, peas, carrots and sweet corn.


• 100g of tofu


• A whole mango


• an Apple, a banana and a kiwi


• A yogurt


• 2 litres of water

I would graze on these throughout the day until the evening when I would have;

• Scrambled or boiled eggs, with some olives
  
• Cottage cheese with a yogurt

I don't eat meat anymore. I don't believe we were designed to eat meat originally. In fact scientific evidence states we were herbivores, but we adapted as we evolved, hence our different blood types. Type A were grazers off the land, type O were meat eaters.

I do eat fish though, I'm a big fan of raw fish, sushi style!

My weakness is chocolate. Although I limit my intake (sometimes) I do try have a small bit everyday. I'm worth it :D

I don't eat bread, biscuits, crisps, fizzy drinks of any kind or any processed meats.

There is no better way to go about your day knowing that what you're eating is keeping your body in prime condition. With that diet you won't even catch a cold!

The rule is simple. Eat naturally. Avoid as much stuff as possible that has been processed by humans. Give it a month and you'll see a huge difference in your hair, skin, eyes and energy levels.

For more information you should read a book called 'Optimum Nutrition' by Patrick Holford

Pic- My breakfast bowl and my food for the day =)