Your Perfect Diet

Low fat diets, low carb diets, carnivore diets, blood-type diets, caveman diets, plant-based diets, sugar-free diets, superfood diets, fodmap diets, macronutrient diets, calorie counting diets, point-scoring diets, food-combining diets, zone diets. The list goes on and on.

When did healthy eating become so complicated?

It doesn’t have to be!

The way I see it your perfect diet can be summarised using the diagram below:

Maximum Nutrition - Provide your body with all the proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals and fiber it needs to thrive and stay healthy.

Optimal Calories - Optimising your overall energy intake is an essential component to maintaining a healthy weight. To lose weight you will have to consume fewer calories than you burn (over an extended period of time) and vice versa if you want to gain weight.

Foods You Enjoy - Last but not least both of the above should be achieved while deriving the bulk of your diet from foods you enjoy… otherwise… it will never work in the long run.

Find your sweet spot, where all 3 overlap, and you will have your perfect diet.

Or put another way:

Eat real foods, which you enjoy, in quantities which match your goals.

Back on the habits page I have outlined some of the simplest and most impactful changes I have seen people make over the years to help you do just that.

Have a look and see if any resonate with you!