Perfect hair. Perfect body. Perfect grades. Perfect job. Perfect partner. Perfect life.
These are all things we’ve probably heard and most likely used at some point when discussing our aspirations and desires or maybe when moaning about the people in our life who seem to over-achieve at just about everything.
But have you ever stopped to think about what the word perfect actually means, what it does to our outlook on life and our emotional state?
*Globally we waste around 1.6 billion tonnes of food every year*
*Global food waste could potentially rise by a third by 2030*
*More than 50% of food waste in the UK comes from households*
*The average household wastes around £470 of food a year*
To me, these are scary figures and indicative of a problem that really doesn’t seem to be getting much better but also doesn’t have an easy solution. This post is going to be looking at what we as individuals can be doing to help prevent and reduce the travesty of beautiful food being thrown away every day.
Continue reading “6a. Resource saving housekeeping – Food & Oh How We Waste It”
Without knowing it my first experience with true mindful eating came one Food Technology class when I was in high school (shout out to Miss Cooke, such a legend!). Dissecting a Mars Bar is how this particular class was sold and it entailed slowly, consciously unwrapping the mars bar and using a scalpel to remove each layer of firm chocolate, sticky caramel and gooey nougat. Paying attention to all details of textures, aromas, sights, flavours and mouth-feel of the chocolate.
So, this is the one principle of sustainable nutrition that I take the most issue with. Processed foods have received a fair bit of press over recent years and most of it extremely negative. I want to uncover with this post why this might be and present some alternative realities around processed foods.
Continue reading “5. Minimally Processed Food Preference (we sure about this…?)”
This is one topic that I absolutely need to have a great big rant about. I don’t know exactly when it happened but somehow this word has become commonplace in everyday life, in adverts and written brazenly on packing of so many foods. Bandied around as if it made the most clear sense of all health statements, backed by the most solid evidence base.
