Transform Your Health with These 10 Powerful Nutrition Principles

If eating healthy feels confusing, overwhelming, or out of sync with how your body should naturally eat, you’re definitely not alone. Nutrition today is loud, contradictory, and full of rules. Let’s simplify it.

These are the 10 core principles I teach my clients, not diets, not restrictions, but a way of eating that supports real energy, better digestion, stable hormones, and long-term health.

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1. Eat as Nature Intended

Your body is designed to thrive on food that comes from the earth, not from factories.

The closer your food is to its natural state, the easier your body recognises it and uses it.

Try to:

• Eat less ultra-processed foods

• Include a wide range of colourful whole foods

• Choose seasonal foods when possible

• Buy more local produce

  
  

Foods that travel long distances lose a lot of their nutrients on the way. When something has been picked early, shipped, and stored, it’s simply not as nutrient-dense.

Aim for real, fresh, living foods, especially fish, wild foods, and locally grown ingredients.

2. Choose Organic When You Can

Organic foods generally contain more vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants.

You may have heard the shocking comparison: We now need to eat three apples to get the same nutrients that one apple had in the 1940s.

This is due to soil depletion worldwide.

Organic foods mean:

• No chemical fertilisers

• No pesticides

• No GMOs

  
  

And these choices matter. They affect hormone health, fertility, liver function, and inflammation levels.

If organic feels expensive, start by following the Dirty Dozen and Clean 15. These guides show you which foods carry the most pesticide residue and which are safer.

3. Invest in a Juicer

Fresh juices are one of the simplest ways to boost your intake of micronutrients. Many cravings aren’t actually cravings; they’re nutrient deficiencies.

After a stressful day, when you reach for salty or sugary foods, your body may actually be asking for:

• Amino acids

• Minerals

• Antioxidants

• Enzymes

  
  

A fresh juice delivers all of these straight to your cells.

Think of it like this: when your body is overwhelmed, treat it like a toddler, give it what it truly needs, and it settles.

4. Limit Gluten-Containing Grains

You don’t need to be gluten-intolerant to feel the benefits of cutting back.

Gluten can trigger zonulin, a protein that loosens the tight junctions in your gut lining.

This can lead to:

• Bloating

• Leaky gut

• Inflammation

  
  

If you do eat gluten-containing grains, soak them for 12 hours. It breaks down difficult-to-digest compounds and makes them much gentler on your digestion.

5. Avoid Processed Sugars

Processed sugars are one of the biggest contributors to:

• Blood sugar spikes

• Mood swings

• Energy crashes

• Cravings

• Thyroid and adrenal imbalance

  
  

Stable blood sugar = stable hormones, stable energy, stable mood.

If you’re eating sugar or refined carbs: Pair them with healthy fats.

This slows the release of glucose and reduces spikes.

Swap to low-glycemic foods and keep sweetness without the crash.

For healthy blood sugar-stable snack ideas, download your free guide here.

6. Eat Healthy Fats

Healthy fats are essential for:

• Hormone production

• Brain health

• Nutrient absorption

• Nervous system support

• Feeling grounded and balanced

  
  

Include fats like:

• Coconut oil

• Wild fish

• Grass-fed meats

• Organic dairy

• Olive oil

• Avocados

• Macadamia nuts

  
  

Avoid refined vegetable oils such as canola, safflower, sunflower, and margarine. These oils raise inflammation and make it harder for your body to heal.

7. Be Smart in the Kitchen

How you cook your food matters more than you think.

Aim to:

• Reduce microwave use

• Eat at least 25% raw foods

• Cook on lower temperatures

• Use heat-stable fats like butter, ghee, or coconut oil

• Avoid sautéing in olive oil

• Use cast iron, crock pots, and slow cookers

  
  

This keeps nutrients intact so your body can actually use them.

8. Choose Ethical + Sustainable Sources

When buying eggs, dairy, and meat, closer to home is always better.

Toxins and chemicals are stored in fat cells, so choosing organic, grass-fed, or ethically sourced makes a difference.

When eating out, don’t hesitate to ask: “Can you cook my meal in butter instead of canola oil?”

You’re simply advocating for your health.

9. Avoid Food Additives

Your hormones depend on reading labels. Watch out for additives, especially MSG, which can also appear as:

• E621

• Yeast extract

• Glutamic acid

• Hydrolysed vegetable protein

  
  

MSG overstimulates your appetite, disrupts hunger signals, and makes overeating almost automatic.

10. Eat in a Relaxed State

You can eat the healthiest salad or the cleanest meal… but if you’re stressed, digestion shuts down.

When you eat while rushing, anxious, or multitasking, your body switches into fight-or-flight mode.

This leads to:

• Bloating

• Poor digestion

• Fermentation

• Fatigue

• Weight gain

  
  

Slow down. Take a breath. Chew your food. Put your cutlery down between bites.

Half of digestion happens in your mouth, don’t skip it.

These 10 principles help you eat in a way your body understands. No rules, no diets, just real nourishment rooted in nature and biology.

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