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Don’t believe everything you think

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Inspired by someone (you know who you are 😉), here’s a bank holiday selfie.
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It seems vain, doesn’t it?
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What if selfies were simply modern self portraits? Sure, there are filters and my humble opinion is that we choose use them with parsimony, but aren’t self portraits also filtered?
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Surely, a self portrait isn’t a true reflection of the person but rather the painter’s reflection seen through the lenses of their own body image? .
Perhaps selfies have a purpose. They tell us about what we select to say about ourselves to the world.
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I think there’s information to be gleaned in selfies. What’s important to us that we want to capture?
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Today’s selfie is about being stuck at home but appreciating the sun and being mildly amused by the fact that my outfit matches the flowers in my garden.
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So really it’s not about me but rather about my enjoyment of colours and my appreciation of Nature 🌱 ☀️
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Sometimes the answer IS broccoli.
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I just love tenderstem and purple sprouting broccoli. I prefer them either raw or quickly griddled, but still al dente, with plenty of garlic, chilli, lemon and olive oil.
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Still haven’t bought sprouting seeds @lesleyharpernutrition but I thought this would be a good start 💚
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Just a quick reminder that two sources of starch doesn’t mean double the starch.
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This comes up again and again in clinic and it isn’t exclusive to carbs, having several sources of fat also is a worry for people. Protein doesn’t seem to bother people much because it’s been given a halo by the food and diet industry 🙄
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I just wanted to point two things:

1) there are very few foods which are naturally 100% of a particular macronutrient i.e., 100% starch, fat or protein. So it’s going to be difficult not to have several sources of one, or several macronutrients, in one meal.

2) if we tried to never blatantly mix sources of a given macro, we’d only eat super boring meals! Chicken, broccoli, rice; fish, potatoes, green beans. Nothing wrong per say but my goodness we’d miss out on glorious meals like tagines (like in my pic), falafels and hummus, fish and chips, halloumi on avocado toast, butternut squash risotto, I could go on and on.
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Cooking isn’t putting separate elements on the plate it’s creating a marriage between different flavours, textures and colours. That’s where the pleasure comes from, so please stop that dichotomous thinking and embrace the harmonious chaos.
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I’m still Baba ganoushing cos the kids don’t like it. Suits me fine...
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This reminded me of the Instagram Live I listened to yesterday between @petercobby and @miguelmateas
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I loved it when Miguel explained that eating the rainbow is a lovely concept but it doesn’t just mean lots of bright colours. Essentially it means variety so you can have beiges too!
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This plates, despite being super simple, contains more than 15 different components and that means my gut bacteria are feeding on a diverse diet, which will help to optimise my overall health.
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You don’t necessarily need fancy supplements or “superfoods”, get the basic right first 💚
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It’s ok not to eat vegetables sometimes. I promise, you’ll live.
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Hot salty carbs is just what I needed after my swim! 🥶
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After 9 weeks without, it was sooooooo nice to go in the sea 💙
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My mental health has improved by 100%!!
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Thanks @yogainthegardenexeter and co for being my swimming buddies.
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Baba ganoush recipe, as promised to some of you.
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The step by step recipe is now on my stories if you want to give it a go. It’s super easy!
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It’s also delicious and accidentally vegan if you care.
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Don’t you colour coordinate your salads to your toe nails? You’re missing out.
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Joke aside, this is a super quick lunch full of flavours and nutrients.
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My clients will know that I can go on about protein a bit. I love mozzarella because isn’t a bad source of protein for vegetarian.
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Some of you are scared of it because a quick glance a the packet and you see red and orange warnings as if to deter you from eating the stuff.
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So let’s break it down shall we? A portion of 30g of mozzarella is 5.3g of fat and per 100g it contains 17.8g.
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What’s so 😱😱about that?? Do you even know how many grams of fat is the recommended allowance?
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70g. Yep, you could have the entire ball of mozzarella and you’d still be nowhere near.
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In January everyone had a wheat intolerance and was allergic to gluten.
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In May you practically have to buy flour on the black market because everybody is baking bread or banana loaves.
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Just saying...
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