Eat Real Food, Mostly Plants, but not too Much.

Appears in
WHOLE: Bowl Food for Balance
WHOLE

By Melissa Delport

Published 2018

  • About

I discovered this way of eating from Michael Pollan, the American writer and journalist, and it has revolutionised my relationship with food and helped ease the overwhelming anxiety I used to feel around food and food choices.

Due to bad eating habits, and a general lack of ‘fad diet’ understanding at the time, I was put on my first diet at age 11. This set the tone for the next 15 years: pushing myself from one extreme to another with failed results amidst feelings of guilt and anger.
I was so busy listening to everyone else and every other diet book that I stopped listening to my body. I had lost the most valuable connection – the relationship with myself.