Whenever I read those articles that say things like ‘studies show people who eat almonds/drink green tea etc live longer/lower their risk of heart disease/etc’ I think, yeah but the kind of people who drink green tea and eat almonds are the kind of people who are probably into being healthy in general and lead a good, balanced lifestyle.
…or they are people like me who eat it to try and balance out all the other stuff I put into my body.
I eat lots of vegetables. I try to eat low carb in the week (to me this mostly means no white carbs - which I eat plenty of at the weekend) eat lots of fruit, not much meat, esp red, try to eat a variety of foods and try new things when I have the time, energy and inspiration. I eat too much sugar and drink too much booze but I’m making a real effort to cut down on that in the week.
I’d genuinely rather live a shorter life in which I’ve enjoyed pizza, chocolate, wine, banoffee pie, bread and butter and roast potatoes cooked in three types of fat than cut it all out completely, have a fantastic body and live a bit longer.
Eating a healthy balanced diet does feel great! Especially long term, but it feels even greater combined with all of the above too.
