What is even worse is that the vast majority of the information out there is not for your benefit, it is produced simply to get you to buy something. And since the commodification of food by the big corporations, who sponsor much of the research, you have to have a degree in nutrition simply to understand whether or not the research is meaningful.

Fortunately, hidden away out there among all the sales pitches and marketing information there is a great deal of information that can help you to have a healthy and balanced diet.

Lets start with the word diet. Â Simply it just means what a person normally eats, or what you habitually eat and drink. Â So a healthy diet simply means eating plenty of what you do need and avoiding what you don't need.

So some simple guidelines for a balanced and healthy diet

Avoid refined carbohydrates - bread, biscuits, cake, breadrolls, pizza bases, white pasta.

Minimise stimulants - Coffee, gurana, Soda's, sugars, alcohol.

Avoid processed meats - sausages, mince, meatloaf, pepperoni, luncheon sausage etc.

Minimise grain intake and only eat wholegrain products.

Avoid artificial flavourings, colorings, sweeteners and preservatives.

Eat fresh unprocessed foods, as much as possible.

Minimise dairy intake.

Eat lots of steamed or fresh, minimally cooked vegetables and greens.

Use whole unrefined coldpressed oils - Avocado, Grapeseed or Olive.

As far as possible eat lean, free range meats. Never grain or lot fed.

There are many other guidelines and over the coming weeks I will go into much more detail about individual foods and foodtypes.

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Talk to you soon.Â

One of the many things that I recommend that people do is to change to a paleo diet to avoid any future development of symptoms of Chronic systemic inflammation.

One of the worst meals for the development of Chronic Systemic inflammation (CSI) is the current breakfast fad of having grain based confectionery for breakfast.

While I know that many people consider a cereal breakfast to be a great start to the day, unless you are eating something luike porridge they really are just a cereal confectionery.

To answer some of the questions that I get asked. Here are some breakfast ideas.

Pancakes

1 cup almond flour , 1/4 cup coconut milk, 1 egg, 1/2 a cup of blueberries or other berries (optional) 

2 eggs, 1 onion cooked in olive oil , 1 orange 

2 eggs, a 1/2 a cup of steamed spinach, 3-4 slices of pineapple or melon, handful walnuts 

leftover meat or deli meat, and a piece of fruit 

Vegetable scrambled eggs

1. Heated up some butter in a small frying pan
2. Tossed in half a bag of roughly chopped up Baby Leaf Spinach (60p) for a few seconds till it was covered by butter and wilted very slightly In another bowl mix up 2 organic free range eggs (33p) with some pepper, mixed herbs and thyme (I used all dried but you can use fresh if you prefer
3. Chuck in the egg mixture to the pan and stir it around on a medium heat.
4. When the eggs are set to your liking, remove and put in a nice bowl with some smoked salmon

In fact almost any vegetable omelette is a great start.

Mind you try not to go too crazy eating eggs.

Another one that I enjoy is is a piece of cold chicken breast from a roast chicken and a 1/4 of a rockmelon/cantaloupe.  Or you can try a fruit slushie and a boiled egg.  It is also nice to whack some fruit into a blender and to drink that while eating a cold cut.

I will date this one the 14th of June and keep adding as I run across new recipes