You may want to know what I eat in a day, what I consider my formula for my personal health. How I fuel my energy needs and nourish my body.
As we are all biologically different, what you need for your body may not be the same as mine.
Most importantly the aim is to eat for optimum nutrition, not deprivation. When we seek to nourish our body with the right food, we care for it to keep it healthy and well.
My Foundation for Daily health
Let’s start with this, my daily guideline for personal health.
- Best quality food I can always source pasture raised animal products and organic, whole food
- Pure clean water
- Start the day with protein and cellular hydration with Trace Mineral Drops
- Creatine 3-5g daily
- Daily walks
- Resistance training
- Sunlight daily
- Liposomal Vitamin C, Glutathione, Omega 3, NMN, Verdant Vitiex
- Sauna/sweat
- For Sleep: L-theanine, Ashwaghanda, Magnesium, Apigenin
- Daily supplements are essential today they are an adjunct to healthy nutrition
My Morning Routine
When I wake up, every morning I practice gratitude by either journaling or just taking a minute to set myself up for the day in a positive way.
I then drink hot water and lemon and take with it:
1 x Sulforaphane
1 x Milk Thistle
1 X AHCC
A spray of BetterYou DLUX 1000 Daily Vitamin D Oral Spray
30 minutes later I have black organic fair trade coffee. It has less mould and mycotoxins.
I am a big believer in intermittent fasting and not snacking. I leave 4-6 hours between meals and most days I leave 13/14 hours from my last meal to my ‘breakfast’. Sometimes I do longer fasts especially if I am travelling.
I take Berberine 20 minutes before breakfast and then my meal generally includes the following.
Papaya and activated almonds with collagen powder, chia seeds and pumpkin seeds and flax seeds that I grind myself. I always have a bite of my daughter’s pumpkin pancakes!
Otherwise I have a LARGE green salad with organic rocket, basil, coriander, parsley, baby leaves. All from Sans Community in Sea Point. To this I add avocado, lemon juice, cooked asparagus, broccoli, sweet potato and cooked spinach and organic mushrooms but always lots of greens.
Once or twice a week I will include eggs or fish only if I can source it from an ethical supplier like Farmer Angus at San Community. I only eat animal products. Wild fish, never farmed, and organic pasture raised eggs, and organic chicken.
I always have two sheets of Nori (seaweed) with everything. I either make a wrap with it, chop it up or just eat the sheets.
After that I have my homemade dark chocolate (*recipe below) it is the best pick me up and loaded with antioxidants and polyphenols, dark chocolate is just amazing! Always 85% and up!
Then I take these supplements:
- CoQ10 + PQQ
- Activated BComplex
- BetterYou DLUX 1000 Daily Vitamin D Oral Spray
- BetterYou Boost Daily Vitamin B12 Oral Spray
- Ashwagandha
I eat plant based whole foods and only eat animal products. (Wild fish never farmed , organic pasture raised eggs, and organic chicken) twice a week or less and only if I can source it from an Ethical supplier like Farmer Angus @SANS.
My Afternoon Routine
Sometimes In the afternoon I generally have coconut yoghurt, with frozen blueberries, raspberries, pumpkin seeds, with Wazoogles Vanilla Sky sprinkled over with more collagen. It’s like a big mush of awesomeness! I also have green tea.
My Evening Routine
My last meal of the day is always cooked vegetables. I love red cabbage, butternut, sweet potato, cauliflower all cooked in a wok with tons of herbs and chilli. I sometimes have some organic chicken with this or simply on a bed of rocket with more avocado!
Then I have rooibos tea and maybe some more dark chocolate.
Before bed I drink I take:
- Magnesium
- Vitamin C
- Curcumin
- A few dandelion drops
Magnesium ensures the best night’s sleep.
My Final Key Points
- Eat mainly plants and what’s in season
- Always choose organic, if you can
- Eat seasonally and eat a variety of different species
- Involve your kids when cooking and going to the farmers market or buying fresh produce. Teach them from young
- Know where your food comes from
- If you want something sweet make it yourself
- Eliminate processed foods and sugar as much as you can
- Keep it simple – as close to nature as possible
- Eat mindfully, always an abundance of nutrients and never deprivation or counting calories. It is so outdated. Your body thrives on a variety of phytochemicals, phytonutrients, antioxidants, protein, fats not on calories
Never underestimate the influence of your relationships, your work environment, your ability to express yourself, and your emotional state and physical health.
We are all too often focused on “Diet, food and weight” . This is not health. To be truly beautiful, magnetic and radiate with inner peace and graciousness comes from a different place that isn’t physical. Always remember that.
My Chocolate Recipe
Ingredients
- Organic raw cacao paste
- Coconut oil
- Almond butter
- Organic vanilla paste
- Himalayan pink salt
- Organic grade A maple syrup
- Pumpkin seeds
- Macadamia nuts
Method
I never measure so I have no idea. Best to be creative.
Place in a glass bowl in a double boiler stir as everything melts then place in the freezer.
Much love
Vanessa
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