Macro swaps for foods to promote dietary diversity...

When following a diet or meal structure for some time it’s easy to keep getting into a cycle…

We need a diverse range of nutrients, amino acids, essential healthy fats, minerals, vitamins and trace elements to meet our daily needs.

Our needs are all different with the unique make up of ourselves. The types of nutrients and composition of those foods that we consume regularly, due to simplicity of preparation or preference, won’t completely feed our physical and microbial needs at a cellular level without combining a range of foods and spices, eating different varieties often and not focusing solely on any one macronutrient or removing foods unnecessarily from our diets. For example…

• Fat soluble vitamins are stored and used in the liver, we can build these up, store them but we also use them over time.

• Water soluble vitamins and trace minerals are excreted through