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First of all, I am over here chuckling to myself that when I first launched my newsletter, I debated whether it should be weekly or monthly. I am currently sitting down to write my *3rd* newsletter in 2025. Whoops! If you happen to have any areas of your life playing out differently than you intended, I am right there with you :) A Different Case For No Bad FoodsWe often hear nutrients put into buckets of “good or bad”, as if it’s a given.
Omega-3 is usually “the more the merrier”, whereas sodium is “less is always better”.
The article we scroll past about fibre is not whether we are already getting enough, it’s tips to get more more MORE.
When we hear about saturated fat on that random podcast, the subtext is often that our intake should be zero, if possible. I am not here to say that all nutrients are equal or that we need them all in equal quantities. But what I notice is how incredibly NOT personalized this type of nutrition information is.
Do this “fibre = good” and “sodium = bad” binary hold up to scrutiny?
For the individual bordering on low blood pressure who tends to cook at home, there is likely absolutely no need to be thinking about sodium intake, and there may be benefits to deliberately increasing sodium depending on the person. For the person who eats a ton of fibre, is experiencing digestive woes and may be missing out on other nutrients because fibre takes up so much space, I would 100% be exploring the possibility of decreasing fibre intake to see how that feels. These are simplistic examples, but I hope it drives the point that no two humans’ needs are the same. The next time your sub-conscious is absorbing that nutrition headline that you are doing yet another thing wrong on the nutrition front, I encourage you to remind yourself that these black-and-white nutrition messages rarely reconcile with the “greyness” that is being a human.
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