Top marks for⦠The wholefoods in your meals and snacks. You have plenty of good fats from the olive oil (make sure it is extra virgin for the health benefits of the polyphenols), avocado, nuts and salmon. You spread your protein nicely across the day, helping with appetite control and muscle metabolism. And you are one of the few meeting their daily five vegies and two fruits.
If you keep eating like this youβllβ¦ Support yourself nicely with good nutrition through midlife. However, be careful not to use too many powders. While some have their place for very specific, researched outcomes (e.g. collagen), others can never replace wholefoods. Fibre and protein, for example, are not the same when extracted and ultra-processed into a powder compared to when consumed in wholefood form.
Why donβt you tryβ¦ Adding Greek yoghurt instead of protein powder to your smoothie. Youβll get the protein along with calcium, riboflavin, vitamin B12, phosphorus, zinc and probiotics. Make sure your tortillas and rice are wholegrain versions for fibre and associated nutrients.
Sally Obermeder is the co-founder of Swiish.
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