As the old year ends, I always have a sense of completion and some excitement and sometimes nervousness about what the new  year may bring. This past year, I have undergone major challenges regarding my health, all linked directly to my nutrition and lifestyle and as such have been reminded of how important it is to pay attention to how I nurture myself, with food and in other ways. Thus, I thought it may be a nice idea to make this next year a year of finding the way of eating (and living) which makes me feel most alive, energetic and healthy and sharing my findings with you (aren’t you lucky?:-) ).

Most of us are really ‘connected’ to how we eat. I’ve recently been doing research for an article on vegetarianism and fruitarianism and it made me realise yet again how intimately we view our diet. Even if  you are someone who doesn’t ‘pay much attention’ to food, just wait until you are asked to change  your way of eating and you will be surprised at how important your food suddenly becomes! So, with this in mind, my reasoning is such, if I change/improve/expand my relationship with food, this will directly impact on the rest of my life..

From March 2010, I will be posting my experiences of the ‘Eat-Salad’ way of life, reporting on what it’s like to ‘practise what I preach’ and you are as always welcome to comment or mail me with any questions. I do not claim to be an expert in any field and none of my posts should ever be seen as medical advice, these are my own opinions and/or research and where possible I will try my best to give links/references and acknowledgements when I use the writings or work of others to support my posts. If I have not credited where credit is due, please do let me know.

See you in March!