I wonder how on earth Jamie does it? Book number 30 with an accompanying TV series Eat Yourself Healthy has just been launched. Of course, he’s got an ace team behind him but nonetheless his continued commitment and achievements are super impressive. He too believes deeply that our health is our wealth. We all agree but I’m sure you’re asking yourself the same question, how do we help our bodies to be the very best they can be?
How do we maintain a healthy weight? How do we sleep better? How do we support our immune system so it can protect us from common illnesses?
Ultimately, how do we become healthier and happier in a world full of cheap, ultra-processed foods designed to be addictive and make us unhealthy.
Have you noticed the extraordinary increase in the number of pharmacies in virtually every town and village around the country over the past couple of decades. It would seem the less we invest in real food, rather than edible food like substances, the more we spend on meds.
We’ve never had more information at our fingertips on what is deemed ‘healthy’ with new trends flooding our feeds every day and an overwhelming list of new supplements, diets and products promising quick health fixes, yet obesity and diet related illnesses continue to spike.
In true Jamie fashion, he’s stripping things right back to the bare essentials on how to live a more healthy life. He’s been a chef for over 40 years now but I didn’t know until recently that he had studied for a Royal Society of Public Health Level Four Award in nutrition at St. Mary’s Twickenham University under Professor Ann Kennedy, which gave him a deeper understanding of our bodies relationship with food and how what we eat affects us and the impact it can have.
He’s poured everything he’s learnt into the pages of this most recent book, a fantastic reminder of the power of food to make us feel good.
It’s obvious that an enormous amount of thought has gone into the layout of Eat Yourself Healthy.
There’s a brilliant Pantry Kit, 50 Healthy Hacks and in a food environment that markets junk food right to our doorstep and into our shopping baskets, he’s asking us to look at the way we shop for food. We can shift the way we eat and live, one small habit at a time!
For those of us who would like to take a deep dive into Jamie’s philosophy, he’s created a two-week Kickstarter. This is about making a commitment to 3 delicious meals a day, all of which promote healthy eating and good ingredients. For many, it’ll actually be about a change of lifestyle, not a diet, a chance to focus on yourself and put your health first.
In Jamie’s own words ‘For me, Eat Yourself Healthy is about helping you to have a joyful relationship with food, and proving that healthy cooking should be a celebration, not a commiseration! I’m talking generous, colourful, undeniably delicious platefuls that I just know you’ll want to tuck into. In a time where there is an avalanche of information out there, I want to help you cut through the noise with easy ideas to satisfy, nourish and revitalise you. With every recipe you can be confident you’re getting lots of good stuff, plus I hope to empower you with simple bitesized nuggets of nutritional knowledge, too. This is about food to change your life’.
*Due to copyright, we are unable to include recipes from Eat Yourself Healthy by Jamie Oliver, published by Penguin Michael Joseph.
