A WORD WITH...
Amelia Free r
The nutritional therapist and author shares her passion for
using wholesome, colourful food to boost health.
I defi nitely favour savoury food
and I like to eat ingredients that
are in season. For breakfast I pile a
piece of toast with vegetables, a
boiled egg and lots of fresh herbs
and perhaps some sauerkraut or
kimchi. Lunch is more often than
not leftovers from the night before,
but I pep it up with a fresh side
salad. A typical dinner is a simple
fi sh dish with steamed
seasonal veg, or a fresh,
fragrant, vegetarian
curry. My meals have
become quicker and
simpler since I had my
daughter two years ago,
but no less healthy.I’m so lucky to be able to grow
some of my own produce. It
means my food choices are always
changing depending on what’s in
the garden. My homegrown
tomatoes are pretty special – they’re
one of my favourite ingredients.I realised fi rst-hand the immense
power that food can have over
our health after visiting a
nutritional therapist myself. The
visit sparked a passion in me tobecome a nutritional therapist and I’ve
been doing this for more than a
decade now. I want to help people
understand more about the impact on
their bodies of what they eat.I try to move my body a bit every
day. That may be walking the dogs,
going for a swim or doing a quick
yoga session. I’ve recently joined afantastic yoga studio in London and
have really enjoyed getting back into it
again after having my daughter. It’s
amazing the difference it makes to my
fl exibility and overall fi tness.While it’s important to look after
our physical health, it’s equally, if
not more, important to nurture
our minds. I came to mindfulness
and meditation quite late, but my
goodness it has been a real game-
changer for my overall health andvitality. I do 20 minutes of meditation
twice a day when I can, and I also
practise simple mindfulness around
food by eating slowly and savouring
the different fl avours.If I could convey one message, it
would be to encourage people to
enjoy experimenting with a variety
of foods, particularly vegetables.
‘Eat the rainbow’ sounds
like a cliché, but it’s so
important. Each colour
corresponds to different
health-giving nutrients
and phytonutrients. The
more colours you eat from
fresh, whole foods, the
wider the range of
nutrients you are getting.When I want to indulge it has to
be French fries. I don’t feel guilty –
I enjoy them wholeheartedly when
I have them. I think it’s important that
everyone enjoys a little bit of what
they fancy now and again.● Amelia Freer is a qualifi ed nutritional
therapist and author of three bestselling
books. Visit ameliafreer.com for more
information about her.A WORD WITH...
Amelia Free r
A WORD WITH...
Amelia Free r
A WORD WITH...
The nutritional therapist and author shares her passion for
I want to help people
understand how what they
eat affects their body.
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