Natural Foods Revolution Principles

Understanding Natural Foods Revolution principles:

Avoid in your diet foods containing ingredients that are:

1. Unfamiliar names (e.g: e-numbers, colouring, sweeteners, additives, preservatives…)
2. Ultra-processed and processed foods. However, not all processed food can be classified as an unhealthy.
3. More than 5 ingredients on the products.
4. Unpronounceable names.
5. Refined sugars, flours and oils.

Include in your diet:

1. Ordinary, unprocessed and simple foods without label (e.g: strawberries, eggs, lettuce, chicken, fish…)
2. Maximum 5 ingredients on the label.
3. Cook your food.
4. Seasonal.
5. Variety.

Why to avoid ultra-processed foods?

1. Unhealthy and linked with obesity, diabetes, cholesterol, hypertesion, cancer…
2. Lack of vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, fibre, antioxidants…
3. Excessive energy-dense due added sugar, trans fats, colourings…
4. Extremely palatable and addictive.
5. Engineered for overcomsuption.