The how is the biggest question there is around nutritional application. Most people already know what a healthy diet is, roughly speaking, and yet the global incidence of obesity grows each year.Perhaps just eating healthily isn’t enough? While eating a balanced and stereotypically healthy diet is likely to achieve at least some of the summarised points listed above, it is still the case that calorie balance must be achieved, and for many people that may not be possible while simply eating intuitively and following a general soundbite nutritional approach like ‘only eat natural foods’, ‘don’t eat things you can’t pronounce’ or ‘if it runs, swims, flies or grows you can eat it’.
So, with that common theme in nutrition firmly in our thoughts, let’s discuss intuitive eating.