There is no such thing as one diet for everyone. What nourishes one person might not work for another.

No food is inherently “good” or “bad”, it’s all about context. 

Except highly processed foods which are laden with chemicals and additives, and foods grown with chemicals, both are one of the major causes of chronic health diseases.

Food grown in water or factories will not have the whole food nourishment that food grown in living soil has. 

The challenge with having conversations about this is that people with different views are usually rooted in different paradigms of thought- it gets complicated and who has the time to unpick it?

Despite the promises of fad diets, there is no magic pill or magic diet. 

Your gut microbiome is like a garden. The food you eat creates the soil. A healthy soil grows microbes that will support your health.

Ayurveda has an approach to food and nutrition that is rooted in a holistic (system understanding), nature-based, energetic view of what we and our food needs are that has been time-tested for over 5000 years.

Ayurveda explains that each person has a unique constitution and is born with a gut microbiome containing more of the microbes needed to address the illnesses their constitution is prone to. Processed foods and modern stress disrupt this balance.

Ayurveda offers nutritional guidance and daily protocols tailored to support your specific constitution and bring the balance back. 

I write about this on my substack, where paid subscribers can access a free Ayurvedic Q&A each month (beginning autumn 2025).