Manifesto
AdaezeEats Food Guiding Principles
Disclaimer: These are my personal food guiding principles and are subject to change over time.
- Drink water as much as possible (goal: listen to my body and stay hydrated
min 8 – 8 oz cups of water per day) - Eat mainly fresh (unprocessed) fruits (including nuts), vegetables (including legumes), super foods weekly
- Water over 100% Juice
- Plant based dairy over dairy (minimally processed and low / no sodium or sugar)
- Home cooked meals over restaurant food
- Fresh fruit and vegetables over canned or frozen fruit and vegetables
- Homemade snacks over store-bought snacks
- Fresh fruits (including nuts), vegetables (including legumes), super foods, and other natural alternatives over pill form vitamins and medications
- No fast food
- No snacks with added sugar
- No soda pop or sugary drinks
- No salt except for Himalayan pink / black salt in moderation
- No sugar except for coconut sugar, date sugar, 100% maple syrup, honey (during my non-vegan seasons),
brown rice syrup - No candy except for ones with no added sugar and all natural ingredients
- No ultra-processed foods except for plant based products with clean understandable ingredients and low / no sodium or sugar
- No meat outside of salmon & goat meat except for the holidays at the end / beginning of the year (i.e. turkey, beef but never pork)
- No chips except for Late July brand or chips with sodium less than 100-150 mg per serving, the sugar is 0, and the ingredient count is less than 4 or the ingredients are all understandable
- No foods with artificial synthetic ingredients
- 100% Juice with no added sugar
- Few and far in between organic eggs
- Restaurant food (stick to manifesto) only during outings w/ friends & family as required
“My vision is better health over convenience. Have an appetite to Live and Live Well.”
— Adaeze, Founder of AdaezeEats
