Filed under: Health, Healthy Eating, How I Stay Fit
You might think your fridge and pantry are stocked with healthy items, but are you eating enough “real food.” We asked Dana Joy Altman, founder of the blog Real Food Rehab, to explain how eating real food changed her life and to dispense some advice on how to eat better.
Q: Why did you start Real Food Rehab?
A: I started Real Food Rehab with a desire to help people make a pleasurable transition from processed foods back to real foods and do it in a way that didn’t feel oppressive. I wanted to approach it without judgment and without “shoulds.” I also had a strong desire to write in my own voice. I had been doing PR and writing branding copy for years – essentially furthering other people’s creative projects, when what I really wanted to do was further my own. It was liberating to finally be able to do that. Over time, I also decided it was important for me to write about my own process in discovering how to be the most authentic version of myself that I could be, so I incorporate lots of ideas on how to live a richer and more fulfilling life.
Q: What do you mean when you say “real food”?
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