Buying food in season is so important due to the fact that it gives our bodies the highest amount of vitamins and nutrients, not to mention taste.
A pet hate of mine is seeing people reach for salt to add to a meal before even tasting it, (not that this happens in the cafe), as many people have forgotten the true taste of food.
Flavours are used in processed food because the processing itself destroys flavour. When you drink freshly made juice, it needs no added flavours but by the time apple juice, for example, has been centrifuged, pasteurised, filtered, clarified and cold-stabilised, much of the original flavour has been lost.
Over eating of processed foods is detrimental to your health. Some of the effects of additives and flavours are as follows:
Health
-headaches or migraines
-rashes (hives, eczema, dermatitis, other itchy rashes)
-stomach aches, bloating, reflux, constipation, bedwetting
-asthma, frequent cough, stuffy or runny nose
-frequent colds, flu, ear infections
-joint pains, swelling of the joints
-heart palpitations, fast heart beat, pseudo heart attack
Behaviour
-sleep disturbance (difficulty falling asleep, frequent night waking, night terrors, restless legs)
-restlessness (loud voice, irritable, easily distracted, demanding, easily bored)
-irritability (touchy or easily annoyed, loss of temper, tantrums)
-oppositional defiance (temper outbursts, often says no, refuses requests, defies rules, anger)
-inattention (forgetful, disorganised, foggy brain, dreamy)
-anxiety (lethargic, depressed, panic attacks)
-unhappiness (grizzly, miserable, cries frequently)
All of the above is why the cafe does its very best to produce natural tasting food which is varied and served in moderation.
Cheers, Chef Ash
rod griffiths says
Yes great little read, the other side if the food chain is also being chemical free which preferable comes from Organic vegetables.
Are the vegetables used organic and from the local farmers when possible and if so what percentage ? I think as a Sports School nutrition and Organic nutrition would be a step in the right direction and will one day be the only way…so why not lead the way.