The pandemic has resulted in comfort eating, bad habits and a lack of exercise, thereby taking a toll on our overall health, but nutritionists are available in abundance online, and several are dominating by offering in-home services via Zoom or other teleconferencing software. 

To get our health back on track, Catalina Levitt knows the value of nutrition to achieve your weight and well being goals. 

A nutrition coach to her valued clients, Levitt has been working as an online & offline nutritionist and competing in all natural body building competitions after having 2 children, and winning several gold medals. 

Her clients come to her looking to improve their health. Although being a nutritionist, she is a foodie herself, so there is no suffering in her meal plans and on the plate. 

She loves curating new recipes and shares with her clients to make them “Eat Better Not Less”. 

Quick wins for a healthier life

Levitt says that simply cutting back on three distinct food groups can achieve incredible results – and it may be much easier to do than you might suspect. She also recommends cutting back or eliminating alcohol as one of the quickest wins for achieving a healthier life. 

Firstly, while it may seem initially obvious, Levitt advises to reduce sugary products – which are often hiding in foods you might not suspect.

Many may be unaware of just how much of the sweet stuff there is in seemingly healthy products, such as most breakfast cereals and commercial smoothies.

Next on her list is ‘starchy carbs’ – helpfully grouped together as pasta, bread, potatoes and white rice.

“Switch instead to whole grains, whole rye, wholegrain barley, wild rice and buckwheat. Brown rice is OK,” she says.

Dodgy ham and bacon

Levitt acknowledges how tasty they are, but suggests removing or severely limiting processed meats from your diet.

“Ultra processed foods include chicken nuggets, burgers, chips, pizzas, hotdogs, pre-packaged meals, ice cream, sweets, crisps, bakery goods, biscuits, margarine and anything that says ‘instant’,” should be avoided she said. Levitt also suggests that takeaways and processed foods play a big role in the world’s obesity epidemic.