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The 5-Ingredient Rule Changed the Way I See Food
Keep things simple.
When I was 19, I found myself a little lost with food. I was living alone for the first time, and working until late every day as a cashier in a supermarket. My apartment was right in the center of the city, across the street from a McDonald’s.
For all my life, I’d been living at home. My mom has always loved vegetables, so we had a pretty healthy diet, at least comparing to most Finnish families. I also lived several kilometers away from work and school, and I was accustomed to walking everywhere.
But then, I suddenly found myself living so close to my workplace I no longer had that long, daily walk. With my late work schedules, I also slipped into bad eating habits, like fast food.
I put on a couple of kilos over several months, and I needed to get them off. But I had no idea how to, without going back to the disordered eating in my past. I didn’t know how to eat in a healthy way.
I started looking into nutrition. I don’t remember exactly how I went about doing this, but the internet probably played a big role.
Somewhere along the way, I ran into a piece of advice. It’s simple, but it can change your health in many ways. Ready? Here goes.
