Top marks for … Your strong focus on local produce and the wide variety of plant foods. I love how you use up leftovers, and the home-fermenting, which both reduces waste and delivers emerging gut and immune health benefits.
If you keep eating like this you’ll … Want to keep an eye on your iron, which can be low for women in their 20s if animal foods are limited. Without fish or seafood, your omega-3 intake is also on the low side, and while the dairy gives you some high-quality protein, the lack of eggs, meat or seafood means you’ll need to be mindful of replacing or supplementing certain nutrients.
Why don’t you try … Increasing your intake of iron-rich plant foods like lentils, beans, pumpkin seeds and dark leafy greens alongside vitamin C-rich foods to boost absorption, and consider a marine algae omega-3 supplement, if fish isn’t on the menu. For extra variety, try nut butters, tempeh or quinoa to round out your protein sources.
Annie Jacobs-Perkins will perform in the Sydney Opera House’s Utzon Music series on October 12.
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