Health - managing conditions
A healthy diet is your prescription for nutrition
Food as medicine is the concept that a healthy diet can play a role in preventing and treating disease. Research tells us that a good balanced diet can help us improve health and that eating the wrong foods can increase our risk of certain diseases. It’s really on this premise that the Australian Dietary Guidelines were founded - to capture the current science on what nutrients and in what quantities, we need to eat for health and optimal wellbeing, then to translate that into actual foods we should eat.
Some examples of food as medicine at play can be antioxidants in fruit and vegetables that can boost the body’s defences against infection and disease; healthy proteins like meat, fish and legumes that support the immune system; or eating a Mediterranean diet for longevity. Likewise, food as medicine can extend beyond physical health into mental health, for example certain nutrients can be beneficial for anxiety and depression and can combat stress.
Eating for health starts with getting back to nature
One of the best things that anyone can do if wanting to eat for health is to consume natural foods and to eliminate processed foods. Unfortunately processed food is associated with many health issues and chronic diseases as are diets high in fat, sugar and salt. Thankfully, Dietlicious only uses wholefoods without any additives or preservatives, so you can be assured that whatever you eat from our menu is as natural as if you’d cooked it from scratch yourself. This alone is a huge step towards good health for many of our customers.
Dietary support for specific health conditions
A healthy diet can prevent, manage, treat and in some cases reverse symptoms for certain health conditions. We have tailored specific parts of our menu towards this. Our food as medicine solutions include:
- Prediabetes and type 2 diabetes – our Diabetic Diet Meal Plan is low in calories, low in carbs, high in protein, low in fat and low in salt and has been specially created for diabetics to help manage blood sugar levels.
- Hypertension (high blood pressure), heart disease & stroke – start addressing your high blood pressure by eating a healthy diet of low salt foods. Our range has 50+ meals that are low in sodium to support healthy blood pressure and cardiovascular health.
- High cholesterol – eating a healthy diet high in fibre can help you reduce cholesterol, such as our Ultimate Health + Wellbeing plan. Also see this information on how to naturally manage your high cholesterol.
- Peri and menopause – our anti-inflammatory Fit + Fab After 40 meal plan is designed to address hormonal fluctuations affecting women (and men) in midlife, including stubborn weight, sleep, energy, mood and ageing.
- Digestive health – if you’re looking for the best diet for gut health, try our Gut Health Lunch + Dinner pack to improve your gut microbiome.
- Overall health + longevity – if you’re looking for a healthy diet that is packed with health-boosting vitamins, minerals and antioxidants; is low in carbs for healthy blood sugars; high in protein for immunity; high in fibre for gut health; low in salt for heart health, then take a look at our Ultimate Health + Wellbeing Diet.
Diabetic Meal Plans
Created specially for diabetics and those with pre-diabetes who want to manage their condition better.
Fit + Fab after 40
This anti-inflammatory diet targets stubborn weight gain, belly fat, sleep, energy and mood; key concerns for over 40’s.
Ultimate Health & Wellbeing Plans
Designed to provide optimal nourishment & help you rid your body of ultra processed foods.
Gut Health Plan
A 5 day lunch and dinner pack for a healthy gut.
