Why the Same Diet May Be Killing You

It’s grilled fish, mashed potatoes and steamed green beans and carrots for dinner again.
Lunch was the usual – a chicken salad sandwich from your favourite deli while, for breakfast, you ate the low-fat, iron-enriched muesli you eat every day.
For snacks, you’ve packed a banana and, if you buy juices or coffee, it will be orange or apple and decaf latte.
Sounds healthy, right? And it is, unless you’ve fallen into a food rut.
Sure, you may think your diet is healthy because you always buy the “right” foods like lean meat or fish, fruit, veges and wholegrains. But always buying the same things, from the same deli, the same supermarket, or even the same fish shop or butcher means you’re increasing your risk of vitamin and mineral deficiencies as well as increasing your likelihood of being exposed to certain chemicals and toxins, says nutritionist Jane Barnes, of Foodsense.
“Variety, in what you buy and even where you shop, is the key to good health,” she says.
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