Put nutrients on your shopping list

We need to see food not as a commodity but as a way of getting vital nutrients into the body, says Dr Vanessa B Woods 

Dr Vanessa B Woods author of Irish Food, From A-Z.

CHANGING the way we write our shopping lists could have a major impact on what we eat, and ultimately our health. Instead of simply listing food items that need to be replaced, we should focus on the nutritional value of each of those foods.

That’s according to a science communications consultant Vanessa B Woods who says we should think about food not as a commodity but as a way of getting vital nutrients into the body.