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The world is facing a health crisis caused by ultra processed foods and poor diet, a pioneering summit hosted by the Duchess of Richmond at Goodwood House was told by internationally renowned experts on September 28, 2023. The ground-breaking event presented by Randox Health ‘The Cost of Poor Nutrition’ is set to ignite a revolution in good gut health with the aspiration that meal times will be transformed in schools, prisons, hospitals and across the dining room tables of the nation.

If people could make one simple change to the food they consume it should be to eat a savoury rather than a sweet breakfast. Ditch sugary cereals and instead finish up last night’s left-overs from supper. That was a ‘hack’ shared with delegates at the Goodwood Health Summit.

Jessie Inchauspé is a French biochemist and author and a passionate advocate of balancing one’s blood sugar levels for optimal health.

Speaking at Goodwood House she said: “The issue today is most of us are consuming way too much glucose and fructose and this is causing a huge range of health issues – so one billion of us have Type 2 or Pre Diabetes.

Speakers at the Goodwood Health Summit held at Goodwood House. Photo: Jonathan James Wilson

"Everybody wants to make good food choices but often you don't know where to start. You will be told to eat better and exercise more but that is extremely vague and not very helpful.”

She said people had to break the vicious cycle and take the first simple step so they started to feel good about it and their body felt better.

"So we have to transform well established principles into easy bite sized fun changes,” she said, which she called ‘hacks’.

"In the morning have a savoury breakfast instead of a sweet one.” Left overs from the previous night’s dinner could be the perfect solution.

After the summit, the Duchess of Richmond who hosted the event said she had her mother to thank for savoury breakfasts when she was growing up. “For her it was very important that we had eggs or sausages or kippers of a morning before going to school.”

That avoidance of a sugary breakfast is a habit that has endured, she confided. “I sometimes have a piece of what's called life-changing loaf which is a nuts and seeds loaf - a kind of bread equivalent - with either an egg or sometimes sardines. Quite often I will have a boiled egg, sometimes yogurt, or chia seed pudding which is high protein but again not sweet ...

“Although occasionally I cheat and have a croissant on a Saturday!”

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Clinical nutritionist Stephanie Moore who is working with the Goodwood Estate to promote good gut health and helped organise the summit had this advice to people looking to make simple changes.

"Stop snacking,” she said. “Eat all your food in two or three meals rather than spread over the day. This idea of eating every two or three hours is madness.

“When you look at your plate check you have the three core ingredients that your body needs to function - which is, have I got some protein, have I got some good fats, have I got lots of fibre?

Why eating last night's left-overs at breakfast time could help save your life, according to the Goodwood health summit