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The Changing Conversation Around Nutrition

05 October 2026 - Written by Jenna Hope

Diversity is a really important area of nutrition these days, as getting a wide range of fibres is important to nourishing different types of bacteria in the gut.

Over a decade ago, I started working as a nutritionist. Clients would attend consultations with preconceived ideas about which food groups they should be restricting. Social media was rife with people promoting restrictive eating patterns and clean eating messages. In more recent years we’ve seen a shift in the conversation around nutrition, it’s become more about how we can support our nutrition in a fast-paced modern world. The messages we’re seeing now are more inclusive, healthier and more achievable too.

These days I spend my time speaking to clients about how they can support their nutrition through adding in more nutritious foods, rather than cutting more out. Prioritising plants is a big area of focus, since they are rich in fibre and play a key role in supporting healthy bowel function and feeding the beneficial bacteria in the gut.

Diversifying your diet

Diversifying your diet doesn’t need to be complicated and it certainly shouldn’t have to mean eating entirely different meals each day. It can simply look like stirring Tilda’s Paprika Smoked Chickpeas into your stir-fry one evening and adding Tilda’s Tomato and Red Pepper Lentils into the same stir-fry the next night. Or adding flaxseeds to your yoghurt or porridge one morning and pumpkin seeds the next. Equally, snacking on cucumber and hummus one day and pepper and hummus the next is another really easy way to diversify your dietary intake.

Eating a healthy diet shouldn’t be seen as something of an inconvenience and it needn’t be all-consuming either. Not everyone thrives by spending time in the kitchen and if you simply don’t have the time or cooking isn’t your way of relaxing, you don’t need to miss out. These days we have many more accessible options which can help us to eat a nutritious, healthy balanced diet without the need to spend hours chopping vegetables.

Stock up your cupboards

If prioritising your nutrition in an easy, accessible and non-demanding way sounds like where you want to be, I’d encourage you to start by stocking up your cupboards and freezer with the essentials; frozen vegetables, frozen berries, wholegrains such as oats and rice pouches and canned salmon are excellent places to start. Pre-cooked beans and pulses such as Tilda’s Pulses Range can be added to such an array of dishes such as salads, soups, grain bowls, sandwich fillings, curries and dips (the list is endless) and they’re a perfect way to increase the fibre and protein content of your meals. Not only do they taste delicious, they take 45 seconds to heat up and they also count as one of your five a day, too.

It’s easy to focus on what you’re eating daily, although assessing your overall intake across the course of the week or the month can be a more achievable way to adopt healthy habits. It’s the small things we do every day which really add up. Focussing on healthy, convenient options is absolutely key when it comes to sustainable dietary change. When we start breaking down nutrition, we realise it doesn’t have to be as complicated as social media can often suggest.