Sarah Wilson is an entrepreneur and New York Times best-selling author of I Quit Sugar. Her journalism career spanned 20 years, across TV, radio, magazines, newspapers, and online. She’s the former editor of Cosmopolitan magazine and host of the first series of MasterChef Australia, the highest-rating show in Australian TV history.

Sarah’s interests include minimalist living, philosophy, anti-consumerism, combatting food waste, hiking, ocean swimming, sailing, and eating.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Travelling for 4 and a half months (earlier this year) with only a small backpack that weighed 8kg
• Living as a nomad out of 2 suitcases for 8 years
• Was Sarah always a minimalist?
• Food waste is the biggest contributor of CO2 emissions
• How to preserve your herbs
• Sarah's health depleted to the point where she couldn't walk or works for 9 months
• Living in an army shed, in the forest
• The mental impact of living a minimalistic lifestyle
• Morning routines allow us to make less decisions
• We've lost the art of fending
• The sugar-autoimmune-anxiety connection
• When it comes to sugar, we don't have an off switch
• Snacking and smaller meals more often isn't the right call
• Sugar, carbs, and processed foods are like putting kindling on the fire
• Take charge of your health by learning how to cook
• Should you avoid dairy if you have Hashimoto's?
• The two things that impact every cell in the human body
• Consuming a quarter cup of fat/oil each day
• Eat your snack with your meal
• Gelatin gummies make a great nighttime snack
• Sarah's morning routine at home vs when she's travelling
• Why Sarah chooses to use a microwave
• Maintaining balance with work and day-to-day life
• A new way to look at balance

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Related links:

Sarah Wilson - I Quit Sugar (book)

Sarah Wilson - The I Quit Sugar Cookbook (book)

Sarah Wilson - I Quit Sugar for Life (book)

Sarah Wilson's website

I Quit Sugar website

Follow Sarah Wilson on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

Sarah Wilson (books)

I travelled for 4 months with only 8 kilos. This is what it looked like. - Sarah Wilson's website

Great Lakes Gelatin

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197: Focus Friday – How We Quit Sugar

155: Vinnie Tortorich – Exercise For Mental Health • Choosing The Right Trainer • No Sugar No Grains

118: Yuri Elkaim – The All-Day Energy Diet • Sugar, Gluten, & Caffeine Are Draining You • Exercising For Energy

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