Analyse your own diet and make positive change

Dojiva has a continuous blend of three areas of self care:

Mental wellbeing

Nutritional health

Natural movement

For this week and next week our focus falls under the category of HEALTH with contemplation about what you eat and drink. We first did this a couple of years back and you might still have your old notes!

Are you up to date with the truth on what it means to eat a natural and healthy diet?

I ask, because the goal posts are constantly moving on this subject and you might be making dietary decisions based on old news and dated beliefs that don’t suit you anymore.

As a mind and movement coach, I want to see my clients and readers reach their goals and without a sound diet, this is unlikely. I have an ongoing personal study and a passion (35 years) for all things nutrition and for you you to thrive, I encourage you to discover your best way.

With this in mind, I have devised a questionnaire with some thought provoking questions that should invoke a deeper curiosity and if needed that you take action to make dietary improvements.

You can print this off and make notes below each question. Some are just yes/no answers but where appropriate, do elaborate. 

When you have your results, it maybe that I can guide you on a 121, but if you discover detailed queries or you have an illness you think is related to your diet, best seek out advice from a functional nutritionist or a functional medicine doctor.

As with movement and mindfulness, can we also be present and open to new things and make positive changes within the world of nutrition?

Personally, I simply want to know more and more about what’s true for the best human diet and if changes are to be a made, that I listen to my body as the ultimate guide. I hope this questionnaire ignites your passion to know more about what’s best for you.

Thanks for reading

Take care

Danny

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Questionnaire beneath this week’s Dojiva classes: 

Sunday 21st Dec 2025 - Your only Dojiva focus for today is to fill out the above questionnaire. Members can send me results and I can analyse for you!

Monday 22nd - Workout 42 - The first 30 minutes involves subtle work! Then we have functional strength with gait, hand and finger exercises, postural alignment, ergonomics of lifting plus yoga/Pilates mat work.

Tuesday 23rd - Mobility 64 - This class is quite subtle and mostly from the mat. However, we end integrating our new flexibility with throwing and racket sport type motions. For most sports, we require a torso that is both flexible and strong.

Wednesday 24th - Meditation 66 - 24 minutes of guided meditation followed with an extra 6 minutes of binaural beats relaxation music in the theta range.

Thursday 25th - Workout 30 - A full length class where you need good sized dumb-bells for strength training with an emphasis on shoulders.

Friday 26th - Mobility 79 - Here are some great exercises for stretching the muscles and connective tissues along the front of your body. To help with the flexibility of the quads, we also need to stretch the muscles above (hip flexors) and below (front of the ankle)

Saturday 27th - Mini fitness 89 - Eight fun intervals plus, if you have some reserve, a bonus set of sit ups! 

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Dojiva self questionnaire - Nutrition:

1 Would you say you tend to eat for taste/pleasure, nutrient density or a combination of both?

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2 What time is your typical breakfast and when do you finish eating later in the day?

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3 Can you easily miss a meal or do you easily get hangry?

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4 If you go out for a few hours do you need to take food with you?

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5 Do you sometimes eat when bored or emotional?

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6 Are you flexible with meal times or do you have a rigid schedule that you stick to?

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7 Are you basing your food choices on your own research and body reaction or the advice/personal experience of others?

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8 In the same vein, have you watched documentaries that have swayed your opinion about the foods you eat, foods you avoid or to follow a certain diet. E.g. keto, low carb, vegan, vegetarian, paleo, Mediterranean, carnivore, etc. If yes, make some notes below:

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9 Do the foods you eat resonate well with your digestive system? Or do you feel bloated after meals or have gas or notice brain fog, a rash appear or other discomfort after certain foods. Again, make some notes:

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10 Do you prepare most of your own meals? How many days a week?

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11 How many times a month do you eat out or get take away?

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12 Do most of the foods you eat have a list of ingredients, or is your diet based on whole foods?

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13 List the top three foods that you like and eat regularly but you know are not good for you:

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14 What are the three healthiest foods you eat on a regular basis:

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15 Do you eat meat? If yes, what type of meat do you typically eat? Fish, shell fish, chicken, pork, beef, deer, lamb, broth, organ meat, other. Make some notes about frequency and variety. Also if whole-cuts or processed:

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16 If no, is that due to religion, environmental concerns, animal welfare, human health, other or a combination? Also do you eat meat substitutes? Make some notes below:

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17 Do you eat dairy products? If yes, which versions? And raw/pasteurised? Whole/semi? If no, do you eat a yogurt/cheese alternative?

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18 Do you eat vegetables? If yes which ones to you eat most regularly and are they homegrown, from local farms or from an unknown source?

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19 How many pieces of fruit do you eat a week?

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20 Do you eat pulses and legumes? Please specify and if you soak, sprout, ferment.

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21 Do you eat nuts and seeds? Provide approximately daily amounts.

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22 Do you eat eggs? If yes how many per week?

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23 In general, do you eat seasonally?

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24 What are your main goals related to nutrition? (e.g. more energy, weight loss, better digestion, mental clarity, exercise performance, disease prevention, etc)

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25 On a scale of 1 - 10, how motivated are you to make changes? And make a few notes about what has stopped you from changing your diet in the past?

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26 Do you take any supplements? If yes, do you know that you have a deficiency or is it based on a recommendation?

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27 What about fortified foods? Do you seek out or eat foods that have added fortification such as calcium, iron, vitamins?

28 Do your eat about protein powders such as whey (note which type) or vegan (such as pea)?

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Other general health questions

29 Do you smoke? If yes what and how many/often?

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30 Do you have regular health tests such as fasting glucose, fasting insulin, blood pressure, liver health, thyroid panel, cholesterol, hormone balance, vitamins, hair mineral analysis, etc? Please make notes:

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31 How is your overall sleep? Please make notes about how many hours and time to bed, etc.

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32 Would you say you are underweight, overweight or about right? How many pounds/kgs if under or over?

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Ok well done, questionnaire over!

Was there something that surprised you or that you are motivated to take action about?

Write below the steps you are going take for positive change:

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