BASIC GUIDE TO EATING HEALTHY
Eat mostly plants: 50% of everything on your plate should be fruits or vegetables, especially leafy greens.
Eat less refined sugar: sugar from any source, once refined, causes health problems. Eating fruit on the other hand is great. Natural sugar that is still attached to its natural fiber helps us stay healthy.
Eat more whole grains: whole grains, like whole wheat and brown rice provides a slow release source of energy. Refined flours and white rice on the other hand, have the same effect as sugar when digested.
Eat natural foods: What is a natural food? Here is a simple rule of thumb: If your grandmother would recognize it as food, it's natural. If it has more than 5 ingredients or ingredients that are unrecognizable or unpronounceable, it's probably not natural. Avoid high fructose corn syrup.
Avoid trend foods: Some of the healthiest diets in world are diets based on history and tradition. Trends tend to oversell a health benefit and over charge for the product; just because something is worth doing, doesn't mean it's worth over doing.
Easy on the supplements: It is always better to get your daily vitamins and minerals from real food sources. Use supplements only when that is not possible, and then use supplements from natural sources.
Eat Meals: Life is busy, but it's important to make time for meals with family or friends. We tend to prepare healthier foods and we eat less when we are enjoying laughter and conversation.
Shop outside the supermarket: The foods found at farmer's markets are usually higher quality and will not contain high fructose corn syrup.
Pay more, eat less: Spending a little extra on higher quality foods will help you eat less. When the body gets the nutrients it expects, it is satisfied. When we eat foods with fewer nutrients our body keeps asking for more, hoping to find what it needs.
Eat less refined sugar: sugar from any source, once refined, causes health problems. Eating fruit on the other hand is great. Natural sugar that is still attached to its natural fiber helps us stay healthy.
Eat more whole grains: whole grains, like whole wheat and brown rice provides a slow release source of energy. Refined flours and white rice on the other hand, have the same effect as sugar when digested.
Eat natural foods: What is a natural food? Here is a simple rule of thumb: If your grandmother would recognize it as food, it's natural. If it has more than 5 ingredients or ingredients that are unrecognizable or unpronounceable, it's probably not natural. Avoid high fructose corn syrup.
Avoid trend foods: Some of the healthiest diets in world are diets based on history and tradition. Trends tend to oversell a health benefit and over charge for the product; just because something is worth doing, doesn't mean it's worth over doing.
Easy on the supplements: It is always better to get your daily vitamins and minerals from real food sources. Use supplements only when that is not possible, and then use supplements from natural sources.
Eat Meals: Life is busy, but it's important to make time for meals with family or friends. We tend to prepare healthier foods and we eat less when we are enjoying laughter and conversation.
Shop outside the supermarket: The foods found at farmer's markets are usually higher quality and will not contain high fructose corn syrup.
Pay more, eat less: Spending a little extra on higher quality foods will help you eat less. When the body gets the nutrients it expects, it is satisfied. When we eat foods with fewer nutrients our body keeps asking for more, hoping to find what it needs.