Tip Of The Week: Healthy Eating

Tip 1: Prepare yourself up for success

To prepare yourself up for success, think about planning a healthy diet as some of small, manageable steps—like adding veggies to your diet once a day—instead of one huge drastic change. As these small changes become habit, you can continue to add more healthy choices. 

·         Prepare more of your meals. Cooking your own meals at home can help you control of what you’re eating and better monitor closely what goes into your food.

·         Make the right changes. When cutting out unhealthy foods from your diet, it’s imperative to replace them with healthy alternatives. Swapping dangerous Trans fats with healthy fats (such as opting for grilled fish over deep fried chicken), switching refined food for wholemeal food will make a positive difference to your health.

·         Keep it Simple. Instead of being too concerned with counting calories, consider your diet in terms of freshness, variety and colour. Focus on avoiding processed and packaged foods and choosing more fresh ingredients.

·         Read the food labels. It’s important to have knowledge of what’s in a food as manufacturers often conceal large amounts of sugar or unhealthy fats in packaged food, even product claiming to be healthy.

·         Focus on how you feel after eating. This will help promote healthy new habits and sense of taste. The more healthy food you eat the more better you will feel after a meal. The more unhealthy food (junk food) you eat, the more likely you will feel uncomfortable, nauseated, or drained of energy.

·         Drink plenty of water. Water helps in flushing out waste products and toxins from our systems, yet several people go through life dehydrated—causing low energy, tiredness and headaches. It is common to mistake thirst for hunger, thus being well hydrated will likewise help you make healthier food choices.

To be continued in next week post....