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Healthy Eating Tips

 

This section here is to provide you with a number of healthy eating tips which you can apply to your everyday eating habits to improve your wellbeing.

General Healthy Eating Tips

  • Plan your weekly exercises and diet at the same time before the week starts. This gives you a good view of where you are heading.

  • If you are following a strict diet plan its still good to have a day off just for a break, where you can eat anything you like. Making Sunday your day off is a good way to do it.

  • Keep good records of the food you are eating, the exercises you do and your body stats eg. weight. Even take a photograph of your before and after. Doing this allows you to review what you are doing and track what really works and what doesn't work. Then you can continue to repeat the formula that works.

  • Instead of going for the chocolate bar have a jar full of healthy nuts like almonds within reach for a snack.

  • Eat at least one piece of fruit every day, but for digestion reasons make sure it is 15 minutes before or after meals.

  • Eat your food in a relaxed state sitting down. Try not to eat on the run and whilst walking. This is bad for digestion.

  • Make sure your last meal is a good one that will get you through the night whilst you sleep. This is important to promote recovery of your cells.

  • Broccoli is one of the most complete foods in the world, hosting a number of vitamins and minerals. Try to include a small piece of it daily in your diet.

  • You can improve the quality of what you eat by buying fresh foods instead of ready made meals because processed meals are of a poorer quality ingredients. Fresh foods should also save your money as long as you allocate time to cooking them.

  • If you are finding it difficult when you are passing stool this might indicate to you potential problems. Your system is becoming clogged up and more water foods are needed. Stool should pass easily.

  • Eat at least two servings of fish per week to prevent diseases like cancer and heart disease.

Supplementation

  • Drinking tea interferes with the absorption of supplements because it contains methylxanthines and tannins both of which render minerals less absorbable. Have your tea 30 minutes after of before you take your supplements.

  • Take vitamin, minerals or essential fatty acids supplements while food is in your digestive tract. Hence 15 minutes before and after meals.

  • Take any amino acid supplements on an empty stomach for best absorption.

 

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