Tips for a healthiest lifestyle

What is the healthiest diet for you?

A healthy diet is a diet that suit your lifestyle not only helps you in losing weight so making some small dietary changes can really affect your diet and you overall health.

17 ways to eat healthy

1. Sign up for a Meal Kit Delivery Service

The best way to have healthy food is to prepare them at home but if you really don’t have time try to sign up for meal delivery.

2. Go Organic

Choose organic food as cows are fed on grass and are not injected by hormones.

3. Eat a Healthy Breakfast

If you start your day with healthy choices at breakfast you will less likely to choose unhealthy food throughout the day. Adding protein, fibre and healthy fat to your meal to have a satisfying meal.

4. Drink More Water

You need to drink enough water throughout the day to prevent dehydration, normal body functioning and to have high metabolic rate. Sometimes thirst is mistaken with hunger so make sure to drink enough water.

5. Cut out Refined Sugar

Cut back on sugar as high intake is linked with obesity, diabetes type 2 and insulin resistance. Refined sugar have high glycaemic index and lead to glucose storage and then weight gain.

6. Eat More Whole Grains

Enjoy whole grains and complex carbs as they are rich in the full-filling fibre. In addition high intake of fibre is linked to lower risk of diabetes type 2 and cardiovascular disease.

7. Eat More Beans

Beans are rich in both protein and fibre so they are filling meals that improve satiety and prevent unhealthy eating and cravings.

8. Increase Your Fruit & Veg Intake

Enjoy your diet with colourful vegetables and fruits as they are low in calories and help in weight loss.

9. Cook with Ayurvedic Spices

Start by adding these five Ayurvedic kitchen spices to your diet: cinnamon, turmeric, fenugreek, coriander and ginger. They are important as they increase metabolic rate and they are rich in anti-oxidants.

10. Cut Down on Saturated Fats

High intake of saturate fatty acids has been linked with heart disease and stroke in addition food high in saturated fatty acids are high in calories also.

11. Save Takeout for the Weekend

Prepare you own food for the weekdays and prevent intake of high caloric food for the weekend and choose only one cheat meal throughout the weekend days.

12. Leave Your Willpower at the Store

Don’t buy temptation food. As keeping them in the front of your easy so they will be easy to access and you will lose control.

Wash Your Fresh Produce If You’re Not Eating

If you can buy organic products switch to local farms but wash properly fruits and vegetables.

14. Snack Less

Check yourself before snacking so drink one glass of water if you find yourself still hungry eat something light.

15. Introduce Fermented Foods

Fermented food are rich in healthy bacteria that improve overall gut and then normal body functioning and metabolism.

16. Bake Don’t Fry

Prepared in the oven, they have all the tastiness of traditionally fried food without the extra calories.

17. Learn to Decipher Food Labels

Learn how to read labels carefully to know exactly the serving size, amount of carbs, fat, protein, fibre and sugar per container.

Sources:

https://www.care2.com/greenliving/17-ways-to-eat-healthy-for-national-nutrition-month-and-beyond.html

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/04/5-healthy-habits-may-increase-life-expectancy-by-decade-or-more/