There are so many diets and people
giving dietary advice out there that it is often hard to know where to start.
So here is a guide to give you an idea of where to begin the process of
improving your diet.
1. Set appropriate lifelong dietary
change goals, not short term fixes that are unsustainable.
Not only is the sustainability of a
diet a good way to assess whether the nutrition information that you might
stumble upon is credible information, it is also a great thing to think about
when starting a healthy eating plan. What you choose to do must be sustainable
and adaptable to some of life's events. Choosing to eat well and more
"healthily" should be a lasting change, so pick something that you
can continue longer term.
2. Be choosy with your food choice.
Select foods and recipes where the
ingredients are easy for you to access, choosing foods that are a little more
tricky to access tends to makes the changes more expensive and potentially more
difficult to continue longer term.
Choose mostly fresh and unprocessed
foods, these are generally more inexpensive and have less added to them. It
also gives you an ability to create more dishes from them, as they are in a
basic form and not already created into something.
3. Develop a balanced way of thinking
as well as a balanced way of eating.
View the foods for more than just
the nutrients they contain. If you view a food as for example, calcium and
protein, then you lose the eating pleasure, the enjoyment of the taste and the
social aspect of consuming the food with others. Instead, enjoy the food,
savour the taste and enjoy sharing it with others. In the same way it is
important not to view a food as good or bad as you as, again, you reduce the
food to less than what its true value is.
4. Keep variety in your diet.
Not only will this help with
stopping you from getting bored with eating the same food every day or every
week, it will also increase the number of nutrients you get in your regular
diet. It used to be said that you should have at least 30 different types of
food per day, this is pretty tricky, so start with increasing your variety and
try for 30 different types of food per week. It is also said variety is the
spice of life, and change is as good as a holiday, so make sure that you keep
varying your diet and this will help you ensure you don't get bored, you have
lots of different nutrients in your diet and the changes you make are more
sustainable over time.
5. Lastly, don't forget exercise.
Exercise not only helps to reduce
your risk of chronic disease and helps you maintain a healthy weight it also
helps improve mood. This doesn't mean you need to run marathons (although don't
be discouraged if that's what you want to do) it can just mean moving more and
setting aside time to go for a walk or bike ride for example. Whatever mode of
exercise you choose; it's the increase in movement that will make all the
difference. When it comes to your lunch break, it might be the easiest to set
aside time for exercise then as this will not only increase the movement in
your day but also clear your head before you head back to work to tackle
whatever problem you are working on.
So there it is the top five tips to
think about when wanting to ensure you have a healthy diet. It is more about
healthy lifestyle not just the diet, so seek out good quality nutrition
information and there are many places to look for good information such as
government based nutrition websites and clinics, but by simply keeping the tips
mentioned above in mind it will give you a head start when selecting the path
to take to improving your nutrition and your health in general and allow you to
make educated decisions on whether the information you are reading is from a
credible source.
Adapted from Ezine Articles
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