Have you heard the saying, “You are what you eat?” Those words are full of truth. Proper nutrition is essential! What you put in your body will determine how you look and feel, and can either help or hurt you. Do you want to know what your body needs or how to make your self healthier inside and out? Read the following article for helpful suggestions to do just that:
When dining out, try splitting a meal with your date. Sometimes, a meal may have too many calories for one person. When you share your meal, you will save money and reduce the amount of calories you consume. Now you can eat in a restaurant without breaking your plan.
Nutritional scientists warn that milled grains aren’t a great food choice. If you take out the husks or hulls of the grains you will get rid of the source of the most nutrients and fiber. Many products add items like wheat germ to try to return the nutrients to the end product, but does this really make sense? Well of course it doesn’t.
Many people love drinking iced tea, but try drinking green iced tea instead of “regular” iced tea. Green tea has polyphenols, which help protect against cancer, lower cholesterol and have anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. Black tea contains polyphenols as well, but far less than green tea. Green tea also has less caffeine than black tea.
Even if you eat meat, you can improve your diet by eating a meatless meal for two to three times every week. It lowers animal fat consumption, it costs less, and it is good for you and the planet.
Save your used drink bottles, fill them with water and freeze them. Having water available to quench your thirst is imperative to good health. Frozen water bottles will likely stay cool all day and an added wellness benefit, is that they are handy to grab to wet down a wipe and cool yourself off on hot days.
Try to limit your consumption of processed and packaged foods. These types of foods are usually high in fat, salt and refined sugars. Also, if you are cooking for a large family, it can be a lot cheaper to make meals from scratch rather than buy large numbers of packaged ready meals.
To improve a poor appetite, try snacking on foods that contain zinc. Gustin, a protein that improves your sense of smell and taste, is reliant on zinc to function properly. A zinc deficiency has been proven to decrease your sense of taste and lower your appetite. Zinc rich snack foods include pumpkin seeds, yogurt, and peanuts.
Calculate the amount of nutrients you take in with your daily food and add the missing portion using high quality supplements. It is possible to build a diet that includes all the necessary nutrients and vitamins, but it is very hard to do so on a daily basis. Add supplements to your meals to provide your body with all the necessary building blocks it needs.
When you are dining out, always ask your server about the healthiest options available on the menu, they will be able to point you in the right direction. You should also check to see if the restaurant has a healthy version of the menu. This is becoming more common in a lot of restaurants.
As you can see, what you put into your body has a huge impact on how you feel and look! By following the above suggestions you will be healthier you. Remember, proper nutrition is essential! After all, “You are what you eat!”
