Healthy Eating
By using these simple tips, you can cut through the confusion and learn how to create and stick to a tasty, varied, and nutritious diet that is as good for your mind as it is for your body.
Eating a healthy diet is not about strict limitations, staying unrealistically thin, or depriving yourself of the foods you love. Rather, it’s about feeling great, having more energy, improving your health, and boosting your mood.
Healthy eating doesn’t have to be overly complicated. If you feel overwhelmed by all the conflicting nutrition and diet advice out there, you’re not alone. It seems that for every expert who tells you a certain food is good for you, you’ll find another saying exactly the opposite. The truth is that while some specific foods or nutrients have been shown to have a beneficial effect on mood, it’s your overall dietary pattern that is most important. The cornerstone of a healthy diet should be to replace processed food with real food whenever possible. Eating food that is as close as possible to the way nature made it can make a huge difference to the way you think, look, and feel.
“Healthy does NOT mean starving yourself EVER. Healthy means eating the right food in the right amount”.
Healthy Eating
Healthy eating means eating a variety of foods that give you the nutrients you need to maintain your health, feel good, and have energy. These nutrients include protein, fibre, water, carbohydrates, fat, vitamins, and minerals which are really important for your body. Poor nutrition can contribute to stress, tiredness and our capacity to work. Over time, poor nutrition contributes to the risk of developing some illness.
Mindfulness
Mindfulness helps to maintain a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and the surrounding environment. Involves acceptance, meaning that we pay attention to our thoughts and feelings without judging them, without believing that there’s a “right” or “wrong” way to think or feel in a given moment. Meditation is one of the great methods to bring awareness to your life.
Exercise
Regular Exercise, muscle stretch, and physical activity promote strong muscles and bones. It improves respiratory, cardiovascular health, and overall health. Staying active can also help you maintain a healthy weight, reduce your risk for type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and reduce your risk for some cancers. Any type of exercise is good if you enjoy doing it. Do not force yourself in something you do not like but try to find your own way to move.