| "body"> | | | | 5. Fish. Eat fish at least once a week. It contains |
| 1. Water. If you're thirsty you're already | | | | healthy Omega 3 oils, which are good for your |
| dehydrated. The majority of us don't tend to | | | | joints, and nerves. Flax and hemp oils offer an |
| drink enough during the day. If you drink a lot of | | | | alternative for non-fish eaters. |
| tea and coffee to keep you going then these | | | | 6. Eat regularly. Get into the habit of eating |
| have a diuretic effect so you should be drinking | | | | breakfast. Your body has been without food over |
| water to compensate. | | | | night - break the fast with a glass of fresh juice |
| Have a glass of water first thing in the morning | | | | (see above) and then a healthy bowl of cereal, |
| and last thing at night - your body loses a lot of | | | | muesli or porridge (avoid those loaded with salt |
| water while you're asleep - not only if it's warm | | | | and sugar). Try to eat every 2-3 hours - little and |
| and you sweat a lot but just going 8 hours (if | | | | often - to avoid your blood sugar levels fluctuating |
| you're so lucky) without food or drink it's going to | | | | too much. Don't eat a heavy meal late in the |
| be dehydrated. | | | | evening. Your body will naturally be slowing down |
| Dehydration can also be mistaken for hunger - | | | | at that time and food eaten late is more likely to |
| have a glass of water first before reaching for a | | | | be stored as fat. |
| snack or eating a meal. | | | | 7. Alcohol. There's nothing wrong with the odd |
| 2. Fruit & Veg. Fruit and vegetables provide | | | | glass of wine, in fact these days it's seen to be |
| you with vitamins, minerals and fibre to help keep | | | | healthy for the anti-oxidants it contains. Excess |
| your body healthy. Eat a piece of fruit or drink | | | | alcohol causes your kidneys and liver to work |
| fresh juice for breakfast. Fresh berries on muesli | | | | overtime to rid the body of the toxins. Know |
| or porridge or cereal. Have fruit as a snack during | | | | your limits and drink water to help your body |
| the day and salad and vegetables with your main | | | | eliminate the toxins. |
| meals. | | | | 8. Sugar and Salt. These two ingredients are |
| If you can, buy organic and wash fruit and | | | | added to most processed food. They add flavour |
| vegetables before eating unless your peeling | | | | and act as a preservative but they can be |
| them. Pesticide residues are more likely to remain | | | | present even in foods you don't expect or are |
| on the skin and fruits such as apples are often | | | | labelled in ways that you don't recognise. Sugar is |
| treated in storage. | | | | empty calories, in it's basic form it contains little |
| 3. Avoid processed food. With the increased | | | | nutritional value. Natural sugars found in fruits and |
| reliance on ready-prepared meals, take-aways and | | | | vegetables are all you need. Avoid adding sugar to |
| convenience food to save time there is an | | | | food and drinks and avoid synthetic replacements. |
| increase in the amount of processed food that | | | | Watch your salt limits too. |
| people eat. | | | | 9. Know what you're eating. Be aware of the |
| Before you buy that convenience meal - check | | | | food that you're putting in your body. Read the |
| the label. How much sugar, salt, hydrogenated fat, | | | | food labels if you buy tinned, processed produce |
| E preservatives, colouring does it contain? | | | | to be aware of how much salt, sugar and fat is in |
| Because it's processed - a lot of the flavour and | | | | the food you buy. Buy organic meat whenever |
| goodness is lost and has to be added. Because it | | | | possible to avoid the steroids, hormones and |
| needs to survive transport, increased shelf-life and | | | | anti-biotics that are in factory farmed meat. Know |
| cooking fats and preservatives are added. And | | | | how much sugar, salt and fat you should be |
| how much does it really cost. Cooking simple | | | | eating. |
| meals such as stir-fries and casseroles are just as | | | | 10. Balanced diet. One of the most important |
| convenient and so much better for you. | | | | ways to improve your eating habits is to have a |
| 4. Fresh Juice. One great way to kick-start your | | | | balanced diet with plenty of fruit and vegetables, |
| day and gently wake up your digestive system is | | | | whole food, fish and meat, nuts and seeds. |
| to have a fresh juice every morning. I don't mean | | | | Everything in moderation. Keep fatty and sugary |
| orange juice with your breakfast but fresh | | | | foods low but if you enjoy chocolate, cakes and |
| vegetable juices. Invest in a good juicer, buy local | | | | curries there's nothing wrong with having one |
| organic produce and find out how good fresh juice | | | | once in a while. |
| is. | | | | If you'd like help in putting some structure in place |
| An easy recipe you can have every day is one | | | | to organise your health - contact me through my |
| apple, one carrot (peeled), stick of celery, cube of | | | | website. |
| ginger and thick slice of lemon (remove rind). | | | | |