HEALTHY EATING AND NUTRITION FOR A BETTER DIET POST- CHRISTMAS.

HEALTHY EATING AND NUTRITION FOR A BETTER DIET POST- CHRISTMAS.

What do you love about the festive season? Well, this time of the season is where people come together with family, relatives and even friends. A one-time thing in a year. Invariably coming together during this Christmas holiday involves eating and drinking. Hence leading to consumption of unhealthy diet and junk foods. There is no limit. Food is in plenty. Meals served in gatherings tend to have a lot of calories, fats and sugars. Do you what it does to you? Well, it leads to an increase in weight. Maintaining a healthy diet during this time of the year is quite impossible. Am I lying? Always ask yourself how much I should eat to maintain my weight. To maintain weight after post-Christmas is very easy. You are asking how? So let us look at a sensible and sustainable angle to eating healthy.

#MINDSET

How? That is the question that trickles your mind. Well, good eating habits and nutrition starts with you. Yes! Your mindset.  Please do it for your own personal and having consistency. As a token gesture, doing something beneficial to you as a short term goal is long term benefit. Have a good plan. Construct a schedule and realistic goals that you can work with and achieve them.

You can have simple goals like eating steamed green vegetables per day or drinking tea once per day and not having late dinner. Some simple schedules that can work for you have a healthy food choice plan. You can find this at HIPPOCRATES INSTITUTE. They have the best.

#DIETARY HABIT RESET MODE.

Are you sitting at your coach wondering about dietary habit reset? Have basic principles. Here are some;

• Predominantly eat whole and unprocessed foods.
• Eat fewer carbohydrates/ starchy foods and more green vegetables.
• Have spices and more herbs incorporated into your diet?
• Always eat what you know in the labels.
• Avoid foods rich in sugar any drinks, coffee and tea.
• Always start your day with a breakfast rich on proteins.

#CUTTING BACK ON YOUR CARBS.

During the festive season be sure you have consumed a lot of carbs diet. Both bad and good. With no regular exercise practice, means the (glycogen) carbohydrates stores will be saturated. The glycogen is partially responsible for the insulin resistance state. For the restoration of insulin sensitivity; energy stores are reduced. You can deplete the energy stores by combining moderate to high-intensity physical exercise and reduce your carbohydrates intake. Always have an aim of consuming lower carbohydrate foods; leafy vegetables, nuts and fresh berries. If you see you are having positive progress and having the right composition of your body, you can now take some slow-digesting carbs on the days of intense training.

#TAKING A HOLISTIC APPROACH.

Do you need to have a better life? Then have a clear picture and plan around your own nutrition needs. Based on the food choices, whether whole, natural or processed, will go to that point of making you feel better.

Have some basic nutrition facts regarding some food and diets:

• Do you have oily fish in your diet? Well, omega -3 benefits the brain in terms of growth, functioning and mood. So at least have oily fish in your diet three times a week. Or consider taking the omega-3 supplement.
• Research has shown the beneficial elements of probiotics. It includes better functioning of the immune system, respiratory illness reduction and infections of the gastrointestinal. Have probiotics once in a while to re-establish a population of healthy bacteria in your gut.
• General health. Know this. When you add something in your mouth, it has a negative or positive effect in your body. Always aim the top dominant foods that have positive feedback.
• Have a regular sleeping pattern. Start going to bed early and waking up early. Benefits of having a night of adequate rest are improved immune function, stress hormones reduction, better appetite and mood.

#AVOID UNHEALTHY SNACKS.

After Christmas festive season tries to avoid snacks and junk foods. Chips, cakes, salted nuts prevent them. They tend to have high fat, sugar and salt content. Do you know what this does to your body? Well, they contribute to calorie intake; hence this creates the risk for obesity and overweight. It can lead to heart problems or diabetes. I am sure you do not want this problem.

#CONSUME ALCOHOL IN MODERATION.

You still have the choice of stopping to drink alcohol. No restrictions. Alcohol has sugars that tend to increase one’s weight.

The angle and mindset regarding you post Christmas are critical. It will enable one to decide what type of food to ear and at what time. Set some realistic goals that you can achieve and are long terms. Don’t have unrealistic ones that will not help you. Eat food that is of nutritional value. Have Foods that will build you and reduce your wrong weight. Remember, proper nutrition, good life, shape, and mood.