Having established that your body needs a well balanced diet with a good supply of carbohydrates especially high - fiber foods water vitamins and minerals and a certain amount of protein fat and bacteria you need to know how to put it into practice.
Much media attention is focused on foods that one should not have yet there has been very little to tell women how they can use food to enhance their life rather than make it more difficult. Forget the labels; every figure is relative and food manufacturers are frequently very selective about what they tell you making your task of deciding what is right for you an impossible one. Instead build your choices on the following guidelines.
RESPECT YOUR MOUTH AND BODY: GET INTO THE HABIT OF ONLY EATING THINGS YOU LIKE AND NEED
Before you put anything in your mouth ask yourself three questions: Do I want it/ Do I like it/ Do I need it?
If you want it and like it then go ahead and enjoy it if you don’t why bother wasting the eating experience? Throw all the boring unnecessary eating out of your life.
The worst thing you can do with food is to feel guilty about eating it. If you have eaten something that you know is not the healthier but you really fancied it or were in a situation where you didn’t have any choice enjoy it an forget about it. Don’t beat yourself up with guilt. Guilt is a negative emotion which is likely to lead you to bingeing on comfort foods. This can then get you into a negative sugar or salt cycle in which you eat more of these foods which in turn makes you feel even more guilty. You might then decide it’s not worth continuing with you healthy eating lifestyle. It is always worth persevering. Remember that life is for living and food is there to help us not hinder us.
AIM TO EAT FIVE PORTIONS OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES EVERY DAY
This provides your body with a good source of vitamins minerals and fiber to maintain your body in peak condition to fight diseases. Fiber helps your food to move effectively through the body keeps you feeling pleasantly full and satisfied and in control of your eating habits and your energy levels steady.
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