You have heard the saying ‘You are what you eat’ and nothing is more truer in this modern day society where obesity is commonplace. Nobody wants to be overweight and suffer the associated health problems so how can this be avoided? It is common knowledge that if you want to achieve weight loss you should first of all be eating a healthy balanced diet each day. Yes, everyone knows that you also have to exercise as well but diet is of utmost importance when it comes to managing your weight properly. I hope these tips on a ‘healthy balanced diet’ will give you some simple, yet effective means for you to make the proper health changes in the way you eat each day.
TIPS ON A HEALTHY BALANCED DIET
1. EATING FATS
You should eat some healthy fats in your meals. This is most vital as eating enough healthy fats is important for maintaining proper fat burning and muscle growing hormone levels in the body. Having sufficient healthy fats in the diet also helps to control your appetite. Some of the best healthy sources of dietary fats are avocados,seeds,raw nuts,egg yolks (from free range eggs),coconut oil (a great source of healthy saturated fats ) extra virgin olive oil (which contains the highest antioxidant content of olive oils), and grass-fed meats (which contains a healthy fat source linoleic acid, which can assist in burning body fat and building muscle).
Here is a healthy tip for you — get in the habit of eating a handful of raw nuts (walnuts,almonds and pecans are tasty healthy choices) three times a day about half an hour prior to meals. This should help to curb your appetite and give your body some important fiber, protein, and healthy fats. This will also result in you eating less calories overall at mealtimes and getting more nutrition at the same time due to most nuts being high in nutrient density.
2. EATING PROTEIN
With each meal and snack that you eat you should also endeavor to eat some high quality protein food. You get get this from organic foods such as grass-fed meats, grass-fed raw dairy ( cheese etc ), and others such as such as beans and nuts which suppress appetite, making control over calories intake easier. When you get ample quality proteins this will also help you to build lean muscle, particularly if you are carrying out regular exercise targeted towards strengthening the body. The combination of protein in the healthy diet with exercise will cause your body’s metabolism to run at a higher rate with more lean muscle which is good for your health. One other benefit of eating sufficient protein at mealtimes is that it helps your body control blood sugar and insulin levels by slowing the breakdown of the carbohydrates that have been eaten.
3. EATING CARBOHYDRATES
Whilst diet experts differ in their opinions of the benefits of extremely low-carbohydrate diets, I do consider that one of the principal reasons that so many people struggle to lose weight for most of their lives is due to daily eating excessive amounts of processed carbohydrates such as refined grain-based starches and refined sugars.
It is far better for your health to eat the natural sugars contained in in whole fruits and berries because the fiber in fruit helps to slow the blood sugar reaction in your body. However avoid fruit juices, which contain mostly sugar and have the fiber removed at the processing stage.
I have noted that when people start to cut down their grain consumption (from pasta,cereals,bagels,breads, etc), they find it easier to start to lose body fat. My recommendation is for people to reduce their consumption of grains and instead eat more carbohydrates in the form of fruit and vegetables. People will find that it is much easier to control their weight if they follow those simple steps in a healthy balanced diet.
SUMMARY
I am confident that with these ‘health and wellness tips‘ you will start to see a leaner body and more energy in no time if you follow the above three tips for eating a smarter,healthy balanced diet. Click on the link below for more helpful tips.
Keep fit and enjoy a happy, healthy lifestyle.
James Kelly
http://www.learnhandyhealthandwellnesstips.com
High Wycombe, Western Australia,6057
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