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| YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT |
If your diet is lacking, your body has ways of letting you know, for example, you may be overweight or underweight or you may have a spotty complexion or constipation. Ultimately, a bad diet can lead to serious problems such as heart disease.
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A good diet helps fight off disease and makes you look and feel good.
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EIGHT STEPS TO A HEALTHIER DIET |
1. Reduce your consumption of refined carbohydrates such as white flour and white sugar. Your daily consumption of sugar should not exceed two ounces - and that includes all the sugar already present in food, particularly processed food!
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2. Eat plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables. Aim to make them over 80% of your daily intake of food.
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3. Cut down on your fat intake. Choose lean meats or trim off fat. Use low fat spreads and cooking oil which is low in polyunsaturates.
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4. Choose wholemeal bread in preference to white.
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5. Try nuts and dried fruit as a treat instead of sweets and chocolates.
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6. Drink at least two pints of water every day.
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7. Avoid the British habit of overcooking vegetables. It causes a massive loss of minerals and vitamins. Steaming or microwaving is a much better way of cooking vegetables than boiling them.
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8. Cut down on your salt intake. Never, for example, add salt to your food before tasting to see whether it is needed.
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