Tuesday 23 February 2016

Healthy Food

We all know that eating right can help you maintain a healthy weight and avoid certain health problems.. Studies have linked eating a typical Western diet—filled with processed meats, packaged meals, takeout food, and sugary snacks—with higher rates of depression, stress, bipolar disorder, and anxiety. Eating an unhealthy diet may even play a role in the development of mental health disorders such as ADHD, Alzheimer’s disease, and schizophrenia.

Eating more fresh fruits and vegetables, cooking meals at home, and reducing your intake of sugar and refined carbohydrates, on the other hand, may help to improve mood and lower your risk for mental health problems. Eating well can even help to manage and regain control of your life.While some specific foods or nutrients have been shown to have a beneficial effect on mood, it’s your overall dietary pattern that is most important. That means switching to a healthy diet doesn’t have to be an all or nothing proposition. You don’t have to be perfect and you don’t have to completely eliminate foods you enjoy to have a healthy diet and make a difference to the way you think and feel.Healthy eating is not about strict dietary limitations, staying unrealistically thin, or depriving yourself of the foods you love. Rather, it’s about feeling great, having more energy, improving your outlook, and stabilizing your mood. If you feel overwhelmed by all the conflicting nutrition and diet advice out there, you’re not alone. It seems that for every expert who tells you a certain food is good for you, you’ll find another saying exactly the opposite. But by using these simple tips, you can cut through the confusion and learn how to create a tasty, varied, and healthy diet that is as good for your mind as it is for your body.To set yourself up for success, think about planning a healthy diet as a number of small, manageable steps—like adding a salad to your diet once a day—rather than one big drastic change. As your small changes become habit, you can continue to add more healthy choices.Some small tips:-

1. Prepare more of your own meals.
2. Make the right changes.
3. Eat healthier snacks. 
4. Read the labels.
5. Focus on how you feel after eating
6. Drink plenty of water.
7. Try not to think of certain foods as “off-limits.”
8. Think smaller portions.
9. Take your time
10. Eat with others whenever possible.
11. Eat breakfast and eat small portions throughout the day.
12. Avoid eating at night.
13. Avoid sugary drinks.
14. Slowly reduce the sugar in your diet

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