Everyone knows that we have to eat healthily in order to stay
healthy.Yet many people find it hard to do so. It doesn't help
that there are so many diet plans out there, each one purporting
to be 'the one true diet' for you...
One useful way to get you into the habit of eating healthily
is by applying a few principles to the way you eat. I've outlined
7 of them below.
I. Eat small portions of food for each meal.
II. Eat frequently. Most adults get hungry about 4 hours after
their last meal. Aim to eat at least 5 small sized meals each
day. This keeps your metabolic rate high, thus helping you lose
weight easily, naturally and healthily.
III. Eat foods that you enjoy eating, making sure that each
meal contains all the essential nutrients (protein,
carbohydrates, fats, minerals and vitamins).
IV. Eat only when you’re hungry.
V. Stop eating as soon as you feel full: practise pushing away
your plate with food still on it when you’ve had
enough. Don’t aim to wipe the plate clean, and don’t
eat until you feel stuffed. Eat until you’re comfortably
satisfied.
VI. Drink a lot of water. Scientists recommend that we drink
roughly 8 (250mls) glasses of water each day. Water helps you
stay full, and if you’re eating only when you’re hungry,
it means you’ll eat less without feeling like you’re
depriving yourself. It also helps you flush out toxins from your
body which otherwise could
interfere with your body’s normal metabolism.
VII. Eating should be a pleasure, not a pain. For any food plan
to work, it has to be practical, enjoyable,
flexible and nutritious. Any plan that's based on depriving you
of some food or other is almost certainly doomed to fail in the
long term.
