Why Eat Healthy?
We need to eat healthy food to provide the necessary nutrients that your body needs to create new cells, clean toxins, and to just function every day!
Eating right and exercising benefit you internally, too. If you eat well today, you improve your health, you feel better, you look better, you improve your immune system, your cardiovascular system, your digestive system, your endocrine system. From head to toe, every system improves. And when your body works, you feel great, you think clearly, you focus your energy, and (you guessed it) you come that much closer to understanding and executing your Purpose.
A healthy lifestyle gives us the energy to get more out of life.
We can participate, share, communicate, and build a community -- and better figure out your Purpose!
We have added some of our favourite healthy recipes so that you can plan your meals right and get inspiration.
Eating right and exercising benefit you internally, too. If you eat well today, you improve your health, you feel better, you look better, you improve your immune system, your cardiovascular system, your digestive system, your endocrine system. From head to toe, every system improves. And when your body works, you feel great, you think clearly, you focus your energy, and (you guessed it) you come that much closer to understanding and executing your Purpose.
A healthy lifestyle gives us the energy to get more out of life.
We can participate, share, communicate, and build a community -- and better figure out your Purpose!
We have added some of our favourite healthy recipes so that you can plan your meals right and get inspiration.
Healthy Tips
- Beetroot is packed with beneficial phytochemicals and antioxidants however don’t discard the green leafy tops, they offer high nutrient value providing vitamin C, beta carotene, calcium and iron.
- Blueberries, strawberries and raspberries contain plant nutrients known as anthocyanidins, which are powerful antioxidants. Blueberries rival grapes in concentrations of resveratrol – the antioxidant compound found in red wine that has assumed near mythological proportions. Resveratrol is believed to help protect against heart disease and cancer.
- Get your daily calcium by popping a tab, chugging milk or eating yoghurt. It will keep your bones strong. Remember that your bone density declines after the age of 30. You need at least 200 milligrams daily, which you should combine with magnesium, or it simply won’t be absorbed.
- Garlic, onions, spring onions and leeks all contain stuff that’s good for you. A study at the Child’s Health Institute in Cape Town found that eating raw garlic helped fight serious childhood infections. Heat destroys these properties, so eat yours raw, wash it down with fruit juice or, if you’re a sissy, have it in tablet form.
- Studies show that eating a proper breakfast is one of the most positive things you can do if you are trying to lose weight. Breakfast skippers tend to gain weight. A balanced breakfast includes fresh fruit or fruit juice, a high-fibre breakfast cereal, low-fat milk or yoghurt, wholewheat toast, and a boiled egg.
- Prevent low blood sugar as it stresses you out. Eat regular and small healthy meals and keep fruit and veggies handy. Herbal teas will also soothe your frazzled nerves. Eating unrefined carbohydrates, nuts and bananas boosts the formation of serotonin, another feel-good drug. Small amounts of protein containing the amino acid tryptamine can give you a boost when stress tires you out.
- We need at least 90 mg of vitamin C per day and the best way to get this is by eating at least five servings of fresh fruit and vegetables every day. So hit the oranges and guavas!
- Folic acid should be taken regularly by all pregnant mums and people with a low immunity to disease. Folic acid prevents spina bifida in unborn babies and can play a role in cancer prevention. It is found in green leafy vegetables, liver, fruit and bran.
- Hot, spicy foods containing chillies or cayenne pepper trigger endorphins, the feel-good hormones. Endorphins have a powerful, almost narcotic, effect and make you feel good after exercising. But go easy on the lamb, pork and mutton and the high-fat, creamy dishes served in many Indian restaurants.
- Instead of being overly concerned with counting calories or measuring portion sizes, think of your diet in terms of color, variety, and freshness. This way it should be easier to make healthy choices. Focus on finding foods you love and easy recipes that incorporate a few fresh ingredients. Gradually, your diet will become healthier and more delicious.
- Start slow and make changes to your eating habits over time. Trying to make your diet healthy overnight isn’t realistic or smart. Changing everything at once usually leads to cheating or giving up on your new eating plan. Make small steps, like adding a salad (full of different color vegetables) to your diet once a day or switching from butter to olive oil when cooking. As your small changes become habit, you can continue to add more healthy choices to your diet.