If you want to live longer than you should start by taking a serious look at your diet and deciding what you can do to improve your nutrition. By learning what the best diet is for you enables you to give your body the best essentials because of better choices. Here are some ideas.
Choose to switch out your white bread and pasta for a whole grain version of the same thing. Many brands offer these whole grains in a format that still looks and tastes mostly white. You will increase your fiber and protein intake as well as help to lower your cholesterol.
Watch your cholesterol intake. Cholesterol affects your metabolic rate which affects how fast or slow your body breaks down food. Having too high cholesterol can cause heart disease, heart attacks or even strokes. Aside from making sure you have a healthy diet with low cholesterol, make sure you see a physician if you are concerned with your levels.
Instead of snacking on sweet items like cookies and ice cream, try their healthier counterparts. Replace cookies with items like granola, oatmeal and cereal, and fruit bars. For ice cream, try going with low-fat or non-fat yogurt. These options not only taste better than the unhealthier ones, but you get nutrients like iron, calcium, fiber and much more in your diet.
For cancer prevention, try adding more plants to your daily diet. These are versatile enough to go anywhere from a salad to a soup to a stew to even a smoothie. Try eating green things like lettuce, spinach, broccoli, asparagus and more to get a vast array of nutrients. Also, add things like fruits and nuts for a huge boost to prevent cancer.
The holistic approach says we are mind and spirit as well as body. If we take this approach, nutrition becomes more complicated than if we only consider physical substances. If we include mind and spirit as having a transmuting effect on what we eat, then nutritional choices become subjective and individual to some degree.
Shopping more frequently for produce can reduce waste and increase the likelihood of actually eating fresh fruits and vegetables. Lots of people purchase their groceries once a week and sometimes forget to eat their fresh produce. If you stop by the store slightly more often, things won't spoil as often and you'll get into the habit of eating more fresh produce in no time.
After reading this article you can take away the knowledge that if applied will not only increase your life span but increase the quality of life that you experience. Nutrition can make you feel much better about yourself if it is followed properly.
Tips For Eating Low Carb on a Budget
Although this is frustrating, you are your greatest investment. If you are going to spend your money on anything, real food should be at the top of the list. Your body needs highly quality foods such as meat and vegetables, rather than highly processed products. Low carb doesn’t have to be expensive either – there are plenty of tips and tricks to keep costs down!
1. Buy In Bulk
I used to buy ground almonds from the baking aisle at the supermarket, which are around £2.80 per 200g bag. Then I realized you can buy a 1kg bag of ground almonds online (or at a worldwide supermarket) for just £8.50. That’s a saving of $5.50! Now I do the same for coconut flour, nut butters and cacao nibs too. They usually come in large bags which I then transfer to airtight food storage jars or containers.
Some low carb foods that are cheaper to buy in bulk:
• nuts
• seeds
• nut butters
• ground almonds/almond flour
• coconut flour
• cacao nibs
• protein powders
2. Choose Homemade Over Store Bought
This has to be my biggest money saver. While I absolutely love low carb protein cookies and protein bars, they get expensive pretty quickly. I treated myself to some low carb granola recently too, but it was £4.75 for a very small box. Then it occurred to me that I can just make these treats at home!
What I do is I look at the ingredient list on the back of the product (most of the time the ingredients are items that I already have at home) and then I search for a low carb recipe online e.g. ‘low carb peanut butter granola’. Most of the recipes are super easy to make and while it does take more time, you do save a lot by making low carb treats at home versus buying them all the time. There are a few exceptions to this – I successfully made low carb tortillas once but my other attempts haven’t been that great, so now I just buy low carb wraps to save time and effort.
Another benefit to making your low carb treats at home is you know exactly what goes into them and you can choose the exact flavor you would like. I also find homemade low carb goodies don’t spike my blood sugar as dramatically as store bought low carb products.
Further reading: https://asweetlife.org/tips-for-eating-low-carb-on-a-budget/