10 Easy changes that will make you healthier
You can make some easy changes to your daily diet that will go a long, long way. If you’re trying to lose weight or gain muscle, these changes will make your body healthier and help you achieve your goals.
1. Sweet potatoes for normal potatoes
Standard potatoes do not count in your recommended 5 a day and encourage the release of sugar in your body. Try sweet potatoes, they are a super food rammed packed with goodness. You can have them as mash, as wedges, roasted or boiled. In fact, you can pretty much replace them for standard potatoes.
2. Wholemeal bread for white bread
‘The whiter your bread, the quicker you’re dead’ – or so they say, and there is an element of truth. White bread has negative effects on your health and quickly releases sugar into your blood, whereas wholemeal bread has positive effects on your health and slowly releases energy throughout the day. Pick a brown bread without wheat flour, it’s the same flour used for making white bread and a lot of brands include it.
3. No sugar in tea and coffee
Putting extra sugar into your hot drinks is just adding needless sugar to your diet. Learn to love your tea and coffee without sugar.
4. Still drinks for fizzy drinks
Fizzy drinks have a high sugar content – leave them well alone. Even the diet versions are filled with chemicals and additives that you just shouldn’t be putting in your bodies. Get plenty of cordial in and drink that instead.
5. Snack on nuts or fruits instead of chocolate and sweets
This goes without saying really, but it’s important to have healthy snacks around for your moments of weakness. Cherry tomatoes, grapes and unsalted nuts are just a few examples that you could buy in your weekly shopping instead of chocolate bars. When you feel the urge to snack during a film, you have plenty to not leave you feeling guilty.
6. Ditch the butter (or margarine)
Is butter or margarine really that important on your sandwiches, or in your mashed potatoes? Avoid using butter, even the healthy variety isn’t good for you. Try not using it at all, give it a week and you wont even notice a difference.
7. Porridge for sugared cereals
Eating cereal might seem quite healthy, but check the sugar content – you might be surprised. Try plain porridge with no added sugar or jam and it will slowly release energy throughout the morning to keep you fuller for longer and lower your sugar intake for the morning.
8. A glass of water before dinner
This is particuarly useful if you have large portions for dinner. Drinking a glass of water before your main course will make you feel fuller.
9. Prepare your own lunch
Store bought sandwiches and salads generally are filled with preseravtives and calories, no matter how healthy they appear to be. Prepare your own lunch, you can knock together some sandwiches in the morning in about 5 minutes or cook up some pasta or rice the night before.
10. Don’t make excuses
Excuses like, ‘I don’t like eating breakfast’ and ‘I can’t possibly drink coffee without sugar’ are just not true. Your body gets used to whatever routine you give it, changing your habits is difficult but not impossible. It takes 3 weeks for your body to get used to something – that includes changing your taste buds and when you eat food.
You can make some easy changes to your daily diet that will go a long, long way. If you’re trying to lose weight or gain muscle, these changes will make your body healthier and help you achieve your goals.
1. Sweet potatoes for normal potatoes
Standard potatoes do not count in your recommended 5 a day and encourage the release of sugar in your body. Try sweet potatoes, they are a super food rammed packed with goodness. You can have them as mash, as wedges, roasted or boiled. In fact, you can pretty much replace them for standard potatoes.
2. Wholemeal bread for white bread
‘The whiter your bread, the quicker you’re dead’ – or so they say, and there is an element of truth. White bread has negative effects on your health and quickly releases sugar into your blood, whereas wholemeal bread has positive effects on your health and slowly releases energy throughout the day. Pick a brown bread without wheat flour, it’s the same flour used for making white bread and a lot of brands include it.
3. No sugar in tea and coffee
Putting extra sugar into your hot drinks is just adding needless sugar to your diet. Learn to love your tea and coffee without sugar.
4. Still drinks for fizzy drinks
Fizzy drinks have a high sugar content – leave them well alone. Even the diet versions are filled with chemicals and additives that you just shouldn’t be putting in your bodies. Get plenty of cordial in and drink that instead.
5. Snack on nuts or fruits instead of chocolate and sweets
This goes without saying really, but it’s important to have healthy snacks around for your moments of weakness. Cherry tomatoes, grapes and unsalted nuts are just a few examples that you could buy in your weekly shopping instead of chocolate bars. When you feel the urge to snack during a film, you have plenty to not leave you feeling guilty.
6. Ditch the butter (or margarine)
Is butter or margarine really that important on your sandwiches, or in your mashed potatoes? Avoid using butter, even the healthy variety isn’t good for you. Try not using it at all, give it a week and you wont even notice a difference.
7. Porridge for sugared cereals
Eating cereal might seem quite healthy, but check the sugar content – you might be surprised. Try plain porridge with no added sugar or jam and it will slowly release energy throughout the morning to keep you fuller for longer and lower your sugar intake for the morning.
8. A glass of water before dinner
This is particuarly useful if you have large portions for dinner. Drinking a glass of water before your main course will make you feel fuller.
9. Prepare your own lunch
Store bought sandwiches and salads generally are filled with preseravtives and calories, no matter how healthy they appear to be. Prepare your own lunch, you can knock together some sandwiches in the morning in about 5 minutes or cook up some pasta or rice the night before.
10. Don’t make excuses
Excuses like, ‘I don’t like eating breakfast’ and ‘I can’t possibly drink coffee without sugar’ are just not true. Your body gets used to whatever routine you give it, changing your habits is difficult but not impossible. It takes 3 weeks for your body to get used to something – that includes changing your taste buds and when you eat food.
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