Get the best
from your Food
Prevention is better than cure, so start today.
Get rid of all the foods that can harm your health,
and replace them with good foods.
♦ Fresh is best, or almost. Fresh is only best when it's eaten fresh. It's not best when it kicks around the kitchen or fridge for a few days, because vital nutrients have then dispersed into the air and the food has started to oxidise and create harmful free radicals.
♦ Buy fruit and vegetables slightly unripe and let them ripen on the windowsill, hopefully to receive some sun. This will boost nutrient content and flavour. Don't buy fruit and vegetables for the week. Buy little and often.
♦ Frozen is next best, because the produce is normally frozen immediately after picking which keeps the nutrients in good condition. However, kicking around the freezer for months will destroy the nutrients.
♦ A downside of frozen fruit and vegetables is the taste, texture and appearance, which alters in the freezing process. Some can end up looking and tasting like a soggy mush.
♦ Tins and packets are less nutritious, but some less than others. Read the labels carefully, because many are full of sugar, salt, additives, preservatives, flavourings, chemicals and many other non-foods. You may want to check that there is actually some food content in there, depending on what food you are buying.
♦ Wash fruit and vegetables carefully, whether you peel them or eat the skins.
♦ Don't cut, wash or soak fruit and vegetables until just before you intend eating them.
♦ Steam vegetables to retain their nutrients. Use the remaining mineral-rich water to make soups or stocks, or just drink it when cooler.
♦ Deep-fry as little as possible, because the oils turn into trans-fats (damaged fats) when heated.
♦ Microwaving will always be controversial, but is mostly successful for water-based foods, not for oil-based foods, such as fish, nuts or seeds. Oils convert to harmful trans-fats on heating. Don't stand anywhere near the microwave while it is working.
♦ Some vegetables retain their nutrients more effectively when cooked rather than eaten raw, such as carrots, broccoli and spinach.
♦ Eat fruit and vegetables in season, when they contain most nutrients, and are less expensive.
♦ Always think vegetables first, then what you are going to have with them. Not the other way around, ie. meat or fish, then what vegetables to have with it. You need a much larger quantity of vegetables than protein, so it makes sense to decide on your vegetables first. Make these as appetising as possible.
♦ Make a rule for yourself - good food in, bad food out. Don't keep food hanging around in cupboards for months. Eat it or throw it. Buy only what you need of cupboard food to last a month or so.
♦ Finally, get a good water filter jug and drinks lots of lovely, life-giving water every day.
We have plenty of healthy-eating tips. Why not take a course and really learn how good food will improve your health, energy and well-being, while a poor-quality diet can potentially cause ill-health and disease.
eat well and be well
more about nutrition:
Home-Study Course: Nutrition for Life
Good health and managing stress begins with the type of food we eat and the way in which it is used by the body. Our personal food choices determine our ailments, but also our health, well-being and quality of life.
Home-Study Course: Nutrition for Stress
It is never too late for some self-help in reducing or eliminating the causes and symptoms of stress and ill health. Medication doesn't always have the solutions, and no medication comes without side effects, some of which create added stress and health problems. Sometimes even a small change in the diet can bring amazing results in the way you feel.
Home-Study Course: Nutritional Healing
If you regularly feel ill, have no energy, can't think straight, don't know what the problem is but just don't feel right, then get your diet right and you'll improve on all these and more.
