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Top tips for healthy eating

21/2/2023

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We live in an age of endless information available, but it can be hard to decipher what is relevant to you and what to ignore.
 
My motto is always KISS – Keep It Simple Sweetie.  Often things are made more complicated than there is any need for.
 
So if I had to give some general advise for eating healthy this would be it:
 
  1. Learn to listen to your body’s cues – stop eating when you’re full, you don’t have to clear your plate anymore
  2. Set mealtimes – eat at regular times as much as possible
  3. Cook from fresh produce – 90/10 rule. 
  4. Focus on your food – no laptops, phones, computers, tv’s when you are eating
  5. Chew Chew train is coming – chew your food 10-20 times per mouthful
  6. Stock your fridge and cupboards with tasty, healthy foods – this way it’s easier to eat healthy and harder to eat unhealthy
  7. Don’t follow the trends, they change constantly.  The basis of a healthy plate is protein (animal produce, beans, tofu, nuts, seeds), carbohydrates (grains, potatoes, beans, lentils etc), plenty fresh fruit and vegetables and healthy fats
  8. Don’t be afraid to eat fats – healthy fats are essential – Unsaturated fats are thought to be the healthy ones (monounsaturated fats-MUFA and polyunsaturated fats -PUFA) The fats you want to avoid are trans fats.  Saturated fats fall in the middle, a little but don’t go crazy (these come mainly from animal fats)
  9. Go a little exotic – by adding in foods that may not be 100% traditional to our own culture we can add in extra nutrients, like lentils in curry, beans and avocado’s in Mexican, paprika in Spanish, these all add another layer to our healthy eating.  Mix this in with traditional foods from your own culture
  10. Fish once a day or take a krill oil – many modern diseases have some form of lack of omega 3 element linked.
 
 
The main rule is start at a level you can maintain and keep improving until it’s just a fun, enjoyable part of your life with the added bonus it is keeping you healthy.
 
 
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    Carina Kennedy was formerly a Nurse, now a Nutritional Therapist and Herbalist living in the west of Ireland.  Her passion is food, health and teaching clients to gain control of their life with simple techniques.

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