Am I making healthy choices with my food? If not, why not?
- Increases Energy Levels
Eating a nutritious diet in the modern world isn’t always easy. It’s tempting to choose the convenient options of take-away and snack foods, but for those who can sustain the discipline and incorporate healthy food habits into their lifestyle will feel, look and perform better.
What happens when you don’t do the maintenance on your car? It breaks down, of course! Your brain and body need proper fuel to perform at your best.
Nutritional food sources will give your body the vitamins, minerals and nutrients it deserves and that’s required for peak performance. For example; lean meats, chicken breasts, eggs, rice, oats, nuts and green vegetables.
The Australian guide to healthy eating recommends 5-6 servings of fruit and vegetables per day.
- Weight Control
The ‘Australian dietary guidelines’ research concluded, that more than half of the Australian adult population is above their healthiest weight; either ‘overweight’ (above your healthiest weight and at greater risk of some health problems) or ‘obese’ (significantly above your healthiest weight and at greatest risk of health problems).
Tips for eating more “mindfully’
- Have a eating plan
- Put good food in your fridge and pantry
- Understand food labels (Food Literacy)
- Have strategies for eating ‘away’ from home
What can I do?
- Improves Mood
Good nutrition is fundamental for mental, emotional and physical health. Because what you eat will affect the way you feel and perform.
Do I want better energy? More stable moods? Better sleep quality? Reduced stress? Is my health in order? How can I improve my eating habits?
- Physical Health
What would it be like to achieve all your dreams, but not have the physical health to enjoy it?
Good nutrition is a high-leverage physical health activity. Your physical health is important. It’s one of the most obvious signs of health-related problems. It also impacts our mental and emotional health. A simple principle to remember is the law of cause and effect. “For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction”
What am I putting in my body? Who am I at my core?
Being physically healthy means that I stop putting poor nutritional choices with food, drugs, excessive alcohol and smoking into my body? What am I doing consistently?
What you choose to eat will affect you physically, mentally and emotionally. Eating healthy prevents weight gain, lowers your risk for diet-related illnesses. For example; heart disease, diabetes, cancer and depression. Do I want more energy? Do I want a rewarding social life?
- Increase Longevity
Individuals that have healthy food habits increase their longevity. There hasn’t been a time where people were living longer and better. Today longevity is a choice. Do I want to prevent my premature death? By setting your goal today to design your life and develop the eating habits to live longer and feel happier in a physical body that radiates vitality.
Ask yourself;
- What do I want to accomplish from my food choices?
- How do I want to feel, and perform?
- How do I want to look?
All the Best,
Dave