V. Stop eating as soon as you feel full: practise pushing away your plate with food still on it when you’ve had enough.Don’t aim to wipe the plate clean, and don’t eat until you feel stuffed. Eat until you’re comfortably satisfied.Reward yourself each time you succeed in doing this (but not with food!) - read a good book, watch a movie, spend some time out with friends - do something you really enjoy, to encourage yourself to stick with this good habit.
VI. Drink a lot of water.Scientists recommend that we drink roughly 8 (250mls) glasses of water each day. The best guage to how much water you should drink though, is your own body: drink when you're thirsty.Water helps you stay full, and if you’re eating only when you’re hungry, it means you’ll eat less without feeling like you’re depriving yourself.It also helps you flush out toxins from your body which otherwise could interfere with your body’s normal metabolism.Your body is 70% water so it makes sense to keep your hydration levels normal.Having said that, a great way to get water while getting nourishment is by eating fresh fruits and vegetables. This makes another case for the '5-8 daily portions' of fruits and vegs.
VII. Take Daily Supplements. I'm all for getting your nutrients from your food, but with today's farming methods (pollution, toxins in soil, nutrient depletion in soil) and today's food processing methods which process most of the goodness out of our food, there's no way you can eat enough fruits, veggies and healthy oils each day to give you the amounts you need to maintain optimal health.
So take daily supplements to give you insurance and ensure that each day you get all your required nutrients. Make sure the supplements have been manufactured to Pharmaceutical Grade Quality Standards (should be clearly stated on the bottle), using Good Manufacturing Practices (GMC). This ensures that you're actually getting what's written on the label.Ensure also that your supplements have a guarantee of potency clearly written on the bottle, and that the ingredients are balanced, complete and comprehensive. I personally use and recommend the supplements made by USANA Health Sciences (www.usana.com) - they are made with the highest level of integrity and my family and I have felt very, very, well, since we started using them.
VIII. Eating should be a pleasure, not a pain.
For any food plan to work, it has to be practical, enjoyable, flexible and nutritious.Any plan that's based on depriving you of some food or other is almost certainly doomed to fail in the long term.That's why I do not advocate total avoidance of any foods. You're an intelligent person. You know what to eat, how much to eat and when to stop. Simply do what you know to do and you'll be alright:)
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