Few healthy diet habits

Quit processed foods
A diet heavy in processed foods can lead to numerous problems. As well as the better-known obesity, cancer and heart disease, it causes rotten teeth, bad skin, bad breath, constipation, digestive problems, headaches, poor concentration, depression, tiredness and anemia. Need any more impetus to give them up?

Go back to the original source
For each pre-packed item of food you buy and serve, try to make it a rule to add at least one food from its original source. For instance, if you buy coleslaw from the supermarket and you own fresh carrot, tomato or spring onions, for a healthy boost. Or if you buy ready-prepared pasta, serve it with a fresh spinach salad.


Get dressed
To avoid harmful processed fats, get in the habit of mixing your own healthy salad dressings. Try a mix of extra virgin olive or flax seed oil, white wine or balsamic vinegar, and a little black pepper or mustard. Yogurt is a tasty alternative for creamy dressings.

Visit the great plains
If you have a daily chocolate addiction, choose dark chocolate as it contains less fat than milk chocolate and is higher in cocoa solids, which makes it richer and means you’re likely to eat less. However, it does have double the caffeine of milk chocolate, at up to 50 mg a bar.

Digestion begins in the mouth
Chew your food thoroughly – chewing, which breaks down the food into small chunks and mixes it with saliva, actually kick-starts the digestive process. In this way essential nutrients are extracted from the food and digestion is more effective.

Can the tuna
In order to limit your mercury intake, which has been linked to brain damage in unborn babies and is thought to be toxic to adults, don’t eat more than two tuna steaks or four medium-sized cans of tuna a week. Tuna, marlin and swordfish have been found to be high in mercury deposits and should be avoided by those who are intending to become pregnant.

Be a grazer
If you’re looking for long-term energy, for shift work or prolonged exercise, for example, the best way to eat is to graze on small meals or snacks. This will keep blood-sugar levels up without having to divert too much energy to the gut for digestion.