Follow These Tips For Maintaining Optimal Nutrition In Your Diet

By Dr Pj Prakash


Improper nutrition can negatively affect you, both physically and emotionally. You need to do a lot of your research so that you can ensure that your body is getting the nourishment that it requires to stay happy and healthy. There are some tips listed below to help you start improving your nutrition.

When it comes to nutrition, we all seem to have trouble doing it properly. Our problem areas vary though and sometimes, we need help identifying these problems. Look at your eating habits and decide which one you pick. Is it the salad or the cheeseburger? The soda or bottled water? The healthy choices are obvious and if you don't pick them as often as you should, that may be your problem.

Choose organic fruits and vegetables whenever possible. Organic food is grown without pesticides and fungicides. While organic foods can be more expensive, the long term health benefits save money in future health care costs. The more unnatural things you can cut out of your diet the healthier you will be.

Taking a daily garlic supplement can be beneficial to your health. Garlic is known as a preventative of diseases such as heart disease and cancer. It will also help you maintain healthy organs by fighting bacteria and fungus. If possible, use cloves of garlic as well as garlic extracts every day.

Soy has been known to be a great addition to any healthy diet. It has been shown to help prevent diseases like heart disease and cancer because of its essential fatty acids, iron, phosphorus, and other nutrients. It is great for eliminating blockages in arteries too. Soy also helps reduce cholesterol levels.

For cancer prevention, try adding more plants to your daily diet. These are versatile enough to go anywhere from a salad to a soup to a stew to even a smoothie. Try eating green things like lettuce, spinach, broccoli, asparagus and more to get a vast array of nutrients. Also, add things like fruits and nuts for a huge boost to prevent cancer.

When choosing foods, think about nutrition. Green beans seem nutritious, for example, but broccoli is a knockout in terms of nutrients, so it is better to pick broccoli for dinner. Potatoes are yummy, of course, and quite innocent, when they're not slathered in butter or cream, but if you want to pack a truly nutritive punch, swap them out for sweet potatoes from time to time. They're jam-packed with vitamin A and C and fiber. It's said that sweet potatoes (NOT sweet potato fries, sorry!) are so nutritious, that you could survive on them alone.

You should write down everything you eat during the day. This helps make you accountable for what you have eaten. It also helps you to not "forget" about that latte you indulged in, or that candy bar you ate after lunch. Knowing what you have eaten already will help you make better decisions about what to eat at the next meal or snack time.

Build a healthy meal by combining a variety of food sources. Meat does not need to be the centerpiece of every meal. Try making more stir-fries with a variety of fresh vegetables. You can make homemade sauces to complement your dishes to maximize taste and avoid the corn syrups in most commercial sauces.

Improper nutrition can be very troublesome, but with some work and some patience, you can improve it. It just takes research and asking your doctor what to do and how to improve your diet so that you can get proper nutrition. Do yourself a favor and try using the above tips to help improve your diet.




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