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EAT HEALTHY
Watch
what you bite!
How
everyday food habits can make you live healthy and stay slim
Food
activist and blogger Vani Hari wants to change the way the world eats as
she takes on big food corporations to serve healthy food. She teaches
people how to make the right purchasing decisions at the grocery store, how
to live an organic lifestyle, and how to travel healthy. Here are five
everyday health tips for better living from her...
Include more green and natural foods:
Eat as close to mother nature
as possible, avoid processed foods and consume the most nutrient dense
plant-based foods on the planet like dark leafy greens, good fats like
coconut oil, nuts, seeds and avocado. Limit alcohol, sweets and
conventional industrial meat. Wheatgrass juice is one of the best sources
of chlorophyll,which detoxes the body completely.
Start your day with warm lemon water and cayenne pepper:
Sprinkle
some cayenne pepper (lal mirch) in warm lemon water first thing in the
morning and have it on an empty stomach. This ritual provides a super
stimulant to the liver, the main detoxing organ in the body. Your liver
will release uric acid and create bile to safely eliminate environmental
and lifestyle toxins that would otherwise be trapped longer in your
digestive system.
Discover the benefits of green juices:
Consuming green drinks is the
best way to get greens in your diet. They provide the body with a rich
source of chlorophyll on a daily basis.
When travelling, pack these:
Homemade, frozen, organic veggies,
homemade hummus. Bring your first meal: hummus sandwiches or yogurt for
breakfast. Carry an assortment of raw veggies (think carrots, celery,
broccoli). Almonds and raisins can last forever in your suitcase. Carry
some organic dates, prunes, unsalted walnuts and unsalted cashews and oats.
Detox your body at regular intervals:
You can actually detox all the
time if you eat the right foods. Detoxing isn’t about eating healthy and
then eating processed and sugar-filled foods – it’s about making sure your
body is getting rid of the daily toxins. Eating and drinking an abundance
of high liver stimulating raw vegetables like kale (curly greens),
dandelion greens, spinach and beetroot is the best way to daily detox.
Dandelion tea is a quick and easy way to stimulate the liver to remove
toxins.
THESE PRODUCTS SHOULD ALWAYS BE ORGANIC
Dairy products:
Studies have shown organic milk has more antioxidants.
Says Vandana Shiva, “Dairy products like milk, cheese, yogurt, ice cream,
etc. should be consumed in their organic form because, they are free of
growth hormones or antibiotics that are given to animals.”
Meat: Says Ishi Khosla, nutritionist, “Organic animal products
are better because the animals are raised in a healthy environment, and fed
organic fodder with a wider range of nutrients than those raised in factory
farms. The chickens aren’t artificially injected with hormones to fatten
up.”
Dirty dozen produce: Some vegetables and fruits, like apples, celery, cherry
tomatoes, cucumbers, grapes, hot peppers and peaches, are heavily sprayed
with chemicals. Says Khosla, “Soak them in water for at least two hours, if
you can’t buy organic.”
Tea and coffee: They do not wash tea, so pesticides that cause
disease can be brewed right into your cup. Adds Khosla, “Everyday, we
consume four to five cups of tea. It’s wise to go organic with your tea and
coffee, even if you find it expensive.”
Dried herbs and spices: Non-organic herbs and spices are irradiated, reducing
medicinal quality.
Chocolate: Organic chocolates are made of cocoa beans that have not
been treated with synthetic fertilizers.
DON’T MAKE THESE MISTAKES WHILE
INCLUDING JUICES IN YOUR DAILY DIET
Drinking juice on a full stomach: Fresh juice should only be consumed on an
empty stomach. Drinking juice on an empty stomach allows the vitamins and
minerals in the juice to go straight to your bloodstream. A good general
rule of thumb to follow is to wait at least two hours after a meal. Waiting
too long to drink your green juice: As soon as your freshly made green
juice gets exposed to air, its live enzymes begin to degrade, therefore
decreasing the nutritional content. Using too many sweet fruits and
vegetables in your green juice: Sweet fruits and vegetables like
watermelon, apples, pears, and carrots are very nutritious when consumed
whole, but if you consume too many of them juiced, the amount of sugar and
fructose you are adding to your diet could be over the top. Too much
natural sugar can affect insulin levels pretty dramatically. Treating green
juice like a meal: Juice isn’t a meal replacement, rather it is a meal
enhancer or sn
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