Healthy diet is a diet rich in essential nutrients and fluids that helps maintain and improve overall health, maintain healthy body weight and helps individuals feel at their best.
A healthy diet includes;
EATING WELL
1. Dark leafy greens; like spinach, kales, beet greens, broccoli, wild lettuce, bitter leaf, jute leaf, jews mallow, scent leaf and lots more.
2. Non starchy vegetables: like mushrooms, cauliflower, cucumbers, carrot, cabbage, spring onions, garlic, onions, eggplant.
3. Sea food and fish: salmon, tuna, oyster, shrimp.
4. Salt: like sea salt, pink himalayan salt.
5. Red meat from organic grass fed animals (animals in Nigeria are majorly fed on grass).
6. Eggs and chicken; eggs should be eaten by both young and old, up to 5 eggs daily.
7. Dairy products: fermented milk, greek yoghurt, whey.
EATING IN MODERATION
Use coconut oil, avocado oil, animal fats like beef tallow, pork lard, butter for cooking (avoid overheating as too much heat destabilizes it).
LIFESTYLES
– Take walks in the sun for vitamin D and serotonin to boost mood and lower anxiety; exercise the body.
– Sleep uninterrupted for at least 7-8hrs.
– Proper hydration: with spring water being the most nutritious. Drink up to 3 ltrs of water in a day. (Tip: squeeze lemon juice into drinking water).
DITCH
– Sugar and food containing added sugar Fructose ( modern sugar).
– Grains and flour.
– Carbonated drinks.
– Margarine.
– Vegetable and seed oils (canola, soy oil).
– Refined carbs ( pasta, noodles, wheat, bread).
– Alcohol.
– Smoking.
Protect yourself and your loved ones from endless pills and hospital visits. Cut down fat, hydrate properly, prioritise your sleep and live a refreshing life.
Written by: Ololade Oduyomi
