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Q: Do you wake up after a nights sleep feeling tired and achy?
A: This can be a combination of many things: stress, inappropriate eating habits, lack of exercise, even an old mattress! Read on and you'll begin to recognise why your body feels sluggish in the morning....
Q Do you eat the recommended five servings of fruit & vegetables everyday?
A: Packed with essential nutrients, fibre and water, your body loves those colourful, fresh fruit and vegetables, more is definitely better!
Q:Do you deliberately include plenty of fibre-rich foods in your diet?
A: Wholegrain bread, pasta and brown rice not only tastes better, they deliver a whole lot more fibre than their white counterparts. Your body needs fibre every day to help keep the digestive system in good working condition. The Guideline Daily Amount (GDA) is 24g of fibre each day but it has been suggested that 30g or more may be needed for the protection of gut health.
Q: Do you consider your diet varied & healthy?
A:Be honest - What percentage of your diet consists of nutritionally-depleted fast food take-aways or pre-packed convenience meal? Variety is essential. You need a broad range of nutrients on a daily basis to maintain good health.
Q: Are you too busy to prepare healthy balanced meals?
A: There are many healthy convenience items available nowadays - pre-washed salad greens, frozen fruit and vegetables, pre-cut fruit, quick cooking poultry portions & meal replacement shakes. - you CAN make a healthy meal quickly!
Q:Do you feel your digestive system is struggling?
A: Big meals, fatty meals, eating on the run, eating when stressed, poor diet, lack of energy - your digestive system is your 'engine', if it's struggling it is trying to tell you it cant cope and you need to make some changes!
Q: Do you tend to opt for salty/sugary snacks between meals?
A: The easy options often provide empty calories with no nutritional benefit, so what is it worth?
Healthy snacks are in abundance now so stop buying comfort food and choose nutritious snacks like nuts, fruit and protein bars instead.
A: This can be a combination of many things: stress, inappropriate eating habits, lack of exercise, even an old mattress! Read on and you'll begin to recognise why your body feels sluggish in the morning....
Q Do you eat the recommended five servings of fruit & vegetables everyday?
A: Packed with essential nutrients, fibre and water, your body loves those colourful, fresh fruit and vegetables, more is definitely better!
Q:Do you deliberately include plenty of fibre-rich foods in your diet?
A: Wholegrain bread, pasta and brown rice not only tastes better, they deliver a whole lot more fibre than their white counterparts. Your body needs fibre every day to help keep the digestive system in good working condition. The Guideline Daily Amount (GDA) is 24g of fibre each day but it has been suggested that 30g or more may be needed for the protection of gut health.
Q: Do you consider your diet varied & healthy?
A:Be honest - What percentage of your diet consists of nutritionally-depleted fast food take-aways or pre-packed convenience meal? Variety is essential. You need a broad range of nutrients on a daily basis to maintain good health.
Q: Are you too busy to prepare healthy balanced meals?
A: There are many healthy convenience items available nowadays - pre-washed salad greens, frozen fruit and vegetables, pre-cut fruit, quick cooking poultry portions & meal replacement shakes. - you CAN make a healthy meal quickly!
Q:Do you feel your digestive system is struggling?
A: Big meals, fatty meals, eating on the run, eating when stressed, poor diet, lack of energy - your digestive system is your 'engine', if it's struggling it is trying to tell you it cant cope and you need to make some changes!
Q: Do you tend to opt for salty/sugary snacks between meals?
A: The easy options often provide empty calories with no nutritional benefit, so what is it worth?
Healthy snacks are in abundance now so stop buying comfort food and choose nutritious snacks like nuts, fruit and protein bars instead.
Q: Do you feel your lifestyle is stressful?
A: Stress causes chemical disharmony in the body. If stress is making you ill, seek professional advice: Life is for living not struggling.
Q: Do you drink the recommended 6-8 glasses of water daily?
A: Your body is approximately two thirds water. Second only to oxygen, water is life-giving! Every cell in the body needs to be bathed in clean water to function optimally : So drink up water is genuinely good for you!
Q: Do you include 30 minutes of moderate exercise every other day?
A: No time, interest or energy for exercise? Your body needs movement; muscles that aren't used regularly literally shrink and ligaments and tendons become weak and lose elasticity - and you may age faster! A brisk fast walk every other day is all it takes to remain supple Make time for some heart-rate-increasing exercise at least three times a week to help care for your heart.
Q: Does your energy tend to fizzle-out mid afternoon?
A: Reading the answers so far you can now see why you may suffer from energy dips: inappropriate eating habits and poor choice of food. Eat the right foods at the right time and your energy will see you through to the end of the day.
A: Stress causes chemical disharmony in the body. If stress is making you ill, seek professional advice: Life is for living not struggling.
Q: Do you drink the recommended 6-8 glasses of water daily?
A: Your body is approximately two thirds water. Second only to oxygen, water is life-giving! Every cell in the body needs to be bathed in clean water to function optimally : So drink up water is genuinely good for you!
Q: Do you include 30 minutes of moderate exercise every other day?
A: No time, interest or energy for exercise? Your body needs movement; muscles that aren't used regularly literally shrink and ligaments and tendons become weak and lose elasticity - and you may age faster! A brisk fast walk every other day is all it takes to remain supple Make time for some heart-rate-increasing exercise at least three times a week to help care for your heart.
Q: Does your energy tend to fizzle-out mid afternoon?
A: Reading the answers so far you can now see why you may suffer from energy dips: inappropriate eating habits and poor choice of food. Eat the right foods at the right time and your energy will see you through to the end of the day.
Q: Do you include at least 3 portions of oily fish each week?
A: Good fats, the type your body really needs, are the reason we need more ocean-caught fish in our diet. These healthy fats can be found in mackerel, sardine, salmon & tuna. These fats, 'essential fatty acids', can help reduce the risk of heart problems by helping to maintain healthy cholesterol levels. Don't skip on this one - if you don't like fish, take a daily fish oil supplement instead.
Q: Are you overweight?
A: If you keep doing what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got! Its time for a major change, both in body and mind - new input, new attitude, new diet, NEW YOU! Achieving a healthy weight can benefit your health in so many different ways.
