Have a healthy diet to lose weight safely

You can improve the cleansing process in your body. You can burn fats and calories. And you can lose weight.

This involves consuming the appropriate amount of nutrients and water. You can get this from various food, nutritious meal replacement, and food supplements. A healthy diet supports you on your daily activities. You need more nutrients and water if you are more active. If you lack certain nutrients and/or water in your body, you increase the chances of experiencing health problems.

A weight loss program should be healthy and nutritious. You may have seen or known people, who looked haggard after a taking diet pills or a “crash diet”. This is simply because they did not get the nutrients they needed in their brief weight loss journey. You need to ensure that you get the nutrients and water you need in your weight loss journey.

As you improve your diet and lose weight, your body undergoes detoxification or cleansing. Cleansing can be as simple as your usual peeing, pooping, and sweating. Some detox symptoms may be uncomfortable. The detox symptoms are part of the healing process done by your body. Continue with your healthy diet. The discomfort most likely subsides when your body already releases most toxins in your body.

What happened to our food sources?

How many fruits and vegetables should you eat?

For vegetables, one serving means 1 cup chopped fresh vegetables, ½ cup cooked vegetables, or ¾ cup of vegetable juice.

For fruits, one serving means 1 piece of middle sized fruit, 1 cup chopped fruit, ½ cup berries, or ¾ cup of fruit juice.

What is the reason behind this quantity?

Fruits and vegetables provide various plant nutrients (called phytonutrients) to the different parts of your body. Notice that fruits and vegetables come in different colors. These colors are grouped into seven (7) categories. Each color gives you certain phytonutrients that help you improve your health. For example, the red group includes tomatoes, watermelon, and pink grapefruit. Those in the red group are rich in lycopene, which helps your body rid of free radicals that damage your genes. This nutrient also helps you fight against heart and lung diseases.

It can be difficult or inconvenient for you to eat this much considering the fast-paced lifestyle that many people have nowadays. And you may need to consume more depending on your age, gender, and lifestyle. These are the reasons why it may be better for you to take nutritional supplements daily as part of your healthy diet and lifestyle.

Garden 7 Provides antioxidants equal to 1 cup red grapes, 3 oz. of cranberries, one orange, one tomato, ½ cup broccoli, ½ cup spinach, one carrot, and a clove of garlic each day for 30 days.

What's a healthy meal?

Your healthy meal must be a colorful meal to benefit from the various phytonutrients that help improve your immune system, enhance healthy cell regeneration and DNA repair, and prevent several cancers, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, eye problems.

It is best for you to eat proteins -- 50% from fruits and vegetables and 50% from animals -- to get complete proteins for your body. 30% of your caloric intake should come from proteins. In terms of quality, the best protein sources are plants (for example, soy and nuts). The next would be fish and chicken, and then beef and pork. But avoid eating beef and pork because you are most likely to eat saturated fats together with their protein.

You also benefit from eating whole grains and whole grain products to get carbohydrates especially complex carbs for their fiber. Minimize or avoid food made of simple carbs. Junk foods are mostly made from simple carbs and give only empty calories.

Eat some herbs and spices because they are rich in antioxidants and phytonutrients. For example, a teaspoon of thyme has about the same amount of antioxidants as a carrot. But do not replace carrots with thyme in your diet! There are other nutrients from carrots that you do not get from thyme. Get the picture?

Don't forget healthy fats and oils especially those precious DHA+EPA omega-3 fatty acids. Discover the healthy benefits you want to enjoy! These are essential for your proper nutrition at the cellular level.

It's a matter of striking a healthy balance of your sources of nutrients. Too much is bad. Too little is also bad.

The healthy quantities of food sources per meal depend on the amount of calories you get from the food you eat. Just remember that you must not go below 1,200 calories per meal.

Don't forget to drink water, okay?

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