Tips for Meeting Your Nutrition Goals

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Without fail, many of us each year have to change our diet actively. Eating a healthy diet can be difficult, as what we consider bad foods, simply taste great! Enjoying a burger and chips on the weekend, for a lot of people, is more enjoyable than having a Caesar salad or a soup. But having a salad or soup is a lot healthier and is good for your overall health. This is why it’s important to find a balance so that you can enjoy your corn bread mix whilst also enjoying a bag of crisps or soup sometimes. 

Eating a healthy diet is important for many reasons. Not only will your mental health improve with a good diet, but you’ll also reduce the chances of getting ill and feel happier overall. So, how do you improve your diet? We can recommend a number of tips, such as drinking more water and adding vegetables to your sauces. 

Keep on reading for our guide on tips for enjoying a healthy diet. 

Adding vegetables to your sauces 

It’s recommended that you eat five pieces of fruit or vegetables a day (vegetables are better overall, as they have less sugar). To increase the amount of fruit and vegetables, we recommend you cook with them and add them to your sauces. A simple way to do this is to add peas to your spaghetti bolognese sauce or extra onions to your curry sauce. By adding vegetables to your sauces, you don’t realise you are eating them, which makes eating more of them easier. 

Drinking more water 

On the average week, how much water do you drink? You should be aiming for around 2 to 3 litres each day, which a lot of people don’t manage to do. Drinking water is beneficial in many ways, it can help you sleep, help you think more clearly and reduce the chances of you getting dehydrated. Dehydration isn’t a pleasant experience and can lead to you getting very ill. The best way to drink more water is to track how much you drink each day on an app on your phone. Track yourself over a couple of weeks so you can get a good average and then work out what improvements you need to make. 

Do not skip breakfast 

They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day, yet so many people skip it! Breakfast is so important as it helps you wake up, gives your brain energy in the morning and starts your digestive system. If you haven’t been eating breakfast, make this one of the first changes you make as this can make a big difference. Even if you have a small breakfast, this can still help and it will help with your fitness. 

What tips would you recommend to someone trying to enjoy a healthy diet? Is there anything in our guide on enjoying a healthy diet that we are missing? Which of the above tips did you find most useful? Let us know in the comment box below, we look forward to hearing from you. 

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