Healthy Life Loopholes- Food

Everyone knows just how important food is to a living organism. It’s a lot more important to a Healthy Human. So for this post, we will be dealing with food. LOL How to manage our eating habits so we can get the most from a meal. Here’s part two Healthy Life Loopholes!

1.       It’s all in the plating: In primary/elementary school, we’re taught the various classes of food.
      I’m sure you remember Carbohydrates (Carbs) Proteins, Fats &Oil, etc. As well as what functions they perform in the body. We need each class of food. However, we need them in varying proportions. Nigerians eat a very carb based diet. Rice, yam, eba, amala… 

      with a side of meat (one or two pieces)
      sometimes vegetables, every time literal oil.
      I just wanna say, that is a very poor
      interpretation of a balanced diet. An
      ideal meal should have its protein and
      vegetables as the main focus with a side of
      carbs. I made a pie chart illustrating what
      a healthy plate should look like.

 Eat your veggies first: This is not a rule, but if you’re not such a fan of greens it helps if you get rid of them first. You know, save the best for last; you can also eat them with your carbs but ensure the veggies are finished first. Truth is when you really get into  eating healthy, you’ll start loving your veggies. Plus there are great ways to prepare them so they taste amazing on their own.

Chew your food: The digestive process for some classes of food begin in the mouth. Chewing your food properly does two things. One it hastens digestion; chewing food increases the surface area of the food particles for the enzymes to work on. Two when you take time to chew  your food, you’re less likely to overeat.

Drinks: We haven’t really talked about it, but soda(soft drinks), sparkle juices, malt drinks etc are a huge no no. (We will get into more detail in a future post) However, sometimes we just want to drink something sweet that isn’t water. You can infuse fruits in your regular water. Cut up a couple of your fave fruits into a bottle of water and leave it in the fridge for a few hours.  It makes for a nice healthy flavored drink. 

Something else you can try is homemade flavored iced tea. Basically, place two tea bags in a small cup of hot water, ensuring that the water is completely infused with the tea. Pour tea into a clean blender  add fruit and ice and blend. Use a small sieve to get rid of fruit particles and enjoy your iced tea.