BACK TO HEALTHY LIFESTYLE

YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT! I am sure most of us have heard this before. It is a statement that is often used in health and food articles or programs. Many people are ignoring the nutritional value of the food that they eat and they just carry on eating junk food and ready made dishes that are easily found  in every supermarket. But even supermarkets have better choices for your daily meals, than these industrially ready made dishes with full of salt, sugar, fat or additives. Most of the supermarkets have sections of organic food, from fruit and vegetables to meat and milk products. Organic food is actually food the most of the people used to eat just 50 years ago... Seasonal vegetables and fruits that had grown in the real fields without any artificial fertilizers or toxic pest control products... Meat and milk came from the farms where animals were feeding themselves by walking outside on the fields. Fish came from sea and lakes without being farmed in a closed pools where the fish get fed by automatic feeders and their food contains antibiotic just in case that the fishes might catch a sickness. I know a person who is allergic to antibiotics and she can't eat farmed salmon because of the antibiotic that is stores in the salmon flesh.
There is an other eating habit problem that many people have today... That is over eating, many people just eat too much, what they really need for the daily requirement and when that food has no nutritional value, the person feels tired and have lots of digestive problems and which on the long term can cause diabetes, high blood presser, heart problems etc.
So many families don't have a shared meal anymore and in many families nobody really knows how to cook... Have we just become lazy, ignorant or what is it? Today there are so many sources that we can get information about good healthy food... Cooking a meal with your children can be a quality moment and they will learn from a early age how important is to cook your own meals.

I try to eat the healthiest possible way, but I am not a fanatic about the strict eating rules. I have suffered from Candida during many years when I was in my 20's and due to that had a terrible rush in my hands. If I don't control what I am eating the Candida comes back quite easily, so with my healthy eating habits I have manage to keep the Candida away. I enjoy good quality coffee and wines. I love my morning coffee and I just try to not have more than 3 cups of coffee per day... In the Mediterranean diet or way of eating, people have a glass of wine with their meal. Especially red wine can have some health benefits if you only drink a glass or two per day... The food that you eat should have nutritional value for your body but it also need to give you a moment of pleasure, a shared moment with family and friends and don't feel bad if you want to enjoy some wine with your meals... A moment of pleasure will be benefit for you and it will keep the stress levels down...
Your food choices will affect your body in good way or bad way...Most people who have a healthy lifestyle are less stressed and hardly ever catch a cold or flu, their immune system works much better and they have more energy.
Healthy food and lifestyle is not boring. Healthy food will teach you about new flavours and it will bring more colour to your plate. Most of the ready made dishes contains artificial colours and flavours...So many people especially children don't know about a real taste of food.
 Ones you shift your mind for a healthier lifestyle and start to eat food, that will be good for you and will give you the needed vitamins and minerals your desire for the junk food falls away. You begin to feel better so you begin to eat for life. Why so many of us only take this decision after they have fallen sick? So many diseases could be avoided by eating healthier from your childhood and young adulthood. Exercise is the second key to the good health. A regular exercise will keep your body fit and help you to maintain your cholesterol levels, it will also help you to cope with stress and by exercising you will keep your heart healthy and your digestive system and circulation working better.
We all have periods in life when we tent to eat and drink more, those periods can be short term like festive seasons, bit longer like holidays and then so many of us fall into bad eating and drinking habits when we are stressed or we have relationship or work problems in our life.
If you feel that you really need a change in your eating habits to get a better and healthier lifestyle you might want to start with a detox program that will help you to cleanse your body. It is not a diet or a fastening program, it is a detox cleansing program that takes 28-days, during those days you can eat different vegetables, fruits, nuts, some fish, non dairy products...By this program you will loose some weight but which is the most important thing is that you will cleanse your whole body system and you will gain energy, feel great, look good and get back to a healthier lifestyle.