How to eat more healthily
How to eat more healthily
How to eat healthily ?
Of course, eating healthy requires some adaptations. Cooking healthy and balanced is based on a fundamental concept : the change of habit. New routines food to be put in place. Cooking healthy seem very restrictive, almost impossible... and yet, according to science, it would only take 21 days to integrate a new habit.
Eat healthy and easy
Do you know that it is possible to eat healthy AND easy ? It is enough to learn the basics of the common sense food, better organized in the kitchen and change a few habits.
For healthy eating :
Learn the basics of the common sense food
Put in place simple actions
Check out new recipes.
It is as simple as that !
Through our healthy recipes and our program “I Kitchen Natural”, we are here to help you eat more healthily. Step by step, we help you to adopt new rituals of food and to regain your vitality in a sustainable manner.
Ready to take the course ?
Healthy eating : what are the benefits of a healthy diet ?
The benefits of a healthy and natural food on the body are multiple :
Find the life force, of energy. Feel better
Submit his intestines to plumb through better digestion
Stay in good health. The power supply has, for example, a direct link to cardiovascular disease and diabetes
Find his weight and fight against obesity and overweight
Restore his sleep
Perform physical tasks and mental effectively
Say goodbye to allergies
To acquire a better immunity
Develop concentration
Cook and eat healthy : foods to avoid, and to focus on
For healthy eating, a balanced diet is recommended. The food must be varied and rich in vitamins and minerals. They are preferably organic and even better, 100% natural : without any additives and preservatives and other chemicals. And yes, organic farming does allow for some chemical substances !
The first thing to do on a daily basis to find the vitality ? Staying well hydrated by drinking water regularly.
To learn more about the hydration, please do not hesitate to read or reread the article " staying Well hydrated ". The water is not the only drink supplier of vitality !
The foods for a healthy diet :
Go for fresh produce, local and seasonal
Banish the dishes prepared
Prefer food natural : without additives, preservatives, dyes, and other chemicals
Eat fruits and vegetables
Consume starchy foods “intelligent”. They are a source of fibre and energy and do not raise your blood sugar : legumes, basmati rice (even white), brown rice, sweet potato, jerusalem artichoke, buckwheat...
Absorb good fats : nuts (walnuts), vegetable oils, raw (cold-pressed), small oily fish (mackerel, sardines, anchovies)
Promote whole grains or semi-complete
Consume less meat and especially of better quality : animals raised the old way, without pesticides, hormones, antibiotic
The objective of the natural cooking : eat healthier, more balanced, less and better, less sweet, good fats, more vegetables, raw and cooked. Prepared itself using raw products, cooked with methods of cooking sweet. Regain vitality and feel better in his spirit and in his body.
Foods to avoid :
The sugar except the natural sugar (fruit and real honey)
Foods containing bad fats (TRANS fats)
The processed food excessively (e.g. puffed rice pancakes)
The dishes prepared industrially
Sodas
The cakes, pastries
The cooked food too high (e.g. Barbecue)
Eat good and healthy : a few tips and tricks
These few ideas will help you to produce natural today.
1. Distinguish the foods to avoid and foods for vitality
Learn how to make the difference between food good for the health (food vitality, the most beneficial for your body) and unhealthy foods (foods to avoid, harmful for the body).
The pies, cookies, sodas and other sweets are not necessary for the proper functioning of the human body. For a healthy food, choose foods, raw or minimally processed, without chemical inputs, close to their natural state. Choose good foods minimally processed, it is the guarantee to avoid additives of all kinds and fatty acids, transgenic.
These products with high density and high nutritional quality are mainly due to the quality craftsmanship and organic farming.
2. Be a bottom cupboard natural and healthy
To eat more healthily, some products are introducing in the cupboards of the kitchen. Think, for example :
To fat quality or good fats (cold-pressed organic)
Legumes (lentils, chickpeas, etc)
To flours with and without gluten, but especially without the additives
Oilseeds (almonds, cashews, walnuts, etc)
Dried fruit organic because it will be without sulphites.
3. Cooking with the broth of hen house
Incorporate the chicken broth home on the menus of the week. It is a real asset health. The chicken soup cures colds, flus, allergies, osteoporosis, ... It is an integral part of balanced and healthy meals. It will help you to live better and age well !
You want to learn more about the home-made chicken stock ? Feel free to read or re-read the article The benefits of the broth home and especially the Recipe of the chicken stock to the former.
4. Use cooking soft
For a natural and healthy cuisine, it is best not to cook anything that is digestible raw ! Thus, you keep 100% of the enzymes, vitamins and minerals contained in food.
Cooking too high causes the Maillard reaction or non-enzymatic glycation of proteins. It is, in fact, the caramelization of the proteins which causes the production of substances insoluble and indigestible, injurious to the proper functioning of our metabolism. Not always easy to pass, because it is precisely the caramelization of the protein that gives certain foods that taste so appreciated by all :
The crust of the bread
The roasting of the poultry
The aromas of roasted coffee beans
Etc.
So, to eat more healthily, what's cooking is best ?
Low-temperature cooking, steam fresh, wok-fried, stewed, simmered casseroles. In favouring this type of cooking, the food cooks slowly and are not denatured. They keep all their flavor. Cooking fresh avoids all the dangers of firing too high.
5. Learn to read the food labels
When you go shopping, choose products that are least processed possible, the closest to their natural state. Learn to read the labels of products you consume.
You want to learn more about the food labels ? Feel free to read or re-read the article to Learn how to read the food labels.