5 Effortless Ways To Improve Your Diet & Health Today

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There are about a million diets out there, each one promising to help you create the body of your dreams. Along with those diets there are countless theories on ideal micronutrient ratios, optimal calorie consumption, which foods are designed to create human health and which foods should not be consumed at all.

It is enough to make your head spin and leave you feeling super confused and lost as to what actually works and what doesn’t.

The Two Basic Truths About Health

The first truth about health: Health is really not all that complicated.

The second truth about health: The most powerful thing you can do to start creating more health and wellness in your own body is to actually slow down long enough to tune in and connect with yourself and your innate wisdom.

Getting healthy, or even just getting healthier does not have to mean a total diet overhaul or taking on a new crazy workout routine. Improving the quality of your diet and your habits around food can –and should –be easy. This is because the easier they are, the more likely you are to actually make them a habit, rather than a passing fad.

Keep in mind that your health is a culmination of your habits over time. Eating one cookie a month is not going to destroy your otherwise balanced diet, anymore than taking a walk once a week is going to undo the effects of a fast food diet. That is why I recommend these simple, doable, practical steps for improving your eating habits. You will barely even notice a change in your day to day life, but the effects over time will be huge.

1. Start Your Day With Water

When you wake up in the morning, you are the most dehydrated you are going to be all day (unless you are going to go trekking in the desert for a few hours that day without any water in toe.) Hydration is important for so many bodily processes that it would take me a long time to list them all. To give you an idea of some of the bodily processes that depend upon water, here is a list of a few:

• Proper food digestion
• Creation of proper nervous signals and responses
• Optimal brain function
• Delivery of nutrients to your cells and toxins away from your cells
• Optimal muscle contraction and release

Drinking water first thing in the morning will also help your body to more efficiently flush out any metabolic or other wastes that were filtered through your system during the night –helping you to start your day on a fresh and clean note.

Aim for at least ½ a litre of water before you eat or drink anything else.

 2. Add A Fresh Fruit Or Veggie To Each Meal

Again, you do not have to cut out all processed foods, go totally vegan or paleo or even commit to eating any other way than you are eating right now in order to start feeling healthier. By simply adding a fresh fruit or vegetable to each one of your meals you are going to be boosting your nutrient intake, providing your body with essential clean, plant filtered hydration, increasing your fibre intake and increasing your consumption of disease fighting antioxidants and other phytonutrients that are only found in plants.  Make it a fun game with yourself to see if you can squeeze in one more serving of fresh foods today than you did yesterday. Your body will thank you!

Source: http://truthisscary.com/2014/10/5-effortless-ways-to-improve-your-diet-health-today/