Small Ways to Improve Your Diet

Sometimes it can seem like such a huge set of changes are necessary in order to make a difference to your diet. If you feel that way, and you are starting to get a little overwhelmed by it all, then you might want to try and reel it back in and make it a little simpler for yourself. There are many ways that you can do this, but ultimately it is just about trying to improve your diet in a number of small ways – which is something you can probably do fairly easily. In this post, we’ll take a look at some of the small ways you can improve your diet today.

Filter Your Water

The water you drink is one of the most important parts of your diet, but people often overlook or forget that for one reason or another. If you are keen to improve your diet, looking at the water you drink is likely to be a good move to make. If you live in a city or similar area, then it is likely that the water you are drinking on a daily basis is not very healthy. As such, filtering it with the use of water filter pitchers is probably going to be a good way to go, and that is something that you should think about getting for your home. Water goes into the meals you cook too, so this really is important.

Eat More Colors

They say that you should eat a rainbow, and that is actually very good advice when it comes to trying to improve your diet. The different colors that vegetables and fruit have are indications of different kinds of nutrients and minerals, and for that reason you should make sure that you are eating as many different colors as you can. As long as you follow that general rule of thumb, it will mean that you are getting much more of what you need in your body.

Avoid Processed Foods

This might sound like a big change, but it’s actually very simple to do – and once you do it, you will find that you are managing to eat much healthier as a result. Processed foods are just not good for you at all – it is as though you are not eating real food – and the less you have of them, the better off you will be. Instead, focus on only eating real food – food that grows naturally or is made only from ingredients which grow naturally.

Eat Slower

While not a change in diet as such, this is still something that is going to be beneficial, and you might want to think about doing it as soon as possible. Eating slower has a way of allowing you to digest more as you eat, and that means that you will know more acutely when you are actually full. That will help you to avoid overeating, which is hugely important if you are trying to lose weight or maintain a good weight.

With the New Year just around the corner, a lot of people make a resolution to be healthier in the New Year or lose weight.  I hope some of these basic principles help you achieve that goal, if that’s on your resolution lists this year!

XOXO,

Kelly