News, Commentary & Opinion

The Journal of Holistic Performance
  • Articles
    • Journal
    • Blog
  • For Authors
  • Contact
  • Study

6 Resolutions You Need to Make for Better Health

25/9/2014

Comments

 
By the HPN team. 

1.       Reduce Sugar

Sugar and other highly processed carbohydrate foods drastically raise blood sugar levels, a situation that is considered very inflammatory and is related to a range of health effects including metabolic disorders, cardiac problems and degenerative brain disorders!

2.       Avoid Wheat

Wheat containing products like bread, pasta, cookies and crackers, are some of the primary culprits for the blood sugar related problems mentioned above, but beyond this wheat and one of its constituent proteins gluten may be related to a range of immune problems and direct negative effects in the human brain. While most people don’t have Coeliac disease around 1/3 probably exhibit a type of gluten allergy or intolerance.

3.       Eat Good Fats

Fats in general have had a bad rap for many years. The reality is that eating fat does not make us fat, nor does it encourage the adverse cardiovascular effects associated with it. On the contrary fat is important to encourage proper modulation of inflammation and immune status within the body and is associated with providing optimal hormone levels. Eating a higher proportion of natural fats (especially in preference to sugar and highly refined carbohydrates) actually encourages the body to lose fat and maintain a lower level of body-fat.

4.       Have Protein at Every Meal

Protein is an essential nutrient. There are several essential amino acids that the body requires in order to create all the various structural proteins that make up the cells, tissues, organs and systems of the body. In fact apart from water we primarily consist of protein structures. Eating sufficient protein not only provides for these requirements but also encourages a greater rate of fat-burning. In fact a higher proportion of protein in the diet has been associated with lower body-fat levels.

5.       Eat Six Fist-Sized Servings Veggies!

Vegetables provide essential vitamins and minerals that act like the ‘keys’ that unlock cellular processes. Without these important factors the body is unable to do much of anything! Beyond that though vegetables also provide bulk to the diet and encourage greater feelings of fullness and satisfaction thereby helping us to stay ‘on track’ with our nutrition more often.
 
6.       Eat More Berries

I like to think of berries as ‘nature’s multi-vitamin’. They are nutrient dense, high in antioxidants and relatively low in calories and carbohydrates. Berries have been shown to help reduce oxidative damage that is associated with a range of health and metabolic disorders.

Comments

    RSS Feed

    Categories

    All
    Brain Health
    Carb Appropriate
    Clinical Nutrition
    Dairy
    Disease
    Exercise
    Fasting
    Genetics
    Gut Health
    Health
    Infographics
    Interviews
    Keto
    LCHF
    Lifestyle
    MCTs
    Meat
    Media
    Meet Our Advisors
    Meet Our Graduates
    Mushrooms
    Nutrition
    Paleo
    Pregnancy
    Public Health
    Research Review
    Skin Health
    Sleep
    Sugar
    Supplements
    Time Rich Practice
    Women's Health

    Archives

    September 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    March 2020
    March 2019
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    December 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013


Sign up for articles and nutrition news



Donate

© 2020 Holistic Performance Limited
Photos used under Creative Commons from marcoverch, wuestenigel, Rawpixel Ltd, wuestenigel, Rinet IT, Infinity Studio, Herbert Guedes, Brett Jordan
  • Articles
    • Journal
    • Blog
  • For Authors
  • Contact
  • Study