Top 10 Quick Tips To Improve Your Diet
- Stop skipping meals! Your body needs regular energy and snacking might keep you going but it tends to result in over-eating and a poor quality diet
- Include slow-release carbohydrates such as granary bread, brown rice, sweet potato, wholegrain cereal and bulgur wheat to boost your fibre intake
- Eat your 5 a Day fruit and vegetables! To reduce your risk of heart disease and again, get more fibre!
- Eat good quality protein 2-3 times per day, this includes lean meat, fish, eggs, beans and pulses
- Keep sugary foods and drinks to moderation as these do not provide long-lasting energy and can harm your health if eaten in excess
- Drink at least 8 glasses of water or sugar-free fluid per day
- Keep it interesting! Try new recipes, herbs, spices and cuisines
- Remember no food is ‘bad’, it is important to not be too strict and enjoy a range of foods
- Do not forget to include dairy foods, these provide essential calcium, dairy-alternatives work well too as long as they are calcium-fortified
- Try eat oily fish twice per week to reap the benefits of omega-3 and include some unsalted nuts, olive oil and avocado in small quantities