Health Nutrition Diet Fitness - How does what you eat affect them? by:Steve Johnson

When people hear the word "diet", we tend to think of counting calories

, eating salad, and being pretty miserable. In fact, the word "diet" is more about eating healthy, nutritious foods on a daily basis. There's no need to starve oursleves just because we're struggling to lose weight!

So what does a nutritious diet consist of? In my opinion, it's all about consuming foods that keep your energy levels running at a constant high level throughout the day, and allows them naturally fall at night. It's really about eating correctly in such a way your body is continually fuelled to the most appropriate levels. This doesn't mean eating salads all day - it simply means thinking about what you eat, and when you eat it.

My recommendations are as follows:

- Eat complex carbohydrates earlier in the day to keep your energy levels up

- Try to get at least 30 minutes of some form of exercise every day

- Drink at least 8 glasses of water daily

- Try to balance each meal with 50% Carbohydrates, 30% Protein and 20% Fat for ideal nutrition

- Try not to go for more than 3 hours without eating something

- Don't eat anything withing 2 hours of going to bed

- Try to eat protein rich foods within 4-6 hours of going to bed

It's important that you keep these points in mind as you go through your daily life as this wil maximise the value of your diet. If you're able to keep up with this over a period of time, you should find that you have more energy and your sugar cravings lessen. This has definitely been my own experience! Additionaly, the weight will naturally start to drop off without you needing to eat like a rabbit!

If you follow these ideas, then I truly hope you find them as helpful as I have. All things considered, losing weight doesn't have to be punishing! Conversely, eating a healthy diet doesn't have to be about losing weight.

Eat well, eatheathily, eathappily, and dont' make this any tougher than it needs to be.

Happy Dieting!

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Steve Johnson is the owner of the website http://www.nutrition-online4u.com/. He has been studying health, diet, nutrition and associated fields for some time and is now ready to share his knowledge.

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