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5 Common Mistakes Of Healthy Eating & How To Avoid Them
It is great that many people are beginning to eat healthier – it’s better for society, the environment and everyone. However, as with anything new, it is easy to make mistakes when you are just starting out. Here are 5 common mistakes and misconceptions about healthy eating that you can easily avoid:
Mistake 1: Changing Your Diet Suddenly
Enthusiasm is great and it’s never too soon to start eating healthy but you have to do it gradually! A sudden drastic change in diet can pose great challenges for your body –you might begin to detox so quickly that your body may not be able to keep up with eliminating those toxins… end result is that you poison yourself all over again. Not to mention a list of potential side effects– fatigue, headaches, indigestion, withdrawal symptoms, lightheadedness, nausea…
How to avoid it: Start slowly incorporating healthy foods into your diet and gradually eat more of them and less of the regular foods you are used to. Soon your diet will be changed and you will feel great as your body has time to transition and adjust.
Mistake 2: Overcooking Healthy Ingredients
You got yourself some organic vegetables and now you want to make a meal? That’s a great start but the nutritional value of vegetables and other foods is affected by how you process them and how you eat them. For example, frying leafy greens significantly diminishes the amount of vitamin C contained in them and baking nuts makes them harder to digest. Boiling vegetables that you are going to eat as sides also drains a lot of the nutrients – they go into the water! Only boil vegetables when you will eat them together with the water they have been boiling in (e.g. – soups) otherwise it is better to steam them.
How to avoid it: Educate yourself on how to treat healthy ingredients for the maximum impact.
Source: http://truthisscary.com/2014/07/5-common-mistakes-of-healthy-eating-how-to-avoid-them/
