Want to make positive eating changes easily and permanently? Here are 5 ideas for eating well in the time of COVID:
1. Take steps toward the ideal. Neuroscientists strongly support the Mediterranean Diet. Cold pressed virgin olive oil, nuts and seeds, oily fish, such as salmon and sardines, fruits, veggies, legumes, and whole grains, are great choices. In contrast, the typical Western diet has shown to produce damage to the small blood vessels in the brain, as well as heart and organ damage. The idea is not to eat perfectly, but to make better choices in markets and restaurants (remember those?) more of the time. Better habits will form if you are clear as to what perfection is and move it’s it’s direction.
2. Start your day with powerful nutrition. What provides a good breakfast? Breakfast cereals, while convenient are converted to sugar and create insulin spikes that translate to up and down fatigue and mood swings. Protein and complex carbohydrates allow you and your kids to feel full longer and remain emotionally balanced as the sugar within is dispersed over a longer period of time.
In these confined times, having less drama and more emotional steadiness can help relationships, business, as well as health.
3. Focus on the gut-brain connection is a popular topic of the day. 100 million brain cells with a direct connection to the brain live in the gut. The vegus nerve connects the gut to the amygdala portion of the brain and transmits impulses that form behavior. The trillions of microorganisms in our gut are damaged by processed foods. This causes inflammation throughout the body and in the brain, increasing the chances for leaky gut, depression, brain fog and poor memory. Pre and pro biotic supplementation supports healthy microcondria development in the gut. Included below are some natural sources.
Prebiotics like bananas, leeks, onions, asparagus and garlic are soluble fibers that feed the gut. Probiotics are microorganisms that already live within the large intestine. Natural sources that support are pickled foods, yogurt, sauerkraut and kefir. Check out supplements as well.
4. In 1998, Dr. Louis Ignarro, and two others shared the Nobel Peace Prize in Medicine for the discovery of how of Nitric Oxide or NO2 works.
It occurs naturally in our bodies and is so essential that if we have it, we’re alive, without it, we’re dead. It oxygenates the blood and is used for those at risk of heart attack and stroke, or anyone who wants to protect the cardiovascular system.
Dr. Ignarro’s discovery of how to catalyze our bodies to create NO2 led to the development of Viagra. This understanding also led to the use of nitric oxide by athletes for better athletic performance and more generally to those who want better workouts, sleep and general health. Check it out on your own. If it makes sense, try it for a few months and then evaluate for yourself.*
* (Nan works by referral. If Nitric Oxide sounds interesting for you, she’s the real deal and has helped thousands for years. Let me know and I’m excited to be your referral).
5. Eat less. Most people just simply consume too many calories. Modify your behavior today so you can have a more energetic and health filled tomorrow. Just like “a little more” made a difference, “a little less” makes a difference. For support which most need, I’m here for you. And for now it’s, eating well in the time of COVID.
6. Master the habits you want. It’s always time to raise the bar from where we are. Whether you’re now serious about taking some pounds off, altering your eating patterns, or mastering your mindset, please click here to see how behavior modification and hypnosis can team up for easier and faster change to a better quality of life.
Eat like your life depends on it… it does.
