If you were in the countryside what would you have available in your garden and, if you eat meat, what kind of meat would you find around your house?

1. 9 Simple & Intuitive Approaches
To Healthy Eating Habits
When I think about my daily diet I always go back to when my grandmother used to cook for
her grandchildren in the countryside.
No doubt that the food nowadays is not as nutritious as what my grandma used to have in
her garden but it's still up to us whether we make good or not so good choices when we
decide what we are going to have for dinner.
So think about it, if you were in the countryside what would you have available in your
garden and, if you eat meat, what kind of meat would you find around your house?
These are some ideas to get your creativity going.
1. Vegetables. Probably the fastest, easiest and most nutritious thing you can eat right from
the garden picked up by yourself. You can cook them but you can also eat them raw.
Vegetables have minerals and vitamins as well as some protein, fats and carbohydrates in
some cases although in less quantities than meat or other foods.
2. Fruits. Have a sweet tooth? There are no supermarkets in your village. And to cook a
dessert you will need a lot of other ingredients. Fruit are again an easy and nutritious way to
satisfy your craving for sugar.
3. Water. Sure you might have a place to buy tea and coffee but what if you don't? And you
certainly don't have the soft drinks you find in the supermarket. And you can't be too picky
either. You'd drink water more often in the countryside. We don't have water as good as at
my grandma's but it's still better than most other options.
About 71% of the Earth’s surface is covered with water. Your body is about 70% water. Thus
water is life.
Remember to drink water throughout the day rather than gulping 1 litre in 10 min, give your
body the change to take in and utilize the water.

2. 4. Eating local, eating seasonal. Seasons happen in cycles and so are your bodies. You
can't rely only on certain sources of food all the time. Firstly because you'll get bored of it but
most importantly because you will not get the diversity of nutrients to nourish your body.
Eating seasonal is a great way to explore various food options.
5. Have proteins with every meal. Yep, I remember that one very well. I ate meat but even
when we didn't have meat with our meal we had other types of protein. Although my
grandma never knew what protein are she instinctively knew how to combine foods, similar
to what we learn in our nutrition books. Amazing really.
6. Don't deprive yourself from eating certain foods. Instead have them every now and
then. Depending on the quality of the food you can think about having it every other week,
once a month of even a couple of times a year like I do with homemade chips and pizza.
7. Cook it yourself. Oh yes, not more readymade meals or restaurant adventures. Good old
home cooked food, with no sugars, additives, preservatives or unnecessary elements added
just to give "the greatest taste". Certainly sometimes you may need ingredients which have
these things in them but you will not end up with a meal made of artificial colours for
example.
It is also good to bear in mind here that for a food to taste good it needs fats and sugars.
And when it has less of one it usually has more of the other. So watch out what your choices
are.
8. Don't eat until you can't stand up anymore, even if it's your favourite dish and you are
very hungry. Stuffing yourself puts your digestive system under stress and you really don't
get much out of it. It takes about 7 seconds for the food to reach your stomach so give it
time. Nourish yourself properly.
9. Eat mindfully. I left this one last because if there is one thing I want you to leave with is
this. Eating mindfully has many benefits such as: better digestion, better extraction of
nutrients from the food you eat, eating slower which helps you chew better and in turn helps
your digestive system break down the food easier and with less stress, it will not have to
overwork. It also contributes to weight loss and weight maintenance.
These are 9 of my many habits for a healthier and more meaningful eating. Keep thinking
what and how would you would eat if you were in a village and eating healthy will suddenly
become automatic, you will not need to think about it anymore.
I have written a blog on mindful eating, "3 Steps To Mindful Eating And Its Benefits", to read
it click here.

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