Quick fixes’, ‘crash diets’, ‘magic potions’ and ‘New Years resolutions’ all have one thing in common..…..they produce short lived results. Your body needs more than a quick fix to restore and support itself through the ups and downs that the year brings.
Our body is seemingly extremely resilient for what it endures: mental and emotional stress, bad diet, alcohol, infections as well as environmental pollutants and toxins. However, what you don’t see are millions of reactions that happen every second in your cells that help to neutralise toxins, heal, rebuild and strengthen. Unfortunately, overtime the onslaught becomes too great for our body and that’s when the first signs of weakness appear. These ‘signs’ are different for everyone and so rather than waiting for the ‘breaking point’, we should limit the trauma and fuel the fight against it.

There are two main focus areas when it comes to nutrition:

1. How to limit the damage.

• Don’t over eat. Keep portions moderate and don’t snack mindlessly in between meals. A calorie restriction is considered one of the best ways to support good health, provided the calories eaten also provide healthy nutrients.
• Avoid ‘fast foods’. These are mostly mass produced foods such as take-aways and ready-to-eat meals. They are lacking health promoting nutrients and are loaded with ingredients that potentially strain your body’s natural processes.
• Limit alcohol. Alcohol has to be processed through your liver which adds strain, overloading your body which is already having to ‘detoxify’ environmental toxins and pollutants.
• Limit sugar. Sugar in small amounts is not ‘bad’ for your body, the problem is that it is hidden in so many foods and drinks so we don’t realise how much we are flushing through our body. Avoid the obvious sources in cold drinks, sweets, pastries and sugary cereals to avoid overloading your system.

2.How to bolster your health.