WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF EATING THIS WAY?

Happy New Year to you all! The New Year is always a great way to reflect on the past year and set intensions for the year ahead. 

As with every New Year, following all the festive indulging, we see A LOT of restricted diets - something I am not a fan of. Restrictive dieting can not only be harmful, but is also a short term fix and unsustainable. 

Check out my previous post on ‘why restricting food intake can be detrimental’, which explains how prevention and restriction diets often leads to overindulging and binging. 

For me, sticking to a whole-foods approach where you consume as much natural healthy ingredients as you desire is a far more maintainable (and enjoyable) approach.

Many people have different reasons why they incorporate a healthy lifestyle, mine was to help heal my body. I am so blessed that I came across this way of living as not only did I notice improvements in my symptoms but my mood and energy lifted dramatically.

I absolutely never judge what people eat and think everyone should eat what makes them happy and feel good. Below I have highlighted just a few of the reasons why eating a whole-foods diet benefits me and how it makes me feel good;

Boost in energy: I’m sure most of you can relate to that 4 o’clock slump feeling. Fuelling your body with sustainable food helps keep your blood sugar levels balanced, which in turn keeps your energy levels up. Eating lots of natural, wholesome ingredients provides me with tons more energy than I had before.

Thicker, glossy hair and glowing skin: A few years ago, my diet was pretty poor and mainly revolved around refined carbs and processed food.  My hair at the time was thin and brittle, however I never made the link with food. Since incorporating lots of natural ingredients into my diet, my hair is thicker and shinier and various people comment on how my fresh my skin looks. So it is true, nourishing foods really do make you glow!

Leaner and Slimmer body: After cutting out all processed and refined food, my body became leaner and slimmer. My workouts became less of a struggle and I noticed my results were coming quicker too!

Happier mind: Good food = good mood. Before changing my diet, I used to feel very low and anxious at times. I suffered from terrible mood swings and ended up having major ‘melt downs’ in high pressure situations. I feel much calmer and relaxed these days. When you nourish your body with goodness, it makes your mind clearer, happier and more focused.

Healthier body: You will notice that you haven’t caught that office cold flying around as your immune will become much stronger. The stronger your immune system is, the less likely you will develop other, more serious conditions.

Whatever you decide to eat, just make sure it makes you feel good!

Here's to a fabulous year ahead. xx