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March 25, 2020    

Choose a healthier diet during a pandemic whether you are trying to lose weight, cleanse your system or just lead a healthier lifestyle.

Choose natural foods, organic foods, and consume more fruits and vegetables each day. These are some of the things that you have to consider to eat healthier and nourish your body.

Many diets recommend eating several portions of fruit and vegetables every day to get your antioxidants.  Vitamin C and E are two examples of antioxidants we must have in our diet daily.
These vitamins scavenge nasty free radicals that can cause cell damage and lead to diseases and illness. Free radicals can wreck havoc in the body and depress the immune system in its job to kill viruses and bacteria. .

Antioxidants can bind up free radicals very quickly, if available, before a chain reaction of free radicals cause damage. But if antioxidants are not available any damage done cannot be easily undone.

With antioxidants, regardless of your situation, they are the most important part in your diet. This will not only make you feel healthier, have more energy throughout the day, and make you feel more positive about yourself.

Cleansing the System

A detox diet plan is a great way to start the healthier eating lifestyle as it can cleanse the body of toxins. An all liquid diet, where you blend fruits and vegetables, is one way to help get rid of the toxins in your body.  It is generally lower in calories.

Since you are consuming so few calories each day, you do have to limit this phase of the diet to one to two weeks at most. But during that period you will get rid of impurities in the body which makes it easier to eventually keeping a healthy weight, and the ideal body image.

To minimise some of the bulk needed daily in fruits and vegetables you can choose a supplement (in a liquid form only) high in antioxidants to ease that burden of bulk. After a liquid detox, you can start using foods again in your diet menu and eating plan.

Whole and High Protein Foods

Start to include whole protein foods and whole foods like fresh fruit and vegetables.
Avoid processed foods, pre-packaged foods, alcohol, candies, sodas and soft drinks etc.
By doing this you are going to accumulate a healthier eating style. It is important to learn which foods you can eat, and what you should avoid.

By choosing the right food you are still going to flush away the impurities from the diet you were on previously.
When you are introducing foods back to your daily routine you have to do so slowly.  Meal replacements suh as quality protein shakes is one things to consider.

These foods are high in protein as well as vitamins, minerals and likely herbs and healthy fats. They are going to help keep you full while keeping the calorie intake down to a minimum.

This allows your body to process foods naturally, and you’re going to find it easier to learn the proper eating style and habits when you are making fewer meals on your own each day.

Stick with it to reach your goal!

No matter what your goals are, being persistent by staying on a sensible natural diet will help to reach them. A healthy diet menu will include various food groups once you have re-introduced all foods in to the diet. It is best to consider high protein, lower carbs along with fresh fruit and vegetables. Culinary herbs and spices will add flavour to your food while medicinal herbs will boost your immune system. Aim to have 5 servings of fresh fruit and vegetables a day.

This isn’t about simply filling your stomach. It’s about nourishment. During a pandemic you want to nourish your body with healthy foods to build a strong immune system.

Make sure to consume healthy fats. Healthy fats are found mostly in fish, butter, nuts and oils, (olive and coconut oil).

The trans-fatty acids found in highly processed foods  are the man-made fats that do the most damage. These must be avoided as they cause free radical damage.

A diet consisting of fruits and vegetables, lean protein,  low carbs (think beans, brown rice, whole wheat bread) along with nuts, olive and coconut oil is going to make the ideal blend of foods needed for the body.

It will also help you to burn fat and build muscle along with exercise. Your body will love you for it. You will slim down and will feel better, healthier, have more energy and have a more positive outlook of life.

All of this will provide you with the body you need to get through a pandemic in a healthy way.