New Year\u2019s resolutions are easy to make but harder to keep. The key is to set out a plan for healthy living. After all, is there anything more important than your health? And since good health is all about healthy eating, here are five quick and easy tips to make you feel much better. All you have to do is tweak your habits and use a bit of common sense, which is always welcome.<\/p>\n
1- Eat five times a day<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The trick is to eat less but more regularly. Instead of stuffing yourself twice a day (if you\u2019re one of those who skip breakfast), eat something between meals to take the pressure off your digestive system. And pay heed to the saying: \u201cBreakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dine like a pauper.\u201d Obviously, make sure you follow a balanced diet: it\u2019s no good eating five times a day with your hand in a bag of crisps.<\/p>\n 2- Buy organic<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Organic food isn\u2019t only more flavoursome, but also healthier, since it is free of additives such as antibiotics (in meat) or herbicides and pesticides (in fruit, pulses and vegetables). The healthier, the better: your body and your taste buds will thank you for it. More expensive? Yes, but what price would you put on your health?<\/p>\n 3- Drink water<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Keeping yourself hydrated is key. Experts recommend drinking a couple of litres of water a day (including the water in the food you eat, mind you): about 30\u201340\u00a0ml for every kilogram of body weight. So if you weigh 70\u00a0kg, you should drink 2.1\u20132.8 litres of water a day. A good tip is to drink a glass of water in the morning as soon as you get up, to get you firing on all cylinders for the day ahead.<\/p>\n 4- Keep the extra-virgin olive oil and nuts flowing<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Extra-virgin olive oil is the healthiest thing in your kitchen. It helps prevent cancer, keeps cholesterol under control, boosts the immune system, works as an anti-inflammatory\u2026 the list is endless. It works wonders with any salad (you won’t find a healthier dish). And nuts aren\u2019t far behind: they\u2019re packed with minerals (magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, iron) and trace metals (antioxidant selenium and zinc), among others. How about eating them instead of snacks like pork scratchings or if you\u2019re feeling peckish between meals?<\/p>\n 5- Do some sport, for God\u2019s sake!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Get your body moving. You don\u2019t have to slog it out at the gym or get in training for a marathon. Simply spend half an hour a day going for a gentle walk, climbing the stairs instead of taking the lift, or walking rather than taking the bus, for example. You can eat as healthily as you like, but if you don\u2019t do any exercise, you might be healthy, but you\u2019ll have a dad\/mum bod all the same.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" New Year\u2019s resolutions are easy to make but harder to keep. The key is to set out a plan for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15051,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n