DOLCE LIFESTYLE:
10 Habits of Healthy People
by Samantha Coogan, MS, RDN, LD
1. Support Locally Grown Foods
While supporting small, sustainable farms and businesses, you’re also getting a better understanding of where your food is coming from.
2. Get Second Opinions
Don’t rely on the diagnosis of one physician. More importantly, when it comes to nutrition, most doctors have taken 0-1 courses in nutrition. Doctors are the experts in their respective field, but their schooling just doesn’t focus on nutrition. For sound nutrition advice, seek out a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist.
3. Don’t Buy Into “Trendy” Diets or Fitness Regimens
Do what works for you, not everyone else. And research different foods, preparation, exercises and all things health-related to make an informed decision. Don’t be a sheep and follow the crowd. Be a wolf.
4. Invest in Your Health by Investing in Your Food
Yes, healthy food tends to be more expensive, but think of it as investing in your health. Besides a slightly higher grocery bill is certainly cheaper than any hospital bill.
5. Health Starts in the Kitchen
You simply can’t out-exercise a bad diet. As the saying goes, “health is 20% exercise/fitness and 80% diet”. Fuel yourself properly in order to maximize your potential in the gym, and everything will fall into place.
6. Walk the Walk!
If you are against GMOs, buy organic. If you say you eat Earth-grown nutrients, make sure you’re doing it.
7. Look for SHORT ingredient lists
5 ingredients or less is what’s ideal to look for on an ingredient list. There are of course some exceptions. Certain foods do require binding agents to keep the product together or yield a certain texture. Once you start getting into the teens or ingredients that you can’t even pronounce, then you’re in trouble. Hint hint: aspartame and acesulfame-k on the ingredient list of sodas is “Equal” – blue packet – and “NutriSweet”, both artificial sweeteners.
8. Listen to Your Body
Our bodies have a unique way of protecting us and compensating to keep us healthy. Those cravings are usually a sign that you need nutrients! Listen to it and nourish it!
9. Adequate Nutrients = Adequate Food
Don’t restrict your calories! You need to eat to feed the body properly in order to carry out necessary metabolic functions, not just to look good in a bikini.
10. Think Like a Hunter
Hunters didn’t douse their foods in processed chemicals and “fake” versions of different foods, and why should you? Hunters were some of the most athletic human beings on this planet, so they must have been doing something right.
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