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Step 1
Always remember to eat breakfast. It is the most beneficial meal in the day, and the most important. Breakfast gives you body fuel for the day and keeps your energy levels up, and your mind alert.
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Step 2
Drink at least 8 glasses of water each day. This habit helps the body stay hydrated. It also helps in the processing of nutrients throughout the body. If you are in a much warmer climate you might want to drink much more.
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Step 3
Choose your snacks wisely. Choose snacks that are light and that give you an extra boost of energy throughout the day. If you are trying to lose weight, you might want to choose vegetables and fruits.
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Step 4
Have some lunch. Many people get busy in the day and forget to eat lunch, which then leads to overeating in the evening. If we skip lunch, our energy levels start to decrease and blood sugar goes down. Enjoy a light lunch.
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Step 5
Try to eat dinner earlier rather than late. Eating late makes it harder to digest food. It might keep you up at night or feeling full until the next morning. Eating at least three hours before you go to bed is beneficial to the digestive system.
Comments
daveschachne said
on 9/28/2009 I am fascinated by the recent studies that have shown that being slightly underweight promotes cancer immunity: When we consume food, plasma levels of the naturally-occurring protein hormone "IGF-1" are increased. IGF-1 is responsible for "turning-off" the naturally-occurring apoptosis mechanism. Apoptosis is the naturally occurring mechanism where the body identifies and kills off old and carcinogenic cells. When we sleep, apoptosis and cancer killing is at a maximum. When we are awake and we eat food, especially meat, dairy and processed soy, apoptosis is suspended and cancer cells are not killed.
daveschachne said
on 9/28/2009 LESS IS MORE: Pretty good advise, but folks do NOT need to eat 3 meals a day, especially if you are not a lumberjack, or if your occupation or lifestyle are more sedentary. The tradition of 3 meals per day is based on a very active, pre-20th century lifestyle. If you are an office worker eating 3 meals a day, they better be 3 SMALL meals if you want to maintain proper body weight. For me, eating a solid breakfast is absolutely unnecessary. Like any meal, eating breakfast raises and then drops blood sugar. This drop in post-breakfast blood sugars gives a me false sense of mid-morning hunger. For me, lunch is the main meal, if I eat lunch. If so, dinner is light. If dinner is the main meal, then it is larger. I only eat snacks if I feel hungry after dinner; no snacks during the day.
I am fascinated by the recent studies that have shown that being thin (i.e., weighing-in at s...