Many people develop disorders such as diabetes, kidney failure, stomach cancer, hypertension, and obesity due to some very simple mistakes made in day to day habits that lead to serious conditions. With the widespread consumption of processed foods people are becoming ever unhealthier and headed for the grave much sooner than expected. Somewhere along the way we got railroaded into artificially colored cereals loaded with sugar and flavorings, fatty foods lacking fiber and raw nutrients, while even refusing to maintain internal cleansing.

What you drink

Remove sugar or sugar substitute colas, Starbuck’s coffees, sugar sweetened teas, as these ingredients end up stored by the body as fat. They prolong digestion too. Green tea is a great alternative and you can use stevia as a sweetener if you must have sweetness in your beverage. Green tea helps to burn fat and even kill plaque germs in the mouth. Filtered water is the best way to fluidize your system. Bottled water has been tested and shows no advantage over faucet water, so why not buy your own water filter?

Proper digestion and elimination

One simple rule is this. The human body takes about 8 hours to process a single meal. So, every eight hours if you have eaten you should be having a bowel movement. If you eat three times a day you should being having 3 bowel movements a day. If you don’t and many people don’t, your body will begin reabsorbing the very toxins it was trying to excrete. There is an action inside the intestines known as peristalsis, the muscular contractions that move waste through the small and large intestines. The lack of moisture, low fiber content, and using stimulant laxatives when one realizes they’re constipated all work to weaken or destroy peristalsis which then allows dried feces to deposit along the inner walls of the intestines which can cause diverticulitis where the thin walls of the intestines rupture and form pouches of undigested waste. This condition can lead to colon cancer.

Fiber and veggies

There are very simple remedies to this that do not require invasive medical procedure if not too far along, vegetables and fruits high in fiber are a healthy way to help cleanse the colon. Apples, strawberries, celery, prunes, and romaine lettuce are good sources of fiber, raw minerals, and vitamins. Some people just don’t have patience or time for preparation for these kinds of foods but a little planning and organizing and one can prepare several days ahead of clean and ready to eat fruits and vegetables. A sound and healthy addition to add fiber and to bulk up stools for internal cleansing is adding a bran muffin or bran flakes to the morning meal and psyllium fiber mixed in water on an empty stomach. This not only adds a feeling of being full, but does a great job of helping detox the excretory system. Years of health and wellness can be attained by this simple change in diet and routine.

Alternative to dinner recipe

Instead of a heavy meal of red meat and potatoes for dinner try a chef salad with hardboiled egg, romaine lettuce, shredded carrot, tomato, chopped green onions, bell pepper, shredded cheddar, and sliced turkey with a healthy low fat dressing. You can always switch off ingredients in the salad adding chopped raw broccoli, chopped yellow onion, sprouts, or chicken. Another nice addition would be cottage cheese and sunflower seeds, which add a healthy form of protein. Remember that adding protein to your salad is important as the body produces L-tryptophan as a sleep inducing hormone. Having a filling salad for dinner will minimize acid reflux and allow for a sound sleep.  

What not to eat

If you want to live a long and healthy life minimize or cut out altogether fast foods like pizza with pepperoni and pork sausage, hamburgers, fried foods, white bread, pasta, potatoes, and use fiber rich side dishes like brown rice, squash, green peas, and other veggies that leave you feeling full and satisfied longer but also help to control your weight as cravings for processed and artificially flavored foods cause poor eating habits and poor health. It is a proven fact that fast foods can eventually cause organ failure. If you’re going to fry anything at home at least use virgin olive oil or organic coconut oil as these two do not contain saturated fats and have less calories.

Traditional meals are great now and then

You can always have your favorite Thanksgiving turkey dinner with all the trimmings once a year with some great leftovers to savor for the holiday or a Christmas dinner of the same besides turkey is a great source of protein, green bean salads or casseroles are healthy. Come on we have to have some fun during the holidays, but if you stick to a healthy diet your entire sense of wellbeing will improve too.

More good tips

There are also great alternatives for meatballs if you like spaghetti or Italian dishes. Ground turkey, ground chicken, grass fed Angus beef, and buffalo are great alternatives, but you’ll find ground turkey and chicken to be a lot cheaper. Remember that turkey is a gamey tasting ground meat so seasoning it the right way is important. Soy sauce, Worstershire sauce, and black pepper will take away the gamey flavor and you can add additional seasoning bread crumbs or oatmeal as a filler even for meatloaf.

Food storage containers for zero cost

A great and economical way to buy food storage containers is reusing lunch meat plastic containers when you buy sliced turkey or chicken at the store. These containers have surprising resiliency and can be cleaned and re-used over and over again. They’re great for storing left overs Warning: If you use a microwave to reheat refrigerated foods do not use plastic containers of any kind. I found out from a chemist with a PHD that heating plastic in a microwave can produce a toxic insecticide due to the effects of microwaves breaking down the plastic molecules. Use ceramic or glass containers to reheat food in a microwave oven. If you’ll follow these tips you will live a better quality life.