Quick Changes You Can Make to Improve Your Health

Quick Changes You Can Make to Improve Your Health

There’s no time like the present! Make the changes below to improve your health now. I’ll try too!

• Drink More Water

This is so simple and important but most of us don’t drink enough water. I mainly drink coffee and tea during the day and only have water in the evenings and I really need to get better at having a few glasses of water throughout the day too.

• Go Whole Grain

This is also quite easy! Swap all your white grain products — cereal, bread, rice, pasta, flour — for the whole grain alternative. They are much better for you and usually taste better too. I think whole grain bread, pasta and bread have a really nice flavour! It’s such an easy change to do as you don’t really need to change your meals at all.

• Booze Less

Drinking alcohol is generally not great for your health other than the occasional glass of red wine or two so if you’re drinking a lot, try to limit it to a couple of evenings a week and try to stick within the recommended unit amount for your gender.

• 10-a-Day

The recommendation now is that 5-a-day of fruit and veg servings is the minimum and that we should aim for 10-a-day instead. Try to remember this when planning your meals and pack as many fruits and vegetables in as possible. I love making vegetarian chilli with lots of vegetables (onions, sweet corn, tomato, peppers in all colours) and lots of different beans. It’s a great meal for increasing your vegetable intake — especially if you eat it with oven baked sweet potatoes.

• Sleep More

Go to bed an hour earlier and don’t use your phone or tablet in bed. Read a book for ten minutes or so to relax and try to sleep. Most of us could do with more sleep — especially us parents!

• Move More

Make sure you get a little bit of exercise each day. It doesn’t have to be proper exercise just physical activity like a walk or playing football with the kids in the garden. It’s good for your physical health and your mental health too.

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