- Drink eight glasses of water a day.
- Start the day with a glass of warm water and a dash of lime.
- Include two vegetables and one fruit in every meal. Include high fiber foods plenty of fruits, vegetables and grains in planning your diet.
- Include one green vegetable and one yellow vegetable in every meal.
- Begin each meal with a raw vegetable salad.
- Make a light snack of assorted sprouts.
- Use only fresh vegetables and meals, and not the leftovers and refrigerated.
- Once a week have only fresh fruits until noon and make lunch the first meal of the day.
- Go on a juice fast for a day. Start with vegetable juice, and sip fruit for lunch and dinner.
- Kick the old coffee habit and avoid beverages like soda, coffee, colas and so on. Have a glass of fresh fruit juice instead.
- Cut out all deep-fried foods and high sugar products like soft drinks, ice-cream, candy and cookies from your diet.
- Never skip a meal, even if you are on diet. Eat a fresh fruit or have vegetable juice instead.
- Use salt in moderation
- Wash vegetables thoroughly in clean water before chopping.
- Retain peels of potato, cucumber, carrot and tomato while cooking.
- Don’t rush through your meals. Set aside enough time to appreciate, enjoy and digest your food.
- Make every meal an enjoyable experience. Set dishes out attractively and chew slowly to appreciate the full flavor of the foods you eat.
- Choose to be radiantly healthy. Keep yourself informed about the nutritive value of every food you buy.
- Watch out for eating habits paired with emotional states, like reaching for a chocolate when you are depressed.
- Eat popcorn (rather than chips) while watching a movie.
- Sit at the table at meal times. Don’t read the paper or review bills while eating.
- Get a good night sleep, every night.
- Take a brisk, 20 minute invigorating walk each morning.
- Do not use elevators when you can climb the stairs.
- Learn to relax. Spend 20 minutes consciously relaxing each muscle of your body.
- Spend 20 minutes a day in silent meditation, prayer or contemplation.
- Learn the healing power of laughter. Watch a crazy movie, recall a joke or read a funny book and laugh out loud.
- Balance your lifestyle. Devote equal time each week to work and fun.
- Eat just to the point of the fullness. Don’t stuff yourself!
- Restrict alcohol consumption and stop smoking.
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