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Written By Lewis Robinson / Reviewed By Ray Spotts
There are many reasons to embark on a healthy diet from losing weight to improving your lipids. Sometimes getting motivated enough to start is more difficult than the actual work. Once you begin, it isn't long before you're feeling lighter, but this is just the beginning. As you continue to eat more nutritious foods, you'll find some unexpected advantages to your routine.
Here are six surprising benefits to switching to a healthier diet.
1. Improved Work Performance
When people lack that get-up-and-go, especially at work, they often resort to sugar and caffeine. Unfortunately, the effects of these foods are short-lived, plus sugary foods lead to obesity, heart disease and diabetes.
Instead, choose to fuel up with foods like oatmeal, nuts, hard-boiled eggs or a convenient supplement like the ones in thrive reviews. You'll give yourself a boost of energy that will lead to better work performance both at home and on the job.
2. Blissful Sleep
You might not know that the quality of food you choose affects your sleep, but it does. If you eat a lot of convenience items such as French fries, pizza or spicy foods, you're going to sabotage your sleep. Fatty foods take a long time to digest and that produces bloating, acid reflux and spotty sleep.
Sugar-laden foods like cereal or ice cream cause insulin to spike and that's not good for getting shut-eye either. When you fill your diet with whole grains, fruits, vegetables and healthy fats, you'll be rewarded with blissful sleep.
3. More Money in the Bank
When people switch their diet to healthier foods, they're mostly concerned with short-term benefits like weight loss. However, eating better will save you money in the long run. When you eat out frequently, you're paying a lot for just one meal.
Opting for a better diet means more food prep at home which saves you money, especially if you choose plant-based meals. Where you'll really end up saving is on medical expenses, prescription drugs and home remedies. Think of eating healthier as an investment in your future.
4. Better Social Life
If you dread eating out because you're worried about finding a bathroom after your meal, changing to whole foods can work wonders for your social life. It seems like these days everybody has tummy issues from bloating to IBS. Many times this is because you need more fiber.
Processed foods have virtually no fiber, but contain plenty of chemicals, fats and sugar that wreak havoc on the digestive system. Fiber is abundant in beans, apples, berries and oatmeal. Adding fermented foods, such as sauerkraut, also benefits gut health. Improving your diet could be exactly what you need to get your social life back.
5. Healthier Skin
When you eat poorly, it literally shows up on your face. A diet high in sugar contributes to acne, rosacea, fine lines and wrinkles. Weaning yourself off sugar and adding more nutritious foods like leafy greens, nuts, avocados and omega-3-rich salmon and mackerel will reduce inflammation and calm the skin.
When you also add hydrating fruits and vegetables to your new regimen such as strawberries, melon and cucumbers, you'll notice a healthier complexion.
6. Stronger Cooking Skills
Dedicating yourself to healthier eating means more cooking at home. This is an excellent time to experiment with brand-new types of cuisine, and the internet is loaded with healthy recipes from all over the world. In time, you'll pick up all kinds of new cooking skills as well as a trick or two about meal planning.
This unexpected benefit of eating better will change the way you look at food, select restaurants and may turn into a hobby you'll love for the rest of your life.
Eating a nutritious diet has many benefits like losing weight and improving your health. However, the unexpected benefits such as better sleep, more energy and saving money are what will ultimately prove you're on the right path.
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Written By:
Lewis Robinson is a freelance writer and expert in health and fitness. When he isn’t writing he can usually be found reading a good book or hitting the gym.
Reviewed By:
Founder Ray Spotts has a passion for all things natural and has made a life study of nature as it relates to health and well-being. Ray became a forerunner bringing products to market that are extraordinarily effective and free from potentially harmful chemicals and additives. For this reason Ray formed Trusted Health Products, a company you can trust for clean, effective, and healthy products. Ray is an organic gardener, likes fishing, hiking, and teaching and mentoring people to start new businesses. You can get his book for free, “How To Succeed In Business Based On God’s Word,” at www.rayspotts.com.
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