Tag: eat well

"Those who have no time for healthy eating will sooner or later have to find time for illness." - Edward Stanley

Eat Something Green

Green foods are loaded with vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and phytonutrients – all of which help your brain and body function optimally. Sure, you can live a long, fulfilling life without green foods. But when you know the benefits, and when they’re readily available, why pass them up? There are plenty of green goodies to choose …

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“Water is the driving force in nature.” - Leonardo da Vinci

Hydrate Your Mind

Water is a basic building block of life. Our bodies are made up of mostly water. So, we need to replenish our internal water supply so that our brains and bodies can function well. Plus, when we are sufficiently hydrated, our thoughts are clearer, our emotions are more stable, and we have a better shot …

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"Let food be thy medicine, thy medicine shall be thy food." - Hippocrates

Eat Well, Live Well

Food is fun. Food is fuel. And the type of food we eat directly affects our minds and bodies. Now, we don’t have to eat healthy all the time. And we don’t necessarily have to follow strict guidelines. But when our daily diet doesn’t align with the feelings we want to feel or the life …

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"Someday your life will be over, no matter how much attention you give to your health. Will you look back with regret, because you nourished your body but starved your soul?" - Billy Graham

Balancing Food and Fun

Weekends, offices, celebrations, and vacations can be filled with laughs and adventure. And they are usually filled with food, too. But just because it’s a special occasion or break from your normal routine doesn’t mean you have to stray from your principles or goals. Likewise, just because you have stout principles and goals doesn’t mean …

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As we need food, so do we need emotional nourishment: love, kindness, appreciation, and support from others. - Goswami Kriyananda

Food and Emotional Voids

Do you ever stress eat? Or eat when you’re bored? or sad? or lonely? or angry? Unfortunately, food isn’t going to solve your problem. It might provide temporary comfort or satisfaction, but it doesn’t magically *poof* your problems away or change the way you really feel about a situation. And you might even feel worse …

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When I prayed for success, I forgot to ask for sound sleep and good digestion. - Mason Cooley

Eat for Elimination

What goes in, must come out… See, our bodies are energy conversion machines. They spend all their seconds transforming air, water, and food into useable energy and nutrients that support our internal systems and keep us alive. But our bodies don’t need everything we take in, and we produce some unusable byproducts during energy and …

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