Talk about health

If you want to be healthy, you should eat more of ... I'll leave you to fill in the blank. As a regular reader of healthy e-zines and publications, I'm sure you could list a whole range of foods that help your health. If you were to try and eat all of them all of the time I doubt there would be much time for anything else in your life. But, at least, you would be very healthy.

The thought occurred to me the other day when I was making my weekly supply of muesli. I base my recipe on rolled oats and add all sorts of nuts, seeds and fruits. Some months ago I began adding pumkin seeds because I'd read that they were good for you. They don't taste of anything really, but they are good for you, so in they go. I thought, "you could go on for ever, adding the latest ingredient that is good for you", but you have to stop somewhere.

The thing is that these tips you see in the magazines and e-zines for adding a new healthy food to your diet don't usually let you know how much you need and how often you need to eat it. So you are wandering around your supermarket or health shop and you suddenly spot a packet of it. Just the thing, you think, to supplement your diet.

You get back home and sprinkle it on your cereal, fruit or whatever, and hope for a little better health in the future. And really, that's about the best you can do.

The ideal is to make it a habit to eat as healthily as you can, get regular exercise, maybe take a regular vitamin supplement and hope for the best. If you take every piece of advice on healthy eating you'll worry too much to enjoy your newfound health. So, be realistic and practical. Adjust your diet to suit your taste while avoiding processed foods as much as you can.

Your health will improve if you stick at it.

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