A small write up on why to drink Green Tea, more specifically Matcha Green Tea. The benefits of green tea and a short write up on the history.
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O N E S I M P L E C H A N G E
Most of us strive to live a healthier lifestyle. Finding the right place to start is a challenge. Eating right, exercising regularly, and still making time for family, friends and our own needs can seem like overwhelming goals. Instead of attempting to conquer our health all at once, what if you started by setting more manageable goals? Making small changes today can lead to great health benefits down the road.
I actually made the most simplest changes of all really, back in 2014-2015, and they actually stuck!
I began incorporating an easy and efficient nutritional support into my diet as I really didn’t have the time with travelling or the access to all of the nutrients I wanted to get into my body. I found something that not only makes sense but actually gives me everything I need in the most convenient way. Since making this change I don’t just crave healthier foods but I think healthier too! All the While I was also training myself to aim, for every 50lbs of body weight, to consume 1litre of water. I aim to steer clear from tap water and keep the 1litre bottles by me everyday. This helps to encourage drinking water to become more habitual rather than effort. It was never too much to maintain as they were just singular baby changes.
One of the many great quotes that I deem fit and relevant to this particular segment is :
“Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.
– Jim Rohn
C H E C K T H E V I D E O B E L O W F O R M O R E I N F O O N T H E N U T R I T I O N A L S U P P O R T I U S E
But Hey… Don’t worry about tackling a healthy diet all at once. Start by replacing empty calories with whole food options. Whole foods include fruits, vegetables, and whole grains – foods that are as close to their natural form as possible. It won’t be long before you realize just how good “good food” feels. Before you know it, your cravings will change from greasy burgers and fries to healthful nutrition.
Here are some simple changes you can make for a healthier diet:
- Have fruit for breakfast.
- Clean your fridge. Get rid of processed food in the process.
- Buy snacks from the produce section of the grocery store.
- Say no to an unhealthy food temptation.
- Consume smaller portions, more frequently. Try eating twice as often and half as much.
- Eat a food with no nutrition facts label – whole food.
C U T T H E C R A P
Now there’s no denying, trying to do 101 things at once will never work… But we can all make small conscious efforts to better our health, even if it is in the form of baby steps… Even if it is just one of the below that you decide to tackle, it’s a great start in the right direction! It’s that One Simple Change that will make all the difference.
The first step to a healthier diet is to start making peace with our inner cravings and burning desires to sniff a snickers bar or even think about that dairy milk calling your name from the corner shop.
Here’s a list of the C R A P Foods! 
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C – Carbonated drinks. Full-fat varieties are high in sugar and other additives, the diet/zero varieties are artificial and even worse for our health. It is believed that one of the main causes of the obesity epidemic is high consumption of fizzy drinks and concentrated fruit juices.
R – Refined sugar. White flour, sugar and high-fructose corn syrup. All of these are combined in pastries, cakes, cookies and hidden in processed foods and cereals.
A – Artificial colours and flavourings are often found in confectionary, soft drinks and crisps. A also stands for Alcohol, which is processed by the body as a toxin and stored as fat.
P – Processed products. Heavily processed foods are more likely to contain all of the above, and also trans-fats, which are considered a danger to health.
By limiting sugars, refined carbs, burnt/ fried food, processed meats and not drinking calories we can be another step closer to achieving leading a healthier lifestyle.
A diet rich in the following items will help improve your diet:
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– Dark green, leafy and root vegetables (broccoli, spinach, peppers)
– Beans, lentils and/or whole-grains (rye, rice, quinoa, oats)
– Fresh fruit (berries, apples, melon, bananas)
– Lean and varied protein sources (fish, poultry, red meat, tofu,)
– Herbs, seasonings and spices (Oregano, paprika, turmeric)
Small changes equate to big results 
So what you waiting for?! Cut the C.R.A.P!
D R I N K M O R E W A T E R
Finding the time to even remember to drink water can be difficult, even for the healthiest of us…
Life gets in the way… There are so many demands at work… We get stuck working away on one particular thing… And sometimes, the conscious thought just slips our minds.
But really, after reading about the incredible benefits drinking water can have on the body, there really is NO EXCUSE not to drink enough!
When I lived in India, the temperature would vary from 27°C – 30°C+ and with the highest recorded temperature in Mumbai being 42°C and 45 °C (113 °F) in the south in Chennai, Tamil Nadu (which is actually on the same equatorial line as Ethiopia) means it was pretty hot!
Dancing in that heat meant that we were dehydrating much faster so, naturally, the girls and I found ourselves replenishing with around 3-4 of the 1.5 litre bottles of Dasani and Bisleri water per day. That was on average 4.5 – 6 litres of water which in hindsight was probably too much. But we were MEGA THIRSTAY!
The average adult human body is composed of around 50-65% water, composition averaging on around 57-60% water. The percentage of water in infants is much higher, typically around 75-78% water, dropping to 65% by one year of age. El agua covers 71% of our beautiful Earths surface, is vital for all known forms of life and is involved in almost every bodily function the human species are capable of!
It improves overall wellbeing and vitality, increases energy and relieves fatigue, flushes out toxins, keeps the skin looking plump and the hair flowing long… Why wouldn’t you LOVE it?
S C R O L L D O W N
T O S E E M Y T O P T I P S F O R D R I N K I N G W A T E R
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B A B Y
W H Y D R I N K W A T E R ?
W O R K O U T B E T T E R – Blood Plasma, which constitutes 55% of blood fluid, is mostly water (92% by volume). Water facilitates the delivery of oxygen and blood to the muscles, which in turn helps the body to perform physical activity much more efficiently. In a nutshell, the more water in the muscles, the better the function, the more readily increasing in strength, size and capacity.
A L W A Y S F R E S H – Low energy levels, headaches and hunger can all be signs that your water intake is low. Instead of popping another pill or mistaking thirst for hunger (which leads to snacking and overeating), pour yourself a glass of mother nature’s finest natural appetite suppressant and feel those health juices flow!
T R I M S Y O U D O W N – Dehydration will cause the body to go into a sort of shock mode in which it will hold on to fluid (for fear of when it will next be watered). This tends to cause bloating and weight gain, retaining extra water from cells including fat cells to make up for the water its lacking. With less water in fat cells, there is commensurately less mobilisation for energy! Grab a glass!
E V E R Y L I T T L E H E L P S W H E N I T C O M E S T O M E T A B O L I S M – The kidneys remove toxins but in a dehydrated body, their function is inefficient and the liver has to work in overdrive-mode. Now… Your liver is kind of like your mother when it comes to the cleaning, it does absolutely everything… You keep loading the basket with more clothes and crap, knickers and socks, junk food and carbonated drinks and the washing pile builds and builds and if it isn’t maintained, the load clogs. The liver purifies and removes toxins, it metabolises fat… However if it can’t do this effectively enough or even in the right time frame for what your loading into your body, this can lead to weight gain. Essentially, it slows down your organs and the whole system becomes sluggish & inefficient (just like the washing machine).
R A T – A R S E D R E S C U E R – Ever felt offensively and potentially illegally poisoned and bloated after a heavy night out? Alcohol (along with coffee, tea and popular soft drinks) all act as ‘diuretics’, forcing water out of the body, leading to dehydration. Too much sodium also contributes to both dehydration and fluid retention. Yet another reason we should always read the food labels, and eat fresh, clean food without additives!
It’s a must, end of… no “if”, “but’s” or “maybe’s”…
I LOVE water! But I must say, I can empathise with those who find it somewhat “boring” and “bland”…
Here are some of my favourite tricks to help ease the monotony of drinking more!
Water fruit infuser bottle left in the fridge over night avec:
Blueberry orange Peachy Adarne / The Peach Kitchen
Lavender Lemonade Kelly Gellner / Eat Yourself Skinny
Lemon Lime Mint Shay / Living Chirpy
Ginger Peach Sarah Ehlinger / Very Sari
Pear Vanilla Beth Manos Brickey / Tasty Yummies
Strawberry & mint Ally / Inspired by This
Cardamom Rose Water Sue Moran / The View from the Great Island
Blackberry mint Katie Enzenberger / The Casual Craftlete
Apple Cinnamon Krissy Allori / Self-Proclaimed Foodie
Strawberry & Jalapeño Sue Moran / The View from the Great Island
Photo and recipe: Kelly Gellner / Eat Yourself Skinny
