Nutrition Tips for a Pleasant New Year's Eve and a Healthy New Year

Nutrition Tips for a Pleasant New Year's Eve and a Healthy New Year

Nutrition Tips for a Pleasant New Year's Eve and a Healthy New Year

Nutrition Tips for a Pleasant New Year's Eve and a Healthy New Year

As we prepare to enter the New Year, we often reflect on the past year and set new goals. The ideal, not just for Christmas goals but for all goals, is that what you want to do is achievable. Certainly every goal requires significant efforts. However, the more realistic your aspirations are, the more motivated you will be to achieve them.

You can make healthy eating sustainable in the New Year.

While some diet strategies are effective, the Healthy Eating Plate is an easy-to-follow, science-based guide to help you create healthy and balanced meals for the new year. You can make it a habit to include fruits and vegetables on half of your plate and complement it with healthy whole grains and healthy protein on the other half.

In addition to what you eat, you should focus equally on how you eat.  In the New Year, in addition to thinking about your nutritional needs, you should pay equal attention to how you eat. 

  • Do you try to minimize distractions and enjoy the meal before you start eating?
  • Do you pay attention to your food, notice flavors and textures, savor every bite, chew well and stop eating when you don't feel hungry?

These are just a few simple ways to become a more mindful eater. While eating nutritious foods is a big part of being healthier, the often-overlooked aspect is cultivating healthy eating habits and practicing mindful eating.

This year, instead of resolving to “go on a diet,” consider nourishing both your body and mind by truly enjoying every meal.

You can increase your physical activity in the New Year.

One of your New Year's resolutions could be to start exercising. Exercise helps you feel more energetic, prevents excess weight gain, and strengthens your body. Therefore, you can plan when and which exercises you want to do as part of your New Year's resolutions. Making it clear, such as walking 45 minutes every day or swimming 3 days a week, makes it easier to get started.

In the New Year, you can eat one more serving of fruit or vegetables a day.

This year, you can try to make healthy eating a priority for your family members and loved ones. According to the recommendations, it is important to eat five servings of fruit and vegetables a day, but it is often difficult to meet this amount. To have a positive impact on the eating habits of your family members and loved ones, you can achieve this goal by adding a daily apple as a snack to your child's lunchbox, slicing a banana at breakfast and ensuring that a vegetable is always on the menu at dinner.

You can choose healthy alternatives without skipping meals.

It is important to take care to eat a balanced diet on the last day of the year in order to realize the wish of “health”, which is one of the priorities among New Year wishes. A common mistake on New Year's Eve is skipping breakfast and lunch to save room for dinner. However, this approach can lead to an imbalance in blood sugar and make it difficult to control portions at dinner. The important thing is not to skip meals or starve; on the contrary, after a sufficient and balanced breakfast, you can ensure a balanced distribution of your dinner by having a lunch that includes foods like soup, vegetable dishes, yogurt, whole wheat bread, and healthy snack alternatives such as fruit.

You can pay attention to portion control.

Instead of fatty, high-calorie and fried foods, you can choose salads with high vegetable content, olive oil dishes and healthy snacks to spice up the New Year's table. For salads and appetizers, use lighter dressings such as yogurt, low-fat cheeses, mustard and spices rather than mayonnaise and cream. Consuming excessive amounts and calories in one meal can cause digestive problems. Therefore, it is important to plan the foods for New Year's Eve in advance to ensure a balanced intake of nutrients.

Source:

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/5-relatively-easy-new-years-resolutions-to-help-your-child-and-family-be-healthier-and-happier-2016122010902

 

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