5 super easy tips on how to eat healthier

11/21/2020

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Science Story: 5 super easy tips on how to eat healthier

As it turns out, it's not that hard to get the most out of everything you eat, even using the most ordinary products we buy all the time. Here is a short list of simple tips and tricks that will take your meals to the next level

There are foods that properly fuel your body with the nutrients it needs, while others only do the bare minimum. Fortunately, we live in an age where food is abundant. Unlike our ancestors, we don’t need to hunt or gather to make sure we survive. We just need to go to the nearest supermarket. But not all food is created equal.

#1 Mix your peanut butter with seeds

Despite popular claims, peanut butter is not bad for our health: we just need to enjoy it in moderation. This delicious paste is already loaded with quite a bit of protein. However, if you want to enjoy more of its benefits, it's better to switch to all natural butter without sugar.

Another great idea is to load up your current peanut butter with an assortment of seeds. Not only would adding chia and pumpkin seeds give the peanut butter more texture, it will also up the nutrients significantly.

#2 Consume watermelon seeds

While we’re on the topic of seeds, you could try some watermelon goodness. Watermelons are miracle fruit. They’re packed with nutrients and flavor but they’re mostly water, so they won’t affect your caloric intake too much.

What’s more, their seeds contain over 30g of protein per coup. You can easily grind some up to add to a post workout smoothie, as a healthy source of protein.

#3 Cook vegetables whole

Whether we’re talking about carrots or potatoes, try to cook your veggies whole whenever you can. This ensures that they maintain their maximum nutrition and flavor. Carrots for example, maintain 25% more falcarinol if they’re cooked whole. This is an important compound that is known to have cancer preventing properties.

#4 Eat processed tomatoes

Yes, you read that right. Whenever you’re making food that calls for tomatoes, go for canned over fresh. Oftentimes supermarket tomatoes are picked green and grown specifically to maximize shelf life, not flavor or nutrition. Canned tomatoes are picked ripe and they’re the best source of lycopene, a nutrient thought to have beneficial effects on heart health.

#5 Give your grains an extra edge by cooking them in green tea

Cooking your rice in green tea can infuse it with antioxidants as well as help with gut health and weight loss. Additionally, if you want to get the most fiber with the least amount of starch, give your rice a thorough wash before you cook it. The clearer you can get the water to be, the more starch you’ve gotten rid of.

Would you try any of these tips? Do you know any other cool healthy eating tips?

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14 Comments

Deena Grady

The rice tip. I always use canned tomatoes in my cooking when I need tomatoes.

Gail Cusack

I always wash/rinse rice until water runs clear - I like brown rice with quinoa - I will try cooking it with green tea too. I add green tea to smoothies for its health properties.

Marian Spitzig

One of the best articles I have read on here! Thanks!!

Julie Allen

David Holmes, They go through the process of being canned.

Malka Rubinstein

will cook veggies whole from now on

ninakamwene

Thank you for educating us. Here is to a delicious Turkey Day USA.

Val Holmes

Like the idea of cooking veg whole! Will definitely do this! Many thanks 🙏

David Holmes

I knew about rinsing rice, but have not heard about cooking it in green tea. I also knew that cooked tomatoes are better than raw. I am not sure about the choice of the word "processed" though, it has unfortunate associations for example processed cheese etc. Good quality canned tomatoes are not really processed.

Judi Hanan

I probably will try washing the rice. Also cooking it in green tea would be interesting.

Steve Tingle

Watch out for tomatoes, they can cause health problems for some people - my mother could only eat a medium sized one if she didn't want gut problems, mostly she just avoided them, and a friend is allergic. Me I adore them!