National Nutrition Month encourages everyone to adopt healthy eating and physical activity into their lifestyle.  This month is all about consuming lower calorie foods and making more informed food selections with nutrient dense options, along with increasing daily activity to achieve and maintain a healthy weight and prevent chronic disease.

Try these 6 Steps to begin your healthier lifestyle:

Add More Fruit and Vegetables into Your Diet.

Fruits and vegetables supply antioxidants to the body that assist with fighting free radicals known to cause disease and inflammation. Not only that, they’re also generally high in fiber, which can help fill you up and ward off your appetite.

Prepare Meals/Snacks on the Weekends.

Carve out time on the weekends to meal plan and prep for the week ahead. Staying organized and focused with your meals will help you to avoid excessive dining out and/or consuming more processed ‘convenient’ high energy foods.… Read more