In this Post,
You are going to discover, how you can become more productive & stay healthy over a long period of time by developing healthy eating habits.
OK, First answer this...
Do you always feel less productive, lazy, energy-deprived in the daytime?
….well
I can understand, You have grown up some bad eating habits my friend, and you need to drop those.
I will not help you to eliminate these bad habits, instead, I will guide you on how you can leverage the below 15 healthy eating habits to overcome those bad ones.
Trust me,
These habits will not only improve your health but also makes you highly proactive & efficient at work.
In fact:
Experts recommend these habits.
Reminder:
According to a survey, It would take the anyone about 21 days to get used to a habit. So my friend follow me...
Fact - 89% people don’t understand, What does eating healthy mean?
What is Healthy Eating Habit?
According to this article,
Healthy eating means eating a variety of foods that give you the nutrients you need to maintain your health, feel good, and have energy.
Also, You can’t neglect the benefits of healthy eating habits to lose weight.
Disagree?
Keep reading...
Let's dive into the healthy eating habits one by one and understand there pros and cons...
1. Take Fruits instead of junk Snakes
Yes…
You heard it right, Avoid junk food or snacks and start eating fruits bowl instead during the working routine’s breaks.
Rule 1 - Simple, Eat the fruit bowl or DRY fruits ? ?instead of ? ? Junk snacks like potato chips extra.
How I can improve eating habits with eating DRY fruits or fruit bowl?
Fruits are rich in :
- Fibers
- Vitamins
- Minerals
- Very low in calories.?
You may ask a doubt? Due to the freshness issues, we can't have fruits all the time in the breaks.
But we can use the DRY fruits as an alternative
Junk food like Potato chips are just are a source of excess calories. Which make us lazy,sleepy during working hours...
P.S You can read a quick 2 min article describing the benefits of Fruits.
Source.
Action to take? ?
You can use the Fruit Reminder app for this purpose , It is available for iPhone link below (I am sure there should be Android version too)
2. Take Water breaks While Working.
I understand it's not an eating habit but wait..
Did I tell you the benefits of the drinking water at the regular interval ?
Water is vital and up to 60% of the human adult body is water.?
There are as many benefits of water apart from lifting thirst or keep you stay hydrated.
Benefits of drinking water:
- Keep you in shape and fit. ?
- Clear up your skin
- Help Prevent Kidney Stones
- Acts as a shock absorber for the brain, spinal cord, and fetus.
- Forms saliva
- Lubricates joints
Most of the people who are working in 9 to 5 always forget to drink water at a regular interval or total water intake per day.
This not only creates a bad habit but create a water deficiency and many other issues related to tight skin, kidney stones, indigestion in early age.
Action to take? ?
3. Eat Small Frequent Meals
Are you like me?
Woke up late ... Skip breakfast. Straight go the office.
Eat lunch like hell and skip next meal.
Not only this during snack time, I feel hungry again eat loads of food and skip dinner.
To Avoid such a situation, You should take Small frequent meal.
According to research by dukehealth.org, Taking frequent small meals is a better choice for working professional rather than skipping the full meal.
Benefits of Small Frequent meal:
4. Skipping Breakfast is Big NO NO.
Did you know?
According to a study published in JAMA, Men/Women who skip breakfast have about 27% more chances of sustaining a heart attack when compared to those who eat breakfast.
Oh Boy, I know we are busy, we have work to do but why skip breakfast?
There are lots of harmful effect of skipping breakfast.
- Diabetes issues
- Less energy leads to low productivity.
- Mood swings
- Triggers Hair Loss
Rule 4 : Skipping breakfast is Big No No,
Action to take? ?
5. Take Healthy Caffeine Drinks
Taking Caffeine is important for any working individual. But taking it healthy is also important.
Few things to keep in mind while taking any caffeine
There are lots of option of Healthy Drink
- Green tea is also one of the best natural pre workout alternatives
- Iced Tea at Starbucks.
- Classic Chai Tea Latte (low sugar)
- Peppermint Mocha
- Keto Coffee
Action to take? ?
6. Avoid Late Dinner if want to live long
According to research eating dinner after 7 pm could increase the risk of suffering a heart attack
Believe me, Eating on time is possible and leads to better health.
This is a well-known fact that the if you skip the breakfast, You will have a heavy lunch and that leads to late dinner.
This is a vicious cycle that keeps on repeating and leads to an unhealthy lifestyle and lots of body problems like constipation extra.
So Plan your meals accordingly and enjoy the productivity.
7. Avoid Junky Office Parties Culture.
Trust me guys, If you want to stay healthy and fit,
You should avoid the frequent office parties (they include lots of junk food & waste calories items).
8. Be in Limit and Limiting alcohol.
Either it is a long holiday or Office party. You don’t care.
You take booze without any reason without even thinking twice.
Drinking habits not only slow down your productivity
But have a very bad effect of the body’s health.
I do like to have fun. I don't need alcohol to have fun. -- Rima Fakih
9. Do Meditation & Become successful.
What is the biggest problem of working professional?
Guess...
Stress
Mediation not only helps you to Reduces Stress but control Anxiety, Promotes Emotional Health
10. Take a walk after Meal.
Taking a walk after a meal will boost glucose levels, increase your energy, and burn off calories.
If it's possible take a walk immediately after every meal.
This is a kind of weight loss tips also.
11. Take a Good Sleep
If are you looking for improved memory,clear skin and boost productivity.
All this you achieve with the good sleep trust me.
12. Kill Your Stress, Not Lungs
P.S - Don't Smoke
According to the NIH , If you read the abstract,
There was a interesting experiment done, Current smokers are more unproductive at work compared with former smokers and nonsmokers.
I still believe that 'No Smoking' is one of my best performances. - John Abraham
13. No excuses, Go and workout in Gym
This needs no explanation,
If you are a working professional you should Go to the Gym at least 3 times per week to boost the productivity.
P.S - Going gym is sign of healthy living.
14. Take an Exercise Break and become social with small talks
Remember When you are continuously working for some time & lost time track,
After a few hours you realize you can’t focus on the task anymore and your head & eyes start are in great pain.
relatable ??
There is a quick solution to this problem,
Working professional can leverage the Pomodoro techniques to be more productive.
This way your mind will become fresh frequently & more productive.
P.S: You can do small talk with friends during small breaks. 😉
15. Big No-No to Social Media
During Office hours.
While working on a highly important presentation, Suddenly a popup pops from twitter or Whatsapp and you lose the rhythm.
Happens many times right?
P.S - Going gym is sign of healthy living.
Conclusion
I hope you liked the 15 useful tips Healthy Eating Habits.
What are your favorite habits to stay Healthy as working profession ?
Tell us in the comment section below!
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