Springtime is always a new beginning. We want to get outside, we want to move things around inside our homes, and many of us want to move our bodies as well. This means not only physical exercise, but also to move our health around inside our bodies as well.
Our beings yearn for renewal, rebuilding, growth and new life. What better way to do that than, adding nutritious spring foods to our daily eating regime, and to promote new growth, and freshening things up. A few tips:
Eat Green:
- more sun means more chlorophyll, key component in plants that allows them to harvest the sun's energy, boost vitality by adding more green to every meal
- collard greens, spinach, romaine lettuce, Swiss chard and others.
Eat Light
- instead of the heavy comforting items we tend to choose during the cold dark winter months, Spring serves us the magnificent opportunity to revamp the habits.
- when choosing foods, aim for ‘light’ items, that energize, not make us sluggish
- eat more raw, or lightly cooked/sauteéd, lighter in calories, and
- avoid eating when you aren't hungry, rather take a brisk walk with your loved one, hold hands and laugh
- with spring there are tons of fresh, ‘baby,’ vegetables available, they are most tender and have their nutrients most readily available.
Stay tuned for part II, where I will list a few of my newfound favorites you too can use in your eating regime to boost your health and renew your well-being this Spring.
Happy and healthy Spring!!!!!
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