I was never the dieter. Sure, I didn’t eat certain foods, but that was because I never enjoyed them growing up. I also felt that many of the foods I didn’t like had nothing to do with being health conscious. That was until I started having health problems and decided to change the way I ate. I not only started eating foods that would help me maintain a healthy weight, but I started eating more alkaline foods that are better for the body.
Fruits in the morning:
Waking up to a serving of watermelon is one of the best ways to start your morning. Eating fruit for breakfast will not only help you think more clearly, but it will also help you lose weight and stimulate the digestive tract to energize the body. Eating a clean, light breakfast in the morning is a great way to transition your body from a fasted state to a fed state.
Several reasons why you should start eating fruit for breakfast:
1. Improves the detoxification phase
Between 7 and 11 am, the body is going through the heaviest phase of detoxification. Eating fruit will help bring healing energy to this detoxification process.
2. Stimulates the Digestive Tract
Eating fruit for breakfast infuses the body with beneficial enzymes, fiber, and probiotics that help stimulate digestive juices in the stomach and flush out old waste from the day before. Fruit fiber cleanses the colon like a broom, leaving you feeling light and refreshed.
3. Wake up the body
Natural fruit sugars are just what the body needs upon waking. Instead of reaching for your coffee, try making a coffee replacement smoothie that will help keep the brain sharp and energized. Remember, the brain runs out of glucose, so if you want to stay focused throughout the day, eat a good water-rich fruit meal for breakfast!
4. Lose weight
The fruit provides the body with quality nutrition and also helps release excess toxins by expelling old waste from the intestines. Eating plenty of fruit in the morning (and throughout the rest of the day) gets rid of excess toxicity and waste storage. This in turn helps with your body’s natural weight loss process. You can lose weight naturally by eating the right foods that will boost the process.
5. Create an alkaline environment for the body
The first thing people think when they eat fruit is that it is too acidic, which is not true. The lemons are actually one of the most alkaline fruits on the planet. They may be acidic in form, but once they reach the stomach, minerals (such as potassium and sodium) dissociate to become alkaline (through a variety of metabolic processes). All fruit is alkaline, so make sure you eat plenty of fruit in the morning if you normally eat a standardized diet.
There are numerous diet plans out there. The key to weight control is to adopt a healthy diet that meets your dietary needs. Losing weight naturally is always the best way to go. You just have to find out which natural diet works for you.