On a whole, we believe in a 90/10 rule - eat right and exercise 90% of the time, and enjoy whatever you'd like 10% of the time. This helps you stay on track and still enjoy a splurge and occassional treat.
Here are some other helpful recommendations
- Drink more water
- Practice cooking
- Increase whole grains
- Increase sweet vegetables
- Increase leafy green vegetables
- Experiment with different sources of protein
- Eat less meat, dairy, sugar and chemicalized artifical junk foods; consume less coffee, alcohol, tobacco
- Develop easy and reliable habits to nurture your body
- Have healthy, supportive relationships
- Participate in physical activity
- Find work that you love or a way to love your work
- Develop a spiritual practice
"Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food"
- Hippocrates, 400 BC
Sources: Rosenthal Integrative Nutrition