If you’re anything like the average Brit, you want to maintain a regular health and wellness regimen, but your busy schedule and last minute commitments can sometimes send you off track. You know that you need to maintain a balanced diet to look after your wellbeing, but still continue to fall short on valuable and vital nutrients. Therefore, registered dietician and best-selling author, Dave Grotto is here with a few simple and effective tips that can help you to maintain proper nutrition even when time is tight.
Firstly, make sure your meals are filled with nutrients. Set aside five minutes in your morning schedule for packing a healthy lunch. Grotto says, ‘It’s vital that we find ways to get the nutrients our bodies need and eating well-balanced meals can do just that.’ Make sure your lunch box is packed with protein and fibre to give you sustained energy throughout the day. Try preparing a salad with grilled chicken or a turkey sandwich on whole wheat bread.
On top of making the right food choices, you can fill the gaps in your nutrients by taking quality dietary supplements. As Grotto recommends, ‘Nature Made VitaMelts come in great flavours like juicy orange and melt smoothly in your mouth without water which provides an enjoyable vitamin experience. Plus they come in a handy, portable flip-top pack which can fit perfectly in your gym bag, or work bag, an added convenience factor on days you may not be eating as properly as you should.’
Once you’ve got your diet and supplement regime in place, get out in the sunshine and get some exercise. Even minimal activity, such as taking the stairs at work or going for a ten minute walk around the block on your lunch break, can be beneficial to your wellness. As an added bonus, being outdoors exposes your skin to the sun, which helps your body to produce vitamin D. This vitamin is important for bone strength, but vitamin D is scarce in many foods so sunshine is very important.
Finally, remember that it’s important to have a little “me time”. Overall health and wellbeing depends on getting enough rest and relaxation. Grotto recommends that you get seven to nine hours sleep a night, and that, when possible, you go to bed at the same time each night. This helps your body to know when it’s time to be tired, and when it isn’t, and can do your health a world of good.