You decide to lose some weight and make healthier choices.
You skip the fast food lunch that your colleagues are going out for and muster up the willpower to head over to the grocery store with the intention of finding something healthy. As you try to make a good choice, thoughts start running through your head,
“Is the gluten in rice bad?…If deli meat is nitrate free is it ok?…What’s the latest verdict on dairy?…What’s this thing about soy and GMO’s…hmm…what is a GMO?”.
You feel overwhelmed and want to give up, maybe you should catch up with your friends? This healthy eating thing is no fun…but wait!
A little Irish charm can bring clarity and fun to health.
Maybe you’ve been there, I know I have.
Healthy eating has been promoted in the form of a skinless, baked chicken breast on a bed of lettuce with low fat or no salad dressing… a bowl of cereal with some skim milk to start the day… a pasta plate with a tomato sauce to end the day, or a variety of other conflicting and confusing recommendations.
With the huge amounts of information on what you should eat and what’s good and bad for you, plus the fear that’s packaged around making healthy choices, it is often too confusing and too stressful to do anything. It is also no fun.
The underlying cause of this problem is companies wanting you to buy their products, health advocates being tied to a certain dogma, prevailing myths and media’s scare tactics to get you engaged.
While new research will come up with different recommendations and there will be individual differences in what’s right for you, I know two things:
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There are certain foods that are good for most people’s health
- If it’s fun, it is more likely to get done
I’ve been involved and studying health and nutrition for close to two decades. I’ve successfully work through thyroid issues, significant fat loss, and alarming lab results through effective nutrition and lifestyle strategies while gaining muscle and boosting my energy naturally.
With this experience and my love of words and comedy, I’ve been inspired to unleash the most sophisticated health philosophy yet…
Drum roll, please…
The Limerick Solution
Although I believe that health and diet must be adjusted to the individual, there are some superfoods that are packed with health benefits for everyone.
In your diet you should include avocado,
It is like winning the nutritional lotto!
You should eat it each day,
To keep the doctor away,
This is a solid health motto!
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Go ahead and indulge in broccoli.
If you ignore it, well, that’s a folly.
It’s a beautiful shade of green,
It will keep you healthy and lean,
Thus, you’ll be a hell-of-a-lot more jolly!
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There is a mighty leaf called Romaine.
Some might considerate plain.
If you drizzle on dressing,
It’s a delicious blessing,
And robust health it will sustain.
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There is a magnificent fish called salmon.
It’s preferable than eating ramen.
Wild-caught is best,
Forget about the rest.
It’s omega 3’s will have your body jamm’in!
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Eat an organic free-range egg,
It will help build muscle in your leg.
Not the ones in the store,
That are injected with more.
But rather from a local farmer named Greg.
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The W.H.O. says meat causes cancer.
But there is a meat-lovers answer:
Family farm grass-fed beef,
Eaten with lots of leaf,
Is a clear cut nutritional enhancer.
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You can do so much with coconut oil.
It’s actually a microbial foil.
You can put it on your skin,
Ingest it within,
As far as superfoods go, it is royal!
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I hope you’ve learnt something here.
If you didn’t, have no fear.
At least it was fun,
Now go get it done,
And share these poems with a peer…
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Cheers,
