52 Week Healthy (52 items)

Last updated: about 11 years ago

To Do (52 left)

  •  Start the day with 16oz water
  • Only eat ORGANIC corn & corn ingredients. Check labels, you'll be surprised
  • Limit caffeine to 1 cup coffee daily (under 150mg daily). Use B-complex vitamins if you need an energy boost
  • Daily Omega-3: Chia seed, flaxseed oil, ground flax, walnuts, fish oil
  • No added sugars
  • Eliminate artificial sweeteners: Splenda & aspartame yuck.
  • Try a new vegetable
  • Eliminate aluminum. Opt for aluminum free deodorant or try wiping underarms with rubbing alcohol
  • Drink organic wines
  • Follow healthy sites on Facebook & Instagram. "Wholefood Simply, The Organic Center, Peace Out Sugar, Eat To Live"
  • BPA-free. Culprits: plastic bottles, and canned goods.
  • Don't put plastic containers in the microwave (better yet toss the micro)
  • Take a reputable multivitamin such as ALIVE, not Centrum
  • Buy nitrate/nitrite free meats, lunchmeat, bacon, sausage
  • Eat wild caught fish, avoid farmed fish
  • Eat a fermented foods for digestion: Kombucha, kefir, sauerkraut, tempeh & miso
  • Replace soda with club soda & liquid flavored stevia.
  • Find a local CSA or farmers market. www.farmfresh.org
  • Replace table salt with Himalayan pink salt
  • Put down your fork between bits & eat sitting down
  • Eat breakfast
  • Add a superfood: Wheatgrass, chlorella, lucuma, maca, bee pollen.
  • Avoid trans-fats. Partially-hydrogenated = yucko
  • Bye-bye to styrofoam
  • Try soap nuts inplace of laundry detergent. www.buysoapnuts.com
  • eat cacao instead of cocoa
  • use peppermint tea to help with digestion
  • watch a movie about food like Genetic Roulette or Seeds of Deception
  • Buy oats, grains & nuts in bulk at a healthfood store
  • Replace your condiments with organic versions
  • Avoid "whites"...adios white flour & sugar
  • Add 1/4 tsp freeze dried wheatgrass to your morning water
  • Double your veggies
  • Move everyday. 10,000 steps, daily workout, www.hundredpushups.com
  • Grass fed is best. Milk, meat, butter, cheese....higher CLA fat!
  • Milk, meat, butter, cheese....get the organic
  • Look at the dirty dozen at www.ewg.org, switch some of your produce to organic
  • Plant an organic herb or vegetable
  • Make double portions this week & freeze half
  • Don't eat until stuffed
  • Stock up on herbal remedies. Keep echinacea & elderberry on hand
  • Start using spilanthes mouth rinse for mouth health, receding gums, stimulate saliva & toothaches
  • Find ways to sneak in more veggies. Hide in recipes, add purees
  • Pick your worst dietary habit & commit to change it for one week straight
  • Use a nailpolish without formaldehyde & remover without acetone
  • Alter your favorite recipe or find a healthier version
  • Mason jar salads- Make ahead for the week, layer ingredients
  • Aloe juice - ditch the heartburn meds. 1oz on an empty stomach daily
  • Make a daily protein shake....Teras Whey organic is delish
  • Rid bloat & water retention with dandelion tea or tincture
  • Bring your own food to the airport
  • Eat a green everday