What Is A Balanced Nutrition?

• drink a lot (especially still mineral water);
  rule of thumb: at least one liter per 55 lbs
• carbs and products with fibers as well as less or unprocessed foods build the bases of a balanced nutrition
• herbal fats (unsaturated fatty acids) and proteins (nuts, leguminous plants) can be absorbed and processed best from the body
• nourish yourself versatile (consume seasonal products and combine food groups)

Diets or unbalanced nutrition often cause a nutrient shortage and are not easy to stick to. Changing nutrition habits completely demands a bit of discipline. But the body gets used to this quite fast.
Highest Priority: Food has to be tasty!

Advantages Of A Well-Balanced Nutrition

• you do something for your health by supplying significant nutrients like vitamins, minerals and micronutrients
• secondary complications of defect and false nutrition can be avoided
• you are full of energy and resistant
• you will feel well and won't have problems with the digestion

Tips For A Nutrition Conversion

• don't be concerned, if you cannot hold back during one meal: Exceptions are allowed! The determining factor is a well-balanced nutrition during a long period of time (maybe forever, if possible)
• leave out fermenting and gas-forming food in the evening, because is digestive system is pausing in the night, too
• there is no need for food supplements when you eat well-balanced

Tips For Losing Weight

• prefer complex carbs as an energy provider, such as potatoes, rice, oat flakes, noodles and so on
• only eat sweets, if you can process it right away
• cook by yourself, prepared dishes and processed groceries often include hidden sugar and fat, even where you don't expect it
• eat many products with a small energy density like vegetables and fruit, they contain much water and many dietary fibres - they are ideal to fight hunger feelings
• don't make vegetables a side dish, but the main component of your meals
• avoid doing something else while eating, the feeling of satiety will set in late then
• ask yourself when facing temptations: „Does my body need this right now?“, if there is a craving for certain things, it can make sense to give in to it, maybe there is a defect
• light-versions often lie about the amount of calories, fat may be reduced, but therefore sugar is added (also possible the other way around)
• it is not about what you eat at a certain time of the day, but about the amount of calories you consume throughout the day

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