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Healthy eating is linked to an amazing array of benefits for your physical health and emotional wellness. But how can you tell if your eating plan is healthy? Your body provides some clues.
You’ve heard it before, and we’ll say it again: You are what you eat. And when you follow a healthy eating plan, your health shows it in many important ways.
At Premier Physicians Weight Loss & Wellness, Dana Trippi, DO, and her team help patients optimize their eating habits with custom nutrition counseling and support tailored to their needs, goals, lifestyle, and preferences.
Here, learn six simple ways to tell if you’re meeting your nutritional needs or if you might benefit from nutritional guidance.
1. You have plenty of energy
The calories you consume through foods and beverages serve as energy sources for your body. When you eat unhealthy foods or foods low in nutrients, your body doesn’t get what it needs to maintain normal energy levels, leaving you easily fatigued.
On the other hand, a balanced diet rich in nutrient-dense foods, like fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins, and healthy fats, provides your body with easily accessed energy sources to help you stay energized throughout the day.
2. You sleep well
A balanced diet promotes a healthy sleep cycle. Some vitamins are associated with increased levels of melatonin, a natural chemical that benefits normal sleep cycles and deep, restful sleep. Other nutrients, like tryptophan and magnesium, also help with sleep.
3. You rarely have digestive issues
A healthy diet supports optimal digestion, preventing diarrhea, constipation, excess gas, and bloating. Fiber from vegetables, fruits, beans, and whole grains keeps your bowels regular.
4. Your weight is at a healthy level
A healthy eating plan supports weight management, eliminating empty calories, excess sugars, and unhealthy processed foods that can lead to weight gain. When your body is well fed, you’re less likely to have food cravings or indulge in binge eating.
5. You rarely get sick
Your immune system works 24/7 to keep you healthy, so it’s no surprise that it benefits from a healthy diet and balanced nutrition. Most people know vitamin C boosts immunity, but many other nutrients play key roles, including antioxidants from dark fruits and vegetables.
6. Your mood and focus are optimized
It’s not just your physical health that benefits from good nutrition — your emotional wellness also is positively affected.
Nutrient-dense foods provide the vitamins and minerals your brain needs for optimal chemical production and nerve communication, supporting cognitive functions like thinking, memory, and reasoning, along with greater mood stability.
Balancing your diet isn’t always easy, especially when you lead a busy life. Having nutritional guidance is a great way to ensure you make the eating decisions to support good health now and as you get older.
To learn how we can help, request an appointment online or by phone today with the team at Premier Physicians Weight Loss & Wellness in Las Vegas, Henderson, and Reno, Nevada.