Do you feel sluggish and slow after meals instead of energized and recharged? With over-processed foods filling our local grocery store shelves, you must carefully consider what you should put into your body. Despite the purpose of food being to energize, what you eat regularly may be making you weak without you even realizing it.
Our bodies utilize food to produce energy for everyday tasks. If we don’t give our body the building blocks to run, we will experience sluggishness and chronic fatigue. Focusing on minimally processed foods and small but frequent meals are two critical components to achieving optimal energy output from your meals. When facing depleted energy sources, building meals around some staple food groups is wise. Here are some staple foods and food groups you should keep handy to replenish yourself at the dinner table.
Whole Grains
Nuts and Seeds: almonds, pecans, and walnuts.
In season fruits and vegetables
Lean meats: chicken, turkey, and fish.
What will not energize you….
The list of foods to leave out is robust. While there is an overwhelming amount of food to avoid, there are a few consistent principles you can follow. Principle one is to avoid highly processed foods. Highly processed foods are usually met with a post-meal slump, often due to additives, unhealthy fats, sugars, and preservatives. These ingredients draw whole foods further away from their original form, stripping them of several essential nutrients that would have fueled your body. Below is a list of some major energy depleting foods to avoid.
Sugary beverages such as sweetened coffee, soft drinks, and energy drinks
Deli meats, hot dogs and sausages
Sweetened yogurt and breakfast cereal
Food can be a superpower if you know how to utilize it. Common complaints such as brain fog, muscle aches, hypertension, high blood pressure, slow metabolism, and low energy levels can be mitigated, even alleviated if you focus on eating whole, clean foods. You can rest easy knowing that the food at Cuisine for Healing is packed with all the necessary building blocks the body needs to thrive. So if you don’t have the time or energy to prepare healthy meals at home, we have got you covered!
