Making Time for Healthy Nutrition

I’m too busy to cook and I end up eating a lot of fast food, although I try to order healthier options like salads. I feel sluggish and my digestion isn’t the best. I want to eat better, but the reality is that I don’t have a lot of time to cook. Help!

Although eating in restaurants is not a barrier to healthful eating, an ongoing diet of fast food is. It’s a general principle that we make time for those endeavors that we believe are important. You have a body that is made primarily of food. If you wish your body to be healthy and generate the chemistry of vitality, consider how you can invest a little more time in nourishing it. I encourage you to demonstrate self-love by deciding that it’s okay to take the time to seek out healthy nutrition.

One of the easiest ways to have food be your medicine is to include a wide variety of colors on your plate at each meal. The average American diet tends to consist of shades of brown and white. The detoxifying and rejuvenating natural chemistry of food resides in the colors of fruits and vegetables. Eat the colors of the rainbow: red tomatoes, peppers, and, strawberries; orange carrots and tangerines; yellow squash and bananas; green broccoli and spinach; blueberries; purple eggplant and plums. Commit to this type of variety in your diet and you will experience the health-generating signals of your body’s wisdom.

With love,
David