This is the only body you’ll have. Love it while you can.

What to put in your body might be your most important decision every day. You said your eating goal is “***”. Click to see how to get there.

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At Byte Wellness, “eating right”  means taking care of yourself. Science shows us that not every food or drink is created equally. There are foods that mainly build up your body, and there are foods that will mainly break you down. Most foods can be some combination of the two.

So “eating right” for a lifetime boils down to 3 steps:

1) Figure out which category your food falls into (mostly helpful or harmful). Some extreme examples:

• colorful veggies are overwhelmingly helpful (be careful of high-potassium veggies if you have advanced kidney disease).

• processed foods (like frozen dinners, pastries or chips) tend to be mainly harmful with too much sugar, salt and a harmful fat profile.

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2) Decide your ideal balance of harmful/helpful

Everyone has a different combination of health risks and goals, so there’s no one-size-fits all eating pattern. But, science does have some tips for us: 

• People with heart disease or high blood pressure benefit from eating low-salt and high-potassium foods.

• People with pre-diabetes or diabetes benefit from eating complex carbs and low-carb foods.

3) Design your environment and living habits so that eating your ideal food balance becomes almost mindless

• Surround yourself with helpful foods (pack snacks for your commute and work)

• Keep your harmful foods out of reach (don’t buy them in bulk)

Let’s talk about digestion, next.

Sourced from the American Heart Association.