Change your diet for Spring

• Time to let the comfort foods of winter rest. Spring diet tips include eating food that's grown locally.
• Cook food for a very short time. This way you'll get more nutrients from your diet and spend less time cooking and preparing your food.
• Avoid refined and processed food, especially white sugar or high glycemic foods which lead to a spike in insulin and weight gain.

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• Spring is the best time to try cereal breakfasts, with fruit, for example, barley porridge with dry peaches. 
•  Eat green vegetables every day if possible. There are endless variations on salads. Add some olive oil or other high quality oil to the salad, and vinegar is tasty. A classic combination is oil and vinegar, used for thousands of years dating back from the Greeks and Persians.
• All kinds of cheese are well combined with salad. Tuna, olives, sprouts, go well with salads.
• Cottage cheese, whole grain breads, even soup.

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• Very high in antioxidants.
• Contain few calories and are full of fiber, making you feel full longer and faster.
• Green vegetables contain chlorophyll, a strong antioxidant and body cleanser.
•  Don't overcook green vegetables. Cook only until tender. Steam, saute or roast.
  
  Grains, Legumes, Seeds and Sprouts
  
  

Delicious legumes, grains

• Contain life energy
• Self-cleansing
• Self-healing
• Can add to salads, sandwiches, and soups, or eat as a side dish or main entree