I here it all the time, "How you can eat that, that taste terrible." Many people stray away from healthy foods just because they can not deal with the taste. I use to have the same issues as well but, I developed a strategy to eliminate added sugar and lower the salt intake in my diet. Here are some of the methods I used.
1. I began to cook my own foods. I would add many spices that flavored the food and eliminate the use of salt. If I used salt it was Himalayan salt.
2. I looked for a healthier substitute for snacks I craved, like oat mill chocolate chip cookies with flax seed. I eventually eliminated the craving for these type of snacks all together.
3. I started drinking half sweet and half unsweetened tea, then gradually lowered the sweet to I was only drinking unsweetened. I used this same method with coffee until I was drinking it black with no creamer or sweetener.
4. I reduced the need to use salad dressings on my salads by reducing the amount over a period of time. People think I'm strange when I eat a salad with no salad dressing but, I tell you once you re introduce your taste palates to real food you can taste the sweetness in everything.
5. I would eat at least every 3 hours so that I wouldn't have bad cravings and reach for something that was bad for me.
6. I started getting and understanding of what my body needed for me to perform at an ultimate level. I would read and study different foods, this helped me to stay focus and on track.
The processed food industry has really done a good job in hooking us on their products. Real food really does taste good, you just have to desensitize your taste buds.
1. I began to cook my own foods. I would add many spices that flavored the food and eliminate the use of salt. If I used salt it was Himalayan salt.
2. I looked for a healthier substitute for snacks I craved, like oat mill chocolate chip cookies with flax seed. I eventually eliminated the craving for these type of snacks all together.
3. I started drinking half sweet and half unsweetened tea, then gradually lowered the sweet to I was only drinking unsweetened. I used this same method with coffee until I was drinking it black with no creamer or sweetener.
4. I reduced the need to use salad dressings on my salads by reducing the amount over a period of time. People think I'm strange when I eat a salad with no salad dressing but, I tell you once you re introduce your taste palates to real food you can taste the sweetness in everything.
5. I would eat at least every 3 hours so that I wouldn't have bad cravings and reach for something that was bad for me.
6. I started getting and understanding of what my body needed for me to perform at an ultimate level. I would read and study different foods, this helped me to stay focus and on track.
The processed food industry has really done a good job in hooking us on their products. Real food really does taste good, you just have to desensitize your taste buds.