Easter bank holiday: get your health back on track!
Libby Limon BSc NT mBANT / 29 Mar 2016
That extra day the bank holiday brings is all about letting your hair down and having fun. Usually that means eating and partying a little more than usual. So the Tuesday morning after a bank holiday Monday should be about finding yin to the yang of the weekend. Counterbalancing excesses with healthy choices. Here are our top tips of how balance the indulgences of the Easter weekend….
Eggtastic
Easter invariable means chocolate and lots of it! Much of it is the cheap kind low on cacao and high on sugar. Sugar disrupts our blood sugar balance leading to energy highs and lows, and cravings for more sugar. Start your off day with a meal that will give sustained energy release and get off the blood sugar rollercoaster. Breakfast should include lean protein, complex carbohydrate, fibre and healthy fats. Egg (not the chocolate kind!) and avocado on rye toast is great option.
Easter Sunday too much Funday
More days to recover means more days to socialise, party and be merry. That often means a very boozy weekend. To recover, give your liver some love by eating lots of green veggies and drinking green tea. Make sure you hydrate effectively with coconut water and cucumber/celery juice. Alkalise the body with VITL Greens powder too.
Belly Bunny
Hot cross buns are just one source of gluten filled Easter treats. All that wheat and bread from cakes, sandwiches and buns can leave you feeling bloated and gassy. Look after your digestion by increasing your probiotics foods. Try kefir, sauerkraut and kombucha tea as well as more traditional live probiotic yoghurts.
Libby Limon BSc NT mBANT
Nutritional Therapist and Yoga Teacher
