Five Ways to Make Your Meals Better For Your Health

Food is a part of our everyday lives, but sometimes it can be hard to know how to choose what’s best for us. The health experts at Envolve, an integrated global healthcare company, are pleased to share a few easy tips to help you become aware of the foods you consume and how to improve your eating habits – while not losing the satisfying taste!

1. Snack attack! Small snacks strategically spread throughout your day actually promotes a healthy metabolism. However, this requires you choose unprocessed, healthy alternatives to those tempting salty and sweet snacks. Sticking with fruits, nuts, and veggies gives you more nutritional bang for your buck. Eating whole, natural foods like these allows you to avoid the unnecessary ingredients that come in processed foods like preservatives, sugar, salt, fats, and artificial dyes.

2. Bulk up. Buying food in bulk is often times cheaper than buying foods individually. When you buy in bulk, you are able to cook more of that healthy recipe and portion it out for later meals. Purchase versatile items like rice or kidney beans that can be used for multiple meals since they are so easily combinable with other foods. Having these healthy options ready to go reduces the temptation to grab carry out or heat up a frozen pizza for dinner.

3. Fake it and bake it! In the U.S., we live in a culture where we like to fry a majority of our foods – everything from chicken to dessert. Instead of frying try roasting or baking foods in the oven at high temperatures for crispy goodness on the outside. Not only does this reduce the fatty oil intake, but it’s less messy and your leftovers will last longer.

4. Skip the dress up. Many of us need that caffeine boost we get from our coffee and tea. Consider drinking them with little to no milk and sugar to eliminate those extra calories. By not dressing up your beverages with whipped topping and other extras, you may be able save some extra money too!

5. Hydration migration. Staying hydrated throughout the day is an easy way to make sure your body is self-regulating fluids. Try drinking water most of the day instead of multiple cups of coffee, soda or sugary drinks. When you are dehydrated, it disrupts the metabolic process and causes fatigue. Think you need a snack? Try drinking at least eight ounces of water first then see if you’re still hungry. Hunger is often confused with thirst. Keeping your body hydrated will improve your overall wellbeing, including your skin!

About Envolve, Inc.™
Envolve, Inc.™ is a family of health solutions, working together to make healthcare simpler, more effective and more accessible for everyone. As an agent for change in healthcare, Envolve is committed to transforming the health of the community, one person at a time. Envolve unifies medical management, care management and coordination, specialty pharmacy, PBM, vision, dental, behavioral health management, life and health/wellness management, empowerment and education services, telehealth services, 24/7 nurse advice services, and data, analytics and IT solutions. For more information, please visit our website www.envolvehealth.com or contact us today at info@envolvehealth.com.

Envolve Health
c/o Jennifer Bonham
7733 Forsyth Blvd
St. Louis,MO 63105

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