Let’s talk dirty. Your diet is fucking filthy.
You can tell me how you eat relatively healthy and how good you are about going to the gym. But your insides are still dirty from your weekend/nightly drinking and drunk eating.
Eating shit that says “fat-free” and “low sodium” is not going to help your case, either.
Let’s be real, though. I’m not going to tell you you can’t drink and enjoy a late night pizza. If I did, you would stop reading.
Your diet is your biggest influencer of how you look and perform throughout your day. You would be lying if you said you didn’t want to look hot and be successful. Your food and daily water intake make you sexy.
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Chug, chug, chug….water
Drink like a mermaid. By drink, I mean that H2O. You’ve heard this since you were done breast-feeding, but water really is the holy grail of medicine. Family Health Freedom Network reported on a woman, 42, who drank a gallon of water a day. After one month, her face completely transformed. Wrinkles gone, skin tone was even. Moisturizer won’t be able to do what water can to your skin. Water also regulates your digestive system, prevents headaches and cleanses your body of toxins. Drink more water or look like hell.
Avoid Acidic Foods and Drinks
Acid equals fat. Acid increases the production of fat cells. It’s your body’s defense mechanism in alkalizing the body to a higher pH level. Anything with sugar or sugar alcohol is going to wreak havoc on your body. A diet high in acidic foods also correlates with cancer. Avoid processed foods if you can. Even organic and all-natural packaged foods contain some pretty grody chemicals. Eat as close to Mother Nature as you can.
Veggies make you cooler
Tell yourself this. You’ll eat more of that green good good. Vegetables, particularly green ones, are full of vitamins that are kickass. Vitamin C, calcium, magnesium and vitamin A are all components that are going to give you energy for the long haul. Eat your vegetables, kid.
Eat less meat
Meat takes twice as long to digest in the stomach than vegetables. Humans lack the enzymes to break down meat compared to meat-eating mammals. That means dead animal carcass is sitting in your intestines for close to 96 hours. Veggies are broken down faster because they have more fiber. Longer digestion rates mean that a lot of your body’s energy is focused on digesting the meat rather than giving you energy to function in school and working out. A diet dense in meat makes you more sluggish and fat. Sorry ’bout it.
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Beans, beans, the magical fruit…
Now that I have sadly ruled out meat for you, it’s time to educate you on other protein. Beans. That’s it. Eat tons and on the regular. Beans are packed with protein and your body digests them at a much faster rate, meaning you’ll see quicker results physically if beans are your main source of protein. One and one-third cup of black beans has the same amount of protein as a 3-ounce chicken. You’re not losing muscle mass by switching your proteins to a plant-based source. And remember the more you eat… You know the jingle.
Last thoughts
I didn’t mention controlling your alcohol consumption because why bother? But just something to take with you: Alcohol does not properly break down in the body. That’s why it goes straight to the bloodstream and makes us all cool and fun and stuff. Your body produces fat cells from alcohol. That’s the only way of retaining the toxin. So if you decide to ignore everything else, remember: You can’t eat like a hog and drink like a fish or you’ll look like the hot girl who went away to college and came back less hot because she’s fat. Don’t be that girl.
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