Diet tips nauseate many people, they just do not want to hear them. Often, they say, now that they can afford food; they are being asked not to eat. These comments make us dieticians feel unwanted by such persons.

We do know that people who make excuses to be able to eat just any how do lack the necessary understanding of how food can damage their health and ruin their lives. To them, food is just meant to be enjoyed as a reward for their hard work. This is a sorry situation, I must admit. Not everything you an afford is good for your health.

On the contrary, I have come across some persons who can even afford all the food in the world but exercise a lot of restraints, just so they eat only what is healthy and safe for them. They are well informed about the fact that eating just anyhow can make them sick. This is good and anyone who falls under this category is encouraged to continue being who they are.

The food you eat determines how healthy you become in the medium to long term. Non-communicable diseases i.e. diabetes, hypertension, obesity, heart diseases, etc can be brought upon you just because you eat just anything food in the wrong quantities and at the wrong times.

And so, eating the right foods can also make it possible for you to avoid these lifelong diseases.

Pay attention to what you eat, let what you eat be in your plans for the day. Then plan for the food to be available, so you eat on time. Do not be like those who just start their day and only know about food when hunger strikes; such people always end up eating any food that comes their way.

If possible, cook your own food, and even take some along for lunch when going to work. If you must buy food and you can talk to your catering service provider, talk to them about the need to go low on oil, salt and frying.

Get the catering service provider of your company trained on healthy cooking methods by a qualified dietician so that whatever they churn out for your consumption at work is healthy. On the contrary, when you leave them to do their own thing, you are sure to be eating unhealthy foods. They will only serve you what is delicious and appealing, not what is healthy.

The question is are those nice smelling and nice tasting foods healthy for you? Remember that repeated intake of the wrong foods at work means a lifelong habit of eating bad foods which is a sure way to developing non-communicable diseases.

Do not join those who care-less about what they eat; such people are planning a future of misery with bad diseases. Get it done right and eat the right foods in the right proportions and at the right time.

Get a dietician’s advice on how best to cook and eat your food; you will thank me later!!!

The writer is a Dietician with LETS Consult (Dieticians, Diet foods, Diet books) & Author of the following books;

1. Eating to prevent and manage lifestyle diseases.
2. Live long by eating well – Vol. 1
3. Be your own dietician – Vol. 1

Tel/WhatsApp: 0595667197, Email: letsconsult@gmail.com, Website: www.letsabooks.com

AS ALWAYS LAUGH OFTEN, ENSURE HYGIENE, WALK AND PRAY EVERYDAY AND REMEMBER IT’S A PRICELESS GIFT TO KNOW YOUR NUMBERS (blood sugar, blood pressure, blood cholesterol, BMI)

Dr. Kojo Cobba Essel

Health Essentials Ltd (HE&W Group)

(dressel@healthessentialsgh.com)

*Dr. Essel is a Medical Doctor with a keen interest in Lifestyle Medicine, He holds an MBA and is an ISSA Specialist in Exercise Therapy, Fitness Nutrition and Corrective Exercise. He is the author of the award-winning book, ‘Unravelling The Essentials of Health & Wealth.’

Thought for the week – “ The majority of us need to Eat Less and remember that one cannot exercise or medicate himself out of a bad diet.”