A new year means many are looking to improve their health by embracing a new lifestyle, but not all strategies for changing up your habits are created equal.
People are also reading… “Real food,” she explains, includes “whole foods, fruits, vegetables, legumes and other proteins.”“If we don’t like how we’re eating or it’s hard, then that affects maybe even how we process our nutrients,” she said. “Keto, for example, is actually a very extreme diet where it puts our body into this whole different type of metabolism that it’s not used to,” she said. “The way that Keto has kind of gotten skewed over time is that people will end up eating a lot of saturated fat and animal products. Some of those things in moderation are just fine, but to that level are not.”
“Alcohol is one of those things where there’s a very fine line between where it’s helpful and where it starts to become harmful and create inflammation or cause us to have weight gain or more seriously affect our detoxing organs,” she said. “And it doesn’t take a whole lot for that to happen, especially when it’s small amounts over time.
And if you have “chronic medical problems” — such as heart disease, joint pain or arthritis — Hariharan recommends reaching out to your doctor for help crafting an exercise plan that’s both “safe and beneficial.” As little as five minutes a day “of some mindful type of practice” can “create measurable changes in the mind and the body,” according to Hariharan.