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How God’s Diet Can Help Improve Your Health & Overall Happiness

<p>Can a diet really improve your overall health and sense of happiness? Every year, new fad diets appear, only to soon disappear as so many others did before them. Without exception, the vague promise of each of these is rapid fat loss and nothing much else. Little mention is made of any health benefits they supposedly bring—probably because those pounds of body fat quickly return and even multiply.</p>
<p>Health and, certainly, happiness, quickly disappear as one gets caught up in what is known as weight cycling or yo-yo dieting. One researcher believes there may be <a href="https://www.verywellfit.com/what-is-weight-cycling-3496298">a link between weight cycling and blood pressure</a>, high cholesterol, and gallbladder disease. It may also affect your mental health, too, making you more likely to feel depressed about your weight. So much for that road to health and happiness!</p>
<h2><strong>A Healthy Body Means a Healthier Mind </strong></h2>
<p>We all intuitively know that long-term health benefits can only come from eating more whole, unprocessed, natural foods. A <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5216044/">Nutrition Journal</a> study adds weight to this argument by showing that after just two weeks on a vegetarian, <a href="https://www.myhdiet.com/healthnews/science_of_her/what-is-an-all-plant-based-diet/">plant-based diet, subjects showed significant mood improvements</a> compared with those who ate meat, fish, and poultry. An outcome such as this is what many people probably would not expect!</p>
<p>When we talk about whole, unprocessed foods, we are, in essence, talking about <a href="https://www.myhdiet.com/healthnews/rev-malkmus/what-did-god-tell-us-we-should-eat/">God’s Diet, a vegetarian diet</a> based on Genesis 1:29. This way of eating is all we need to support long-term health and vitality. As promoted by the Hallelujah Diet, this predominantly raw plant-based diet encompasses a wide range of different foods, including:</p>
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<li>Any and all vegetables</li>
<li>Any and all fruits</li>
<li>Beans and legumes</li>
<li>Organic whole grains</li>
<li>Vegetable juices</li>
<li>Nuts and seeds</li>
<li>Dairy alternatives, such as almond milk</li>
<li>Organic whole-grain bread</li>
<li>Vegetable soups</li>
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<h2><strong>Specific Benefits of Following a Plant-Based Diet</strong></h2>
<p>In its article, “7 Benefits You Are Likely to Experience Within One Week of Eating a Healthy Plant-Based Diet”, OneGreenPlanet succinctly describes, as listed below, the <a href="http://www.onegreenplanet.org/natural-health/health-benefits-within-one-week-of-eating-a-plant-based-diet/">overall health benefits and feelings of wellbeing you can expect</a> by following this way of eating.</p>
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<li><strong><em>Better Digestion</em></strong></li>
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<p>Plant-based foods consist essentially of water, plant-based protein, healthy fats, and fiber. The latter, in its soluble form, dissolves in water and is thought to help your body absorb vital nutrients. Insoluble fiber, often called roughage, stays intact, helps food pass through the digestive system, and adds bulk to the stool.</p>
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<li><strong><em>Happier Outlook</em></strong></li>
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<p>Knowing that you are eating healthily, in ways that promote and respect life, naturally adds to your sense of overall happiness. A plant-based diet also has less impact on the environment, so you know you are living life thoughtfully and respectfully.</p>
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<li><strong><em>Better Blood Sugar</em></strong></li>
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<p>As reported in the Journal of Geriatric Cardiology , <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5466941/">patients who adopt a plant-based diet can experience decreases in blood sugar and blood pressure</a> relatively quickly after changing to this way of eating.</p>
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<li><strong><em>Smooth Skin</em></strong></li>
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<p>Plant foods are rich in vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, antioxidants, and chlorophyll, not to mention water. These all add moisture and nutrients to your skin. The best fruits and vegetables to improve the condition of your skin include apples, oranges, berries, greens, broccoli, carrots, sweet potatoes, avocados, lemons, beets, squash, and tomatoes.</p>
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<li><strong><em>More Energy</em></strong></li>
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<p>Since meat, eggs, poultry, dairy, fish, and other animal foods have little or no fiber and are extremely hard to digest, this results in your digestive system becoming overwhelmed, which could be a huge drain on your energy. Eating a plant-based diet, on the other hand, aids your digestion and provides you with almost instant energy.</p>
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<li><strong><em>Less Inflammation</em></strong></li>
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<p>Have joint pain? Eat more plants! Plant-based foods are known to lower inflammation. In the article, “<a href="http://www.eatingwell.com/article/80991/10-ways-to-reduce-inflammation/">10 Ways to Reduce Inflammation</a>,” Forrest H. Nielsen, Ph.D. says, “There’s much evidence that people with high inflammatory markers often have low magnesium levels.” Moreover, guess what? <a href="http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/19305/ingredients/vegetables/greens/">Green leafy vegetables</a> are rich in magnesium!</p>
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<li><strong><em>Better Sleep</em></strong></li>
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<p>Specific fruits, vegetables and seeds like bananas, cherries, kiwifruit, pumpkin seeds, sweet potatoes, broccoli, cashew butter, peanut butter, avocados, kale, almonds, walnuts, spinach, and squash all contain vitamin B6, tryptophan, and magnesium, which ensure a healthy sleep cycle.</p>
<p><img alt="Fruit cocktail on a beach" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28538" height="294" loading="lazy" src="https://www.myhdiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Fruit-cocktail-on-a-beach.jpg" width="500" /></p>
<h2><strong>Enjoy that Zest for Life!</strong></h2>
<p>Following a plant-based diet, specifically that recommended by <a href="https://www.myhdiet.com/hallelujah-diet-get-started-guide/">the Hallelujah Diet will have the most positive and far-reaching effects on your health</a> and sense of wellbeing. Not only will you feel lighter, and perhaps lose some weight, but you will feel energized and have a more positive mental attitude and zest for life!</p>
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How God’s Diet Can Help Improve Your Health & Overall Happiness

Can a diet really improve your overall health and sense of happiness? Every year, new fad diets appear, only to soon disappear as so many ot...

How Kristin Shifted From Restricting and Bingeing to Happiness and Health

<p>Kristin, one of our Mindful Nutrition Method<img alt="™" class="wp-smiley" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/72x72/2122.png" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> members, shared with us that she always worried about her weight and what she looked like.</p>
<p>Because of this, she was constantly going back and forth between restricting and binging.</p>
<p>She even shared that she’s really good at losing weight, but she wasn’t able to maintain it for the long-term and she was “miserable” in the process.</p>
<p>She began using the practices and tools we teach inside of The Mindful Nutrition Method<img alt="™" class="wp-smiley" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/72x72/2122.png" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />, and this is what she shared just a couple of months later she has been able to let go of the diets and finally find balance, peace, ease, and consistency that she was looking for so long.</p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">I really truly believe that this has helped transform my life. I have gone from feeling miserable and honestly depressed and very stressed around food to now feeling excited to cook and to eat, and yeah, there’s not so much worry, I feel more alive. I feel happier and healthier, which is my goal.”</span></p>
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<p>Watch this video to hear her full journey.</p>
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<h2><strong>The Challenge: Cycling Between Restriction and Bingeing </strong></h2>
<p>Kristin was really focused on her weight and appearance, and when it came to her food choices, that was usually what was guiding what she ate.</p>
<p>“I’ve struggled with food for most of my life, most of my adult life,” she said. “I think, like most people, I worried about my weight, and what I look like, and what I eat.”</p>
<p>Feeling like she was constantly trying to lose or manage her weight, lead Kristin to find herself in a cycle where she would go all-in and restrict and monitor what she ate to then not being able to maintain that way of eating and feeling off-track.</p>
<p>“I was constantly going back and forth from restricting, to then completely the opposite end of that spectrum, I was binging a lot,” she shared. “I’m really good at losing weight — I know how to lose weight, it’s maintaining it and feeling good in that process because the way that I know how to lose weight is not fun, I don’t think it’s healthy, and honestly, I’m pretty miserable most of the time.”</p>
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<h2><b>What Didn’t Support Her Goals or Long-term Wellbeing</b></h2>
<p>Kristin came to us after trying so many diets and plans, trying to find something that would finally stick.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I can’t say every diet under the sun, but certainly many of them, most of them obviously restricting, focusing on the restriction of certain foods, and whether that be foods or calories or groupings of food, fat, carbohydrates, cycling.”</span></p>
<p>We’ve shared what happens when you try to <a href="https://nutritionstripped.com/foods-to-avoid/">avoid “bad” foods</a> or <a href="https://nutritionstripped.com/counting-calories/">count calories</a> or restrict yourself in other ways.</p>
<p>These behaviors create a lack-mentality and cause you to become hyper-aware of what you “can’t” have, making you want them even more and creating that feeling that you’re “out of control” when around certain foods.</p>
<p>Additionally, these types of food rules aren’t practical for daily life, they ignore the many roles food plays in our lives including pleasure, and they cause you to ignore your own body’s needs to follow a specific rule.</p>
<p>Kristin shared that she eventually realized that any way of eating that is restrictive or regulated wasn’t going to be sustainable for the long-term.</p>
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<p>“It just doesn’t work long-term for me, and I can’t imagine that many people can sustain that for very long. But even if they can, it’s not pleasant, it’s not a fun way to live.”</p>
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<h2><b>What Supported Kristin in Finding Peace and Balance With Food </b></h2>
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<h3><strong>1. Positive and Practical Way to Nourish Yourself</strong></h3>
<p>One of the elements that has supported Kristin in letting go of diets and food rules has been replacing those old habits with a new, more supportive way of nourishing herself.</p>
<p>Inside the program, she learned the Foundational Five,  which is our system for making a well-balanced meal, without needing to count or track anything or eliminate any of your favorite foods from your diet. We cover more about this system and why it’s so effective inside of our <a href="https://members.nutritionstripped.com/workshop">free workshop</a>.</p>
<p><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-71758" height="1707" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" src="https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/nutrition-stripped-bbq-tempeh-nourish-bowl-foundational-five-recipe-plant-based-12-scaled.jpg" srcset="https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/nutrition-stripped-bbq-tempeh-nourish-bowl-foundational-five-recipe-plant-based-12-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/nutrition-stripped-bbq-tempeh-nourish-bowl-foundational-five-recipe-plant-based-12-300x200.jpg 300w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/nutrition-stripped-bbq-tempeh-nourish-bowl-foundational-five-recipe-plant-based-12-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/nutrition-stripped-bbq-tempeh-nourish-bowl-foundational-five-recipe-plant-based-12-768x512.jpg 768w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/nutrition-stripped-bbq-tempeh-nourish-bowl-foundational-five-recipe-plant-based-12-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/nutrition-stripped-bbq-tempeh-nourish-bowl-foundational-five-recipe-plant-based-12-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/nutrition-stripped-bbq-tempeh-nourish-bowl-foundational-five-recipe-plant-based-12-431x287.jpg 431w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/nutrition-stripped-bbq-tempeh-nourish-bowl-foundational-five-recipe-plant-based-12-762x508.jpg 762w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/nutrition-stripped-bbq-tempeh-nourish-bowl-foundational-five-recipe-plant-based-12-606x404.jpg 606w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/nutrition-stripped-bbq-tempeh-nourish-bowl-foundational-five-recipe-plant-based-12-307x205.jpg 307w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/nutrition-stripped-bbq-tempeh-nourish-bowl-foundational-five-recipe-plant-based-12-168x112.jpg 168w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/nutrition-stripped-bbq-tempeh-nourish-bowl-foundational-five-recipe-plant-based-12-100x67.jpg 100w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/nutrition-stripped-bbq-tempeh-nourish-bowl-foundational-five-recipe-plant-based-12-150x100.jpg 150w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/nutrition-stripped-bbq-tempeh-nourish-bowl-foundational-five-recipe-plant-based-12-50x33.jpg 50w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/nutrition-stripped-bbq-tempeh-nourish-bowl-foundational-five-recipe-plant-based-12-600x400.jpg 600w" width="2560" /></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Using the Foundational Five meals really helps me focus on adding foods in rather than restricting foods, and I feel like when I focus on adding certain foods in, it does leave less room for the other foods that don’t make me feel so good,” she said.</span></p>
<p>This system is designed to be easy, practical, nutritious and delicious, shifting nutrition from something that feels very rigid and restrictive to something that’s enjoyable and abundant.</p>
<h3><strong>2. Reframing Thoughts With Food</strong></h3>
<p>The second element Kristin has been working on is reframing her thoughts with food. One of the pillars of our Mindful Nutrition Method<img alt="™" class="wp-smiley" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/72x72/2122.png" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> is Mindful Mindset, and that’s all about cultivating a positive relationship with food.</p>
<p>Our members are brought through exercises and given tools to help them reframe all of the negative and unsupportive thoughts, beliefs, and habits they have with food and shift towards more positive thinking.</p>
<p><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-72478" height="1707" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" src="https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3.-food-journal-scaled.jpg" srcset="https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3.-food-journal-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3.-food-journal-300x200.jpg 300w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3.-food-journal-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3.-food-journal-768x512.jpg 768w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3.-food-journal-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3.-food-journal-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3.-food-journal-431x287.jpg 431w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3.-food-journal-762x508.jpg 762w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3.-food-journal-606x404.jpg 606w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3.-food-journal-307x205.jpg 307w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3.-food-journal-168x112.jpg 168w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3.-food-journal-100x67.jpg 100w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3.-food-journal-150x100.jpg 150w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3.-food-journal-50x33.jpg 50w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3.-food-journal-600x400.jpg 600w" width="2560" /></p>
<p><strong>Here’s what Kristin said after using these tools:</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I had really been mostly focusing on my weight, my appearance, and everything sort of physical and outward, and working through the Method, I really feel like it’s helping me see that it’s not just about that, or not even mostly about that, it’s how I feel, how I’m living my life every day….”</span></p>
<p>She shared how learning to look beyond her appearance and learn how food is such a major part of her life really shifted the way she approached food and nourishing herself.</p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“C</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">hanging my focus from losing weight and my appearance to how I’m feeling and how I’m showing up for my days. Has really been a huge difference. It’s really taken the stress off of food for me.”</span></p>
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<h3><strong>3. Guidance and Support from a Registered Dietitian and Coach</strong></h3>
<p>Kristin knew that if she wanted to end this cycle for good, she needed that guiding hand that could support her, hold her accountable, and guide her to not get pulled back into those old behaviors.</p>
<p><img alt="McKel Kooienga, Registered Dietitian" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-72673" height="1707" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" src="https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/3U0A4536-scaled.jpg" srcset="https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/3U0A4536-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/3U0A4536-300x200.jpg 300w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/3U0A4536-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/3U0A4536-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/3U0A4536-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/3U0A4536-431x287.jpg 431w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/3U0A4536-762x508.jpg 762w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/3U0A4536-606x404.jpg 606w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/3U0A4536-307x205.jpg 307w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/3U0A4536-168x112.jpg 168w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/3U0A4536-100x67.jpg 100w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/3U0A4536-150x100.jpg 150w, https://nutritionstripped.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/3U0A4536-600x400.jpg 600w" width="2560" />She said, “<span style="font-weight: 400;">I’ve been working with Erica <em>(NS Coach).</em> I meet with her for 20 minutes once a month, and that accountability has been really, really helpful for me. And then any issue that comes up for me, she’s very good at addressing it and giving me several different options to choose from that work best for me.”</span></p>
<h2><strong>Learn The Practices Kristin Used to Transform Her Eating Habits</strong></h2>
<p>This is such a beautiful transformation Kristin had and we’re so grateful to have been part of her journey in making that possible for her.</p>
<p>You can learn exactly how Kristin, along with so many other members, experienced that transformation with their eating habits using our The Mindful Nutrition Method<img alt="™" class="wp-smiley" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/72x72/2122.png" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> by watching our <a href="https://members.nutritionstripped.com/workshop">free workshop</a>!</p>
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How Kristin Shifted From Restricting and Bingeing to Happiness and Health

Kristin, one of our Mindful Nutrition Method members, shared with us that she always worried about her weight and what she looked like. Be...

Product Spotlight: Tribest Personal Blender

<p><a href="https://shop.myhdiet.com/tribest-personal-blender-with-bpa-free-containers.html">The Hallelujah Diet’s Tribest Personal Blender</a> is recognized as a versatile, portable, and complete blender and grinder. It delivers powerful ice-crushing, smoothie-making, seed-grinding, and sauce-blending functions wherever and whenever you plug it in. Compact in size and smartly designed, it is the all-in-one, high-powered wonder blender with rave reviews!</p>
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<h2><strong><em>Serving Cups</em></strong></h2>
<p>Four BPA-free polycarbonate single-serving Blend-N-Serve cups are provided with the Tribest Personal Blender. These are made from the same material used in bullet-proof glass and are virtually unbreakable.</p>
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<h2><strong><em>Optional Extras</em></strong></h2>
<p>A mason jar attachment is sold separately and allows regular-mouth glass mason jars to be used as blending containers. This attachment works with most regular-mouth glass canning jars. Additional mason jars may be used for storage and convenience. They are perfect for baby foods, smoothies, shakes, salad dressings, sauces, ground coffee beans—you name it. The possibilities are endless!</p>
<h2><strong><em>Bottom Line</em></strong></h2>
<p>A great way to start to using the Tribest Personal Blender is to take a look at the many <a href="https://shop.myhdiet.com/education1/recipe-books.html">Hallelujah Diet® recipe books</a>. You’ll find it loaded with blender recipes customized with only the healthiest ingredients! Enjoy the taste! Enjoy the health!</p>
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A Guide to Falling in Love with Food That’s Healthy for You

<p>After years of following the Standard American Diet, switching to a healthy eating lifestyle can be a real challenge. Today’s standard menu of fatty meats, tasty, calorie-laden comfort foods, sugary treats, and salty snacks creates a vicious cycle of food cravings and sickness. If you’ve tried to develop a healthy eating lifestyle and made little to no progress, you’re not alone. The good news is there are easy steps you can take to condition your body and your taste buds to <a href="https://www.myhdiet.com/Fall-In-Love-With-Food-Again/">fall in love with food that’s healthy for you</a>. Here’s a step-by-step guide to just that.</p>
<h2><strong>Food Cravings Are Fickle</strong></h2>
<p>Food cravings can be deceptive, telling you your body needs a sugary or salty treat to make it through the morning or feel content. What’s happening is the result of years of conditioning. In effect, the desire for a certain food has gone from being something you want to something you “think” you need. Also, <a href="http://wtamu.edu/~cbaird/sq/2015/08/17/why-do-humans-crave-sugary-foods-shouldnt-evolution-lead-us-to-crave-healthy-foods/">sugary treats, in particular, do a number on the body’s blood sugar levels</a>, producing spikes and crashes that drive these cravings.</p>
<p>As difficult as it may be to ignore or change food cravings, it can be done. Interestingly enough, just the practice of trying to eat foods you don’t particularly like can change the way you feel about them. After four or five tries, there’s a good chance you may start to fall in love with food you used to hate.</p>
<h2><strong>Ease into Healthy Eating</strong></h2>
<p>When it comes to developing a healthy-eating lifestyle, making gradual changes in your day-to-day menu greatly increases the likelihood of long-term success. Drastic changes only end up testing your resolve while also pitting the body’s physical cravings against your intentions. Rather than replace your favorite dishes altogether, add healthy entrees along the way. As you get started, aim for covering two-thirds of your plate with vegetable and fruit-based foods, such as salad, whole grains, or the fruit of your choice.</p>
<h2><strong>Consider Healthy Substitutions</strong></h2>
<p>Making the switch to healthy eating doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice flavor and taste. Most any meal based on the Standard American Diet can be made <a href="https://www.myhdiet.com/Fall-In-Love-With-Food-Again/">using healthy substitutions</a>. While it won’t taste exactly the same, it will still taste good, only in a different way.</p>
<p>Creating a personal list of healthy substitutions (especially for times of the day when you’re most likely to indulge in unhealthy food choices) makes it easier to stick to your guns. Categories on this list may include:</p>
<p><img alt="Chocolate box with vegetable and fruit contents" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28474" height="338" loading="lazy" src="https://www.myhdiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Chocolate-box-with-vegetable-and-fruit-contents.jpg" width="500" /></p>
<ul>
<li>Snack substitutes</li>
<li>TV-time substitutes</li>
<li>Breakfast, lunch, and dinner entree substitutes</li>
<li>Beverage substitutes</li>
</ul>
<h2><strong><em>Meat Substitutions</em></strong></h2>
<p>Meat may well be one of the hardest foods to let go of, but take heart in knowing that plant-based ingredients can hold their own as worthy substitutes. Whether you’re thinking burger or roast, meat substitutions run the gamut. All you need is a little imagination and maybe <a href="https://shop.myhdiet.com/recipes-for-life-from-god-s-garden.html">a recipe book</a> or two. Of course, you can just substitute vegetable dishes in the place of meat, but it’s just as easy to cook your favorite recipes with substitutions, such as lentils, mushrooms, or tempeh and fall in love with food all over again.</p>
<h2><strong><em>Healthy Sweets & Dessert Substitutions</em></strong></h2>
<p>For many people, sweet treats and desserts hold a sacred place in the daily menu. Not to fear. There are more than a few healthy ways to soothe those sweet cravings. A hearty apple crisp can make you forget all about that slice of pie after dinner. A plant-based diet like fruit and nut combos fill in nicely for ice cream dishes—and don’t forget the power of the smoothie, which offers any number of fruity options and flavor combinations, including mangoes, bananas, or berries mixed with natural almond milk. You can even mix in some organic cacao for a chocolate kick!</p>
<h2><strong><em>Cauliflower – The All-Purpose Substitute</em></strong></h2>
<p><a href="http://files-do-not-link.udc.edu/docs/causes/online/cauliflowersm.pdf">Cauliflower is a powerhouse of healthy antioxidants and phytonutrients</a>—nutrients well-known for their ability to lower cancer risk and help with weight management. Cauliflower also makes for a jack-of-all-trades substitute for most any type of food. Whether you’re looking to create a healthy rice dish, pizza crust, soup base, or even a potato substitute, cauliflower fits the bill every time.</p>
<h2><strong>Small Steps, Big Results – Fall in Love with Food All Over Again</strong></h2>
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<p>As with any major lifestyle change, small steps can bring big results with a little patience and time. Switching from the Standard American Diet to foods that are healthy for you becomes so much easier when it happens gradually.</p>
<p>In this way, you fall in love with food on two levels: the new taste sensations and the feeling of health and vitality that comes with eating power-packed, nutrient-dense foods. Before long, the food craving pendulum starts to swing to the other side as your body comes to appreciate how much better it feels when you eat healthily!</p>
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How the Hallelujah Diet Can Help Improve the Appearance of Your Skin

<p><a href="https://www.myhdiet.com/what-is-the-hallelujah-diet-and-why-does-it-work/">The Hallelujah Diet is an entirely plant-based way to eating</a> that improves your health, boosts your immune system, lowers disease risks, and may add years to your life! The Hallelujah Diet can even improve the appearance of your skin, helping you look years younger. Knowing more about how the Hallelujah Diet restores a youthful appearance may encourage you to try it today!</p>
<h2><strong>#1 It’s Loaded with Antioxidants</strong></h2>
<p>The Hallelujah Diet is loaded with antioxidants, which reduce skin damage associated with aging by fighting oxidative stress. Examples of antioxidants present in large amounts in the Hallelujah Diet (and its supplements) include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Vitamin C</li>
<li>Vitamin E</li>
<li>Vitamin A</li>
<li>Beta-carotene</li>
<li>Lycopene</li>
<li>Selenium</li>
<li>Lutein</li>
</ul>
<p>Antioxidants might even protect your skin against the sun’s harmful rays, and <a href="https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/antioxidants/">a high intake of selenium may lower your risk of skin cancer</a>, suggests Harvard School of Public Health. Antioxidants are found in a variety of nutritious foods, especially fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, legumes, and plant oils.</p>
<h2><strong>#2 It Provides Heart-Healthy Fats</strong></h2>
<p>The heart-healthy fats abundant in the Hallelujah Diet—such as nuts, seeds, flaxseed oil, olive oil, coconut oil, and avocados—help keep your skin moisturized. Many of these heart-healthy fats are also rich in the antioxidant vitamin E, which keeps your nails, hair, and skin looking as healthy as possible. Because <a href="https://www.eatright.org/food/vitamins-and-supplements/types-of-vitamins-and-nutrients/antioxidants-protecting-healthy-cells">vitamin E is an antioxidant</a>, it protects your body from cell damage associated with heart disease, cancer, and cataracts due to age.</p>
<p><img alt="High Fiber Foods on a wooden background" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28544" height="298" loading="lazy" src="https://www.myhdiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/High-Fiber-Foods-on-a-wooden-background.jpg" width="500" /></p>
<h2><strong>#3 It’s Rich in Fiber</strong></h2>
<p>The Hallelujah Diet is entirely plant-based, so it’s loaded with fiber-rich foods—including whole grains, fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, and seeds. The reason fiber is beneficial for your skin is two-fold. Fiber enhances overall health and wellness and helps you maintain a healthy weight. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5331580/">Studies show that fiber supplementation leads to  smaller waist circumference</a>, lower body weight, and lower overall food intake.</p>
<p>Achieving or maintaining a healthy weight means your risk of healthier-looking skin increases. A 2017 study published in <em>Lipids in Health and Disease</em> found that <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5683228/">common skin conditions associated with obesity are reduced skin moisture</a>, increased redness, and surface roughness. These and other skin problems may be due to impairments in the nerve-vascular system, insulin resistance, and inflammation.</p>
<h2><strong>#4 It Provides Nutritious Protein</strong></h2>
<p>Getting enough protein is a crucial part of <a href="https://medlineplus.gov/dietaryproteins.html">maintaining healthy skin</a> and hair. In fact, protein deficiency can even lead to hair loss. While it might be difficult to ingest the amount of protein your body needs when eating only plant foods, it’s entirely possible when following the Hallelujah Diet. Good sources of plant protein include beans, peas, nuts, seeds, and plant milks.</p>
<p><a href="https://shop.myhdiet.com/hd-essential-protein-pure-powder.html">Hallelujah Diet protein powder</a> can significantly boost your protein intake, as it contains 25 grams of plant protein in each scoop. The protein recommended dietary allowance (<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK56068/table/summarytables.t4/?report=objectonly">RDA</a>) is 46 grams for women, 71 grams during pregnancy and while breastfeeding, and 56 grams per day for men. Many adults—especially older adults, athletes, and vegan dieters—benefit from consuming more protein than the RDA.</p>
<h2><strong>#5 It Consists of Low-GI Foods</strong></h2>
<p>Because the Hallelujah Diet is plant-based and consists of whole (non-processed) foods, it enhances your skin’s natural beauty and may lower your risk of certain skin conditions. The American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) says <a href="https://www.aad.org/public/diseases/acne-and-rosacea/can-the-right-diet-get-rid-of-acne">eating high-glycemic index (GI) foods may be associated with acne</a>. Examples such foods to AVOID include:</p>
<ul>
<li>White bread</li>
<li>White rice</li>
<li>White potatoes</li>
<li>French fries</li>
<li>Sweets</li>
<li>Pastries</li>
<li>Sugary drinks</li>
<li>Potato chips</li>
</ul>
<p>The AAD suggests switching from a high-GI diet to <a href="http://www.diabetes.org/food-and-fitness/food/what-can-i-eat/understanding-carbohydrates/glycemic-index-and-diabetes.html">a low-GI meal plan to reduce acne</a>. Lower-GI foods, abundant in the Hallelujah Diet, include fresh fruits with the skin, legumes, whole grains, and fresh vegetables.</p>
<p><img alt="Different types of non-dairy milk" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28543" height="334" loading="lazy" src="https://www.myhdiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Different-types-of-non-dairy-milk.jpg" width="500" /></p>
<h2><strong>#6 It’s Free from Cow’s Milk</strong></h2>
<p>The <a href="https://www.aad.org/public/diseases/acne-and-rosacea/can-the-right-diet-get-rid-of-acne">AAD says acne and other skin conditions may be associated with all types of cow’s milk</a>— including low-fat, skim, and whole cow’s milk—according to numerous studies. Researchers aren’t entirely sure why this is the cause but theorize that hormones in milk may cause inflammation, which can clog pores and increase the likelihood of developing acne. In comparison, the Hallelujah Diet includes only plant-based milks, such as almond milk and coconut milk, as you’re encouraged to avoid cow’s milk entirely.</p>
<h2><strong>Eat for Younger-Looking Skin</strong></h2>
<p>Your diet isn’t the only lifestyle habit that affects your skin. Prolonged, unprotected sun exposure, smoking, drinking alcohol, being overweight, and other environmental factors also play a role, but following a nutritious meal plan like the Hallelujah Diet (rich in fiber, <a href="https://shop.myhdiet.com/supplements/vitamins.html">vitamins and minerals</a>, and other antioxidants) gives you the best chance at youthful-looking, clear skin. <a href="https://www.myhdiet.com/hallelujah-diet-supplements-2/">Try Hallelujah Diet supplements</a> to ensure you’re meeting daily nutritional needs in the absence of animal food sources. You’ll look and feel your best when doing so!</p>
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Can a Plant-Based Diet Help Me Live Longer?

<p>Today’s fast-paced schedules have created “eating lifestyles” that cater to convenience and taste—a deadly duo as far as nutrition goes. Fast food drive-thru’s, sugary desserts, salty snacks, and celebratory meals made up of fatty meats, processed carbs, and rich, fattening desserts have all but hijacked the body’s ability to maintain any level of quality health. With rates of chronic disease on the rise, it’s no surprise that more and more people have taken up a plant-based eating lifestyle.</p>
<p>A plant-based diet meets the body’s nutritional needs on every level using natural God-given foods, such as vegetables, legumes, and whole grains. Our Hallelujah Diet menu does just that. Natural foods not only contain quality nutrients but also help the body absorb these nutrients so they can be put to their intended use. Ultimately, feeding the body’s nutrition needs on a day-in, day-out basis is what makes long life possible.</p>
<h2><strong>The Secret to Longevity</strong></h2>
<p>Today’s Standard American Diet leaves much to be desired, nutrition-wise. Fast-food burgers, pizza, french fries, pasta, and desserts not only lack the nutrients the body needs to maintain good health but also place you at considerable risk of chronic disease. As tasty and filling as this menu may be, these foods <a href="https://www.myhdiet.com/healthnews/health-news/self-healing-built-in-by-god/">offer little to no support to the body’s self-healing mechanisms</a>. In effect, the secret to longevity lies in feeding these self-healing mechanisms.</p>
<p>The body’s self-healing abilities reside at the cellular level where the body repairs and rebuilds itself, one cell at a time. Herein lies the importance of eating quality, nutrient-based foods. The foods you eat become the materials each cell uses to heal, repair, and rebuild. Nutrient-dense, plant-based foods are the types of building materials needed to maintain the body at the cellular level on an ongoing basis. This naturally translates into a longer, healthier life span.</p>
<h2><strong>Quality Nutrients vs Empty Nutrients</strong></h2>
<p>Health recommendations made by leading health organization, such as the American Heart Association, the National Cancer Institute and the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention all agree: A diet rich in fruits and vegetables offers the best defense for disease prevention and optimal health. Unlike the Standard American Diet, which promotes widespread inflammation, toxin buildup and digestive problems, <a href="https://www.myhdiet.com/what-is-the-hallelujah-diet-and-why-does-it-work/">the Hallelujah Diet delivers vital, quality nutrients</a> to the body’s systems in each and every entree, whether that is a breakfast smoothie or a main course.</p>
<h2><strong>How a Plant-Based Diet Promotes Longevity</strong></h2>
<h3><strong><em>Chock-Full of Phytochemicals – Nature’s Anti-Aging Compounds</em></strong></h3>
<p><img alt="fresh organic green vegetablesfresh organic green vegetablesfresh organic green vegetables" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28482" height="500" loading="lazy" src="https://www.myhdiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/fresh-organic-green-vegetables.jpg" width="334" /></p>
<p>Fruits, vegetables, nuts, and whole grains contain a wide variety of phytochemical nutrients, which are well-known for their anti-aging properties. While not considered essential nutrients, a good majority of phytochemicals exist as secondary plant metabolites that work to protect plants against environmental threats, such as predator insects, disease, and pollution. As nature would have it, these chemicals produce similar effects on the human body when ingested daily.</p>
<p>More than a few <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4019696/">scientific studies reveal how phytochemicals help eliminate the accumulated toxins</a> that weaken cells and thereby decrease your risk of developing chronic diseases like diabetes, stroke, obesity osteoporosis, and heart disease.</p>
<h3><strong><em>Promotes Healthy Nutrient Absorption</em></strong></h3>
<p>The health of your gut or digestive tract ultimately determines how efficiently the body absorbs nutrients from food. The gut contains healthy bacteria and enzyme materials, all of which work to break down food into molecules that can be absorbed in the small intestine.</p>
<p>The gut also contains “bad” bacteria that work against healthy nutrient absorption. The Hallelujah Diet, which is rich in vegetables and healthy fats, feeds the “good” bacteria while supporting healthy enzyme activity. These beneficial effects enable the cells in the body to receive the nutrients they need to thrive.</p>
<h3><strong><em>Supports the Processes That Promote Ongoing Health</em></strong></h3>
<p>The bodily systems that support blood sugar levels, heart function, immune health, and digestion play pivotal roles in determining a person’s overall life span. Eating the types of foods that keep these systems healthy is <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3662288/">key to promoting longevity</a>. Whereas the Standard American Diet slowly but surely weakens these vital systems, the plant-based foods that make up the Hallelujah Diet help meet the body’s need for high fiber and healthy fats, as well as a host of essential vitamins and minerals.</p>
<h2><strong>The Hallelujah Diet – A Natural Eating Lifestyle That Promotes Longevity</strong></h2>
<p><img alt="basket of fresh vegetables" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28484" height="332" loading="lazy" src="https://www.myhdiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/basket-of-fresh-vegetables.jpg" width="500" /></p>
<p>The body’s natural self-healing abilities represent a natural intelligence that God has built into the human body. When our cells receive the nutrition they need to function at their best, the body is better able to maintain a state of health and vitality on its own. Ultimately, the secret to ongoing health and longevity lies in giving the body what it needs to thrive.</p>
<p>The Bible says it this way: “… who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.” (Psalm 103:5) If you’re considering changing over to a plant-based eating lifestyle, the Hallelujah Diet provides exactly what the body needs to live a long and healthy life.</p>
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