Maintaining a healthy diet is much easier than you think! You can start by swapping just a few of your everyday foods for delicious healthy alternatives next time you go shopping. Here are 15 healthy swaps to get you started.
Healthy Swaps:
Cappuccino – for – Black coffee with a dash of milk, Herbal tea, or lemon water.
White sugar – for – Raw honey, maple syrup, dates or stevia.
White bread – for – Rye, sourdough, or wholegrain
White rice – for – Brown rice or quinoa.
Milk chocolate – for – 70-80% dark chocolate.
Soft drink including diet soft drink – for – Water or lemon and lime soda water.
Sports drinks – for – water.
Store bought cereal – for – Oatmeal with fruit.
Fruit juice – for – whole fruit, veggie juice, or smoothie (gives you fibre and wont spike blood sugar levels).
Canola oil – for – Grape seed oil for cooking.
Take away fries – for – Homemade sweet potato fries.
Salad dressing – for – Lemon juice, tahini, or apple cider vinegar.
Packet of chips – for – Homemade popcorn.
Muesli bars & processed protein bars – for – Homemade muesli bars, dried fruit with nuts and seeds, or homemade raw nut and seed bars.
Baked potato or sweet potation – for – commercial chips.
