"Gardening For Health"

Gardening for health is the way to go if you are trying to lose weight and busy counting calories every day. And if you are stressing because you can't get to the gym, or don't want to be spending the monthly fee for the use of the gym, take heart.... there's a revolutionary new way to lose weight without the struggle and you'll tone up your body too.

Actually, it isn't a revolutionary new diet at all, but simply a natural way of life that kept our ancestors from being overweight and will benefit you and your descendants for generations to come... you guessed - get out in the garden!

Gardening For Health on a regular basis: Weather permitting, you should aim to get into the garden for at least 30 minutes every day, even if you are just pottering or planning next season's flower display. Regular gardening actually burns about the same amount of calories as cycling. It also provides you and your family with food, herbs for medicinal, cosmetic or culinary preparations, and flowers to brighten up your home and keep that 'feel-good' feeling right through the year.

The healthiest foods are organic fresh fruit and vegetables and you can eat just about as many as you can without fear of putting on weight. Fruit and veg are high in vitamin and mineral content and most have barely a trace of fat, if any.

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Grow your own organic vegetables to make the finest meals for your family....Gardening for health at it's best!

Thompson and Morgan are online worldwide suppliers of seeds and other products and they have some great pictures to drool over!

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Gardening For Health continued...

Raw foods are great for the digestion and the chewing reflex. Chewing for longer makes us feel fuller and so we don't feel the need to supplement our diet with a bag of crisps or other snacks.

A bar of chocolate takes very little time to bite, chew and swallow, so when it's gone we look around for more. A plate of salad will take ages to chew and swallow, satisfying the chewing and all digestive needs so we feel much fuller. If you ever thought salad doesnt fill you up and is only good for rabbits (?!) think again! It's full of vitamins and minerals so will feed your body with the fuel it requires, it contains so few calories they are hardly worth counting and it will fill you up.

The vitamins in fresh fruit and vegetables are, in their raw state, the best fuel for your body. Tomatoes are an exception to this rule.

Cooked tomatoes are said to be better for you than raw, but the difference is minimal so don't feel you have to have cooked tomatoes with your salad! When you're gardening for health, you don't have to be too fussy - the vitamins and minerals are there for the taking :-)

Mix in a few sunflower and pumpkin seeds for the natural oils, and even more healthy vitamins.

If you have the time stroll around the garden in the morning before breakfast and pick a few veggies to eat on your walk round. Chew on a few mange tout, or sugar snap peas and you'll probably find by the time you go back in the house for breakfast, you'll only need a yoghurt or a small bowl of cereal to keep you going for the whole morning.

Don't get hung up with fad diets or crazy exercise routines. Although, having said that, a short exercise routine every day does benefit you in that it will give you more energy and help tone those dodgy bits :-). And a balanced low fat diet should be enough to maintain your weight or lose a few pounds if you need to. If you do need to lose a fair amount of weight simply reduce your portions, drink lots of water and avoid fat - fat makes you fat whatever way you look at it! ( There is no such thing as a low fat crisp!!! - but fresh raw vegetables straight from your garden will satisfy that snacking habit anytime )

NB: Don't overdo things in the garden. ( Remember gardening for health not backache!) If you have any heavy lifting, get yourself well-equipped with a caddy or wheelbarrow. Find out more on this page... Gardening Caddies

There can be so many gardening for health benefits out in the garden. Many herbs can prevent and sometimes cure minor ailments. Sage is said to help with menopausal symptoms, as well as making you wiser! Find out more about growing sage on this page...Growing Sage and thyme is often very successful at warding off winter colds. Find out more about growing thyme on this page......Growing Thyme

Happy Gardening For Health!

Grow Your Own Winter Food: A good diet incorporating plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables is a must if you want to stay fit and healthy and keep the bugs at bay during the cold winter months.

Growing your own winter food is just one way of ensuring you get the freshest, tastiest produce packed with goodness straight from the garden to the kitchen table. This easy-to-follow self-sufficiency book shows you how to grow your own fruit and vegetables for winter use and includes facts on each fruit, vegetable or herb as well as nutritional value, recipe ideas and storage suggestions.

Before the days of computer games and electronic pets, children used to have fun without rummaging about in the fridge every five minutes. Enjoy a few rainy-day games and crafts of yesteryear with today’s kids. They’ll love it and so will you! Granny's Book Of Good Old Fashioned Common Sense

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