Читать книгу An Unfit Mother: How to get your Health, Shape and Sanity back after Childbirth - Kate Cook - Страница 44

1 Keep your energy stable by balancing your blood sugar (sounds complex, but it isn’t).* Eat food that is thick and fibrous and/or full of protein—this is slow-burn food.* Avoid food that is primarily sweet, fluffy and white—this is quick-burn food.

2 Whittle down the wheat. Wheat isn’t the only grain in the world, try to replace it with rye, spelt and other grains, such as buckwheat, millet and quinoa. This increases the variation in your diet, so you are not relying on the same old things all the time.

3 Vary your dairy—don’t just rely on cow’s milk, try other forms of dairy as well, such as goat’s and sheep’s milk (pasteurised please) and mozzarella. You could even try rice milk. Don’t over do the dairy—you can get calcium from loads of other sources including green leafy veg.

4 Eat breakfast. You must do this—no arguments—and, if possible, include some protein.

5 Eat like a caveman—this means eating real food, organically-produced if possible.

6 Make up your own rule. I know I said there were five rules, but this is one for you to make up for yourself if you want to. It is a wild-card rule. You might, for example, decide to eat only a handful portion of low-burn carbohydrates at your evening meal as opposed to a great big plateful. Or you might want it as an exercise rule or to build it around portion size or drinking.