{"id":23045,"date":"2012-03-01T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T08:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.5starweddingmagazine.com\/?p=23045"},"modified":"2019-10-21T19:43:24","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T19:43:24","slug":"wedding-diets-weight-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wedding-diets-weight-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Nutritionist Helps Brides Become More Radiant"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Organic vegetarian chef Natasha Corrett and nutritional therapist Vicki Edgson created Honestly Healthy a brand of \u2018food with your body in mind\u2019 \u2013 with a mission to make alkaline eating a way of life. Here, Vicki explains how alkaline eating can help brides-to-be look and feel great ahead of their big day.<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Natasha adds: <strong>\u2018Eating more alkaline foods can help you sleep better, feel brighter, keep your memory focused for the all important vows and provide you with more energy\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_105419\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105419\" style=\"width: 872px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-105419\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/fine-food-for-weddings-1.jpg\" alt=\"Healthy Eating Before Your Wedding\" width=\"872\" height=\"581\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-105419\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-105419\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/fine-food-for-weddings-1.jpg\" alt=\"Healthy Eating Before Your Wedding\" width=\"872\" height=\"581\" \/><\/noscript> Healthy Eating Before Your Wedding<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1 Rather than starving yourself to lose any excess weight, choose instead to follow an alkaline eating plan; as well as keeping you trim this will provide you with boundless energy and keep your mind focussed. The body performs well when in an alkaline state (the pH of the blood is 7.35-7.45), which means eating predominantly vegetarian foods that are more alkaline in nature such as avocado, leafy green vegetables, grains such as lentils and quinoa, fatty fish, most nuts and berries, white and green tea, beetroot and tomatoes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">2 Start each day with a cup of hot water and lemon \u2013 though acidic in taste it is alkaline once broken down, it will aid your digestion.<br \/>\nAdd plenty of alkaline raw vegetables to your meagre lettuce leaf salads to ensure you have a wider range of nutrients whilst dropping those extra pounds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>3 Add the full spectrum of the rainbow to your plate \u2013 aubergines, peppers (all colours), tomatoes, courgettes, all types of green beans, and a generous sprinkling of nuts and seeds to provide added protein.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">4 Improve your skin dramatically by going alkaline \u2013 research has been shown to significantly change the texture and tone of your skin when switching from the typical acid-forming meat, dairy and processed foods diet to a more \u2018as nature intended\u2019 vegetables and wholegrains approach which is more alkaline in the body.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>5 Add lustre to your hair for the most important day of your life by eating more olives and olives oil, and experimenting with Argan, hazelnut and avocado oils in your salad dressings \u2013 all contain alkaline sources of those oh-so-important essential fatty acids that are often missing in a low-fat, no-fat regime.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Honestly Healthy has recently launched Cleanse; a delicious weekly \u2018fridge fill\u2019 delivered to your home to help alkalise and revitalise your body.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From \u00a3135 Honestly Healthy\u00a0offer two levels of intensity; CLEANSE and CLEANSE LIFESTYLE. Both levels include tasty dishes, drinks and snacks such as Pear kale fennel &amp; broccoli juice; Soya yogurt with homemade pecan granola; Watercress &amp; pumpkin salad with a finely chopped vegetable &amp; nutty falafel; Soba noodle salad with courgette &amp; carrot noodles dressed with a sweet miso sauce and smoked tofu saut\u00e9ed in tamarind as well as Artichoke &amp; sumac dip with roasted cumin potato skins.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The food will help you naturally get rid of toxins leaving you in a balanced state to lose weight the healthy way. Cleanse is ideal for Brides-to-be in preparation for their big day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Melissa Odebash \u2013 bikini guru \u2013 said: \u2018Honestly Healthy\u2019s chef Natasha&#8217;s cooking is so delicious, I just can&#8217;t believe it has no naughty things in it! I can eat till my heart\u2019s content and still look great in my bikinis!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For more tips see\u00a0Honestly Healthy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organic vegetarian chef Natasha Corrett and nutritional therapist Vicki Edgson created  Honestly Healthy a brand of \u2018food with your body in mind\u2019 \u2013 with a mission to make alkaline eating a way of life. 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