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title: 5 Easy Ways to Eat Healthier
date: 2011-11-02T17:56:18Z
modified: 2011-11-02T17:56:18Z
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  - Glorious One-Pot Meals
  - Living Naturally
  - Natural Health Questions
  - Recommended Products
  - Weight Loss
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  - Glorious One-Pot Meals Cajun Fish recipe
  - healthy eating tips
  - how to be healthier
  - Rooibos tea
author: Elizabeth
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Switching to healthier eating has paid off for me as I’m unquestionably healthier and in better shape at 42 than I was at 22.

Waking up blind in my right eye two weeks before my thirtieth birthday and a subsequent diagnosis of multiple sclerosis inspired me to give some serious thought to my health. Now, as a [naturopathic doctor (ND)](http://elizabethyarnell.com/ "elizabeth yarnell") and [holistic nutritionist](http://elizabethyarnell.com/Nutrition/Nutrition.htm "naturopathic doctor"), I love helping people become healthier through better eating.

Here are 5 ways that I changed my eating habits from a lifestyle of fast food, Crystal Light, and gummi bears to a healthier one:
[![Drink tea instead of soda.](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81C4PIKlA-L._AA1333_.jpg "Rooibus tea")

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1\. **Drink tea** instead of soda or artificially flavored drinks. Green, black, and even my current fave, [rooibos](http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000H7EE1M/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=lizoneandmore-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B000H7EE1M&adid=1J4ET1YG1EX7Q28SPBQS "choice rooibos tea"), are loaded with antioxidents and give satisfying flavor without all the calories, sweeteners, and chemicals.

2\. **Snack on nuts and seeds** rather than chips and candy. I keep cookie jars filled with pistachios, almonds, cashews, and sunflower seeds on my kitchen counters for easy access when I need to munch.

[![Cajun fish glorious One pot meal](http://www.gloriousonepotmeals.com/images/pages/recipes/CajunFish.jpg "Cajun fish glorious one pot meal")

](http://www.gloriousonepotmeals.com/recipes/archive/Cajun_Fish.htm)Glorious One-Pot Meal: Cajun Fish3\. **Cook at home** more frequently. Considering that I never cooked in my twenties, this was a monumental change. It became easier after I figured out the “[Glorious One-Pot Meal](http://www.gloriousonepotmeals.com "Glorious One-Pot Meals")” _infusion cooking_ method, which lets me layer whole foods into one pot for quick, easy, and tasty dinners in about 15 minutes.

4\. **Switch to sea salt**. Unlike regular mined table salt, sea salt contains up to 80 nutrients and trace minerals that our bodies can use to be healthier.

5\. **Grab a piece of fruit** for snacking on the run. You can often spot me chewing on an apple or a banana in my car on the way to pick up my kid’s carpool. Better than a candy bar, fruit will fill me up and sustain me without that sugar crash.