Little Step No. 3
What to do:
Write a list of 6 vegetables you don’t normally eat
Why this step works:
A simple dietary suggestion that I often share is to "increase the variety of vegetables that you eat". It’s so easy to get stuck in a diet rut, and keep with the same weekly shopping list, yet regularly including different types of vegetables in your diet has the potential to bring incredible benefits to your health.
It's variety that helps to ensure you're getting a wide range of immune-supportive nutrients and phytonutrients. Variety also helps to feed lots of different types of beneficial gut bacteria (because different types like to munch on different things!). Diversity is an important feature of a healthy gut microbiome, and this is achieved via a diverse, varied diet.
So how could you get started on introducing a bit more variety into your diet? Start small and take a minute to write down 6 different vegetables that you like but don't normally eat. Keep your list somewhere you're likely to see it. Perhaps even consider adding a couple to your shopping list next week!
This little step is simply designed to highlight the value of variety and if you're stuck in a bit of a rut, to get you thinking about maybe changing things up a bit. So many different aspects of your health, from your gut to your immune system will thank you for it.
Beatrix Potter