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Originally Posted by dingerness

What are one or two easy changes I can make to my diet to begin feeling better throughout the day? What are some simple meals I can add to my regular diet?

Here are a few ideas:

• Get a good blender and start making green smoothies.
• 30 minutes before a meal, eat all the fruit you want. Literally. It's okay to down several [INSERT FAVORITE FRUIT] at once. Then adjust the size of your meal, because you should be less hungry.
• Eat a substantial salad before or with every cooked meal. Lettuce combines well with most foods and will aid in digestion.
• Reduce your meals to only the cooked entree. Instead of cooked side dishes, start with that salad and use a pile of cut veggies for your side dish.
• Replace your milk with nut or seed milk made in your blender.
• Use the leftover nut/seed pulp to make a cheeze or pate for dipping veggies or putting on crackers (you just need to mix it with some herbs and spices).
• Try two gourmet recipes a month (on days when you have the time). If a recipe is easy and you like it, eat it again next month and try two more.