One of the best ways to eat healthy and stay on track with efforts to lose weight and get healthy is to prepare food at home. Whether you want to make all your meals at home, pack lunches to take to work or just prep a few meals per week, the following tips from our nutrition mindset coach will help you prepare your meals in the healthiest way possible.

1. Season Creatively

Too many times, we reach for the salt when we could add zest to our meals with spices and seasonings that provide health benefits. Research shows that Americans consume much more than the maximum FDA-recommended amount for sodium, which is 2,300 milligrams per day. Too much sodium causes bloating and wide-ranging health issues. Why not swap out the salt for some healthy spices and seasonings? Many herbs and spices boost the metabolism and yield antioxidant benefits, such as ginger, garlic, oregano, basic, rosemary, cumin, cayenne pepper, red pepper, sage, turmeric, cinnamon, and parsley, among many others. When...