Simple question: Is your meal substantially nutritious?

You need to be asking yourself this question all the time: Is there substantial  nutrition in your meal?  Here is an example of an average daily meal plan: For breakfast: eggs, hash browns, toast coffee.  For lunch: turkey sandwich, cole slaw, bag of potato chips and a Coke.  For dinner: steak, steamed carrots, mash potatoes, bread roll, butter, and chocolate cake for dessert.  I am not going to go into the reasons behind why most of this food is a problem because I want you to understand one extremely important factor:  Most all of this food has been cooked to death.  By death I mean, that a majority of all the vitamins and nutrients that the body craves have been cooked out of the food and that this food has not enough substantial nutrition.  Not to mention that the digestion involved is soo difficult for the body for a variety of reasons.  An optimal nutritious diet requires you to eat food that contains vitamins, nutrients and enzymes found primarily in living food or food that is uncooked.  For a while, I was a 100% Vegan Raw Foodist.  I no longer abide by that, but I advocate 50-60% uncooked food.  When your entire meal is all cooked food, the enzymes and nutrients have been by and large decimated by the cooking process.  A diet rich in nutrients and enzymes (found in vegetables and fruits) also curbs your appetite, whereas a diet of mostly cooked food will ultimately keep you hungry.

A blended meal

Incorporating a blended meal on a daily basis is an excellent way to get ahead of the curve when it comes to your health.   The beauty of a blended meal is that part of the digestion is accomplished already when the food is blended in an emulsifier or blender etc.   The food is easier to digest when it's blended, because the body doesnt have to work as hard to break it down when it has been blended.  And when digestion is easier for the body, you have more energy throughout your day.
An example of a blended meal is a GREEN SMOOTHIE.  Now, you may have heard of the GREEN SMOOTHIE.  It's been popularized as a great alternative to a traditional meal.  Here is a quick recipe for a breakfast smoothie: a handful of Spinach, a few leaves of Kale, banana (I prefer half a banana,) an apple, Alfalfa sprouts, a little bit of Raw Honey (optional,) 2-3 cups of some kind of liquid (water or rice milk.)  Put into a blender or VITAMIX machine and blend away.  It's better to NOT have the smoothie be overly sweet, which is why I suggest less banana (as bananas have a high sugar content.)  I am constantly trying new recipes for a GREEN SMOOTHIE.   Savory or sweet, a GREEN SMOOTHIE is a must for anyone who is serious about incorporating green leafy vegetables into their diet.  And eating green leafy vegetables is the foundation for a healthy diet.