Australian Healthy Food Guide – June 2019

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june 2019 HealtHyFoodGuide 23

Cleanseyourdigitaldiet

Watchwhereyouwander!Bejudiciousaboutwho

youfollowandwhatsitesyouvisit.ifyoufollow

foodorhealthinfluencers,makesuretheyare

qualifiedtomaketheclaimstheydo.ifwhatthey

sayordomakesyoufeelworseaboutyourself,

itmightbetimetounfollowthem.

Turnoffnotifications

Allappsloveto‘push’notificationsatyou,telling

youwhenthere’sanewcomment,likeormessage.

Reactingtothesegivesusthatdopaminerushwe

crave,butcanbeahugedistractionandtimewaster.

youcanturnoffnotificationsforanyapp—soyou’ll

onlyseetheactivitywhenyoudecidetocheckin.

Letthetoolshelpyou

TheiPhonewillnowreportscreentimebacktoyou.

Setlimitsforthetimeduringwhichyouwanttouse

socialmediaapps.Schedule‘downtime’—when

onlytheappsyouselectwillbeavailabletoyou.

use‘bedtime’,‘nightmode’and‘donotdisturb’

tostopyourselfconstantlyreactingtoalerts.

Uninstallapps

Totakeastepfurther,uninstallcertainappsfrom

yourphone.ifFacebookistootemptinginyour

pocket,tryusingitonlyonyourcomputer—and

deleteitfromyourphone.

Create‘tech-free’zones×

Setasidetimesasafamilywhenyoudon’thave

phonesaround—andimproveyourqualityoflife.

eatingamealaroundatablewithoutscreen

distractionshasbeenshowntohelpprevent

overeating—plusitencouragesbetterbonding

aroundthetable.then,whenyou’returningin

tosleep,putyourphoneinanotherroom—so

you’renottemptedtopickitup!

tips to start (and stick to)

DIGITAL DETOX

Going ‘cold turkey’ and giving up social media

probably isn’t realistic for many. But there are

5 some ways we can make it work for us.