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An awful lot of people think it's easy to lift healthy recipes out.
Healthy eating is not
about strict nutrition philosophies, staying unrealistically thin, or depriving
yourself of the foods you love. Rather, it’s about feeling great, having more
energy, stabilizing your mood, and keeping yourself as healthy as possible—all
of which can be achieved by learning some nutrition basics and using them in a
way that works for you. You can expand your range of healthy food choices and
learn how to plan ahead to create and maintain a tasty, healthy diet.
Set yourself up for success:-
To set yourself up for success, think about planning a healthy diet as a number of small, manageable steps rather than one big drastic change. If you approach the changes gradually and with commitment, you will have a healthy diet sooner than you think.
§ Simplify. Instead of being overly concerned with counting
calories or measuring portion sizes, think of your diet in terms of color,
variety, and freshness. This way it should be easier to make healthy choices.
Focus on finding foods you love and easy recipes that incorporate a few fresh
ingredients. Gradually, your diet will become healthier and more delicious.
§ Start slow and make changes
to your eating habits over time. Trying to make your diet
healthy overnight isn't realistic or smart. Changing everything at once usually
leads to cheating or giving up on your new eating plan. Make small steps, like
adding a salad (full of different color vegetables) to your diet once a day or
switching from butter to olive oil when cooking. As your small changes become
habit, you can continue to add more healthy choices to your diet.
§ Every change you make to improve your diet matters. You don’t
have to be perfect and you don’t have to completely eliminate foods you enjoy
to have a healthy diet. The long term goal is to feel good, have more energy,
and reduce the risk of cancer and disease. Don’t let your missteps derail
you—every healthy food choice you make counts.
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To me, my recipes are priceless.
It's not just what you eat, it's how you eat:-
Healthy eating is about
more than the food on your plate—it is also about how you think about food. Healthy eating
habits can be learned and it is important to slow down and think about food as
nourishment rather than just something to gulp down in between meetings or on
the way to pick up the kids.
§ Eat with others whenever possible. Eating with other people has numerous social and emotional
benefits—particularly for children—and allows you to model healthy eating
habits. Eating in front of the TV or computer often leads to mindless
overeating.
§ Take time to chew your food and enjoy mealtimes. Chew your
food slowly, savoring every bite. We tend to rush though our meals, forgetting
to actually taste the flavors and feel the textures of our food. Reconnect with
the joy of eating.
§ Listen to your body. Ask yourself if you are
really hungry, or have a glass of water to see if you are thirsty instead of
hungry. During a meal, stop eating before you feel full. It actually takes a
few minutes for your brain to tell your body that it has had enough food, so
eat slowly.
§ Eat breakfast, and eat smaller meals throughout the day. A healthy
breakfast can jump start your metabolism, and eating small, healthy meals
throughout the day (rather than the standard three large meals) keeps your
energy up and your metabolism going.
§ Avoid eating at night. Try to eat dinner earlier
in the day and then fast for 14-16 hours until breakfast the next morning.
Early studies suggest that this simple dietary adjustment—eating only when
you’re most active and giving your digestive system a long break each day—may
help to regulate weight. After-dinner snacks tend to be high in fat and
calories so are best avoided, anyway.
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