Monday, September 22, 2014

Start Making Healthier Eating Choices

By Daisy Chu


It is easy to know the benefits of eating healthier. Taking small steps each day is a great way to start. Portion control and the time of day you eat correlate to your diet as much as what you are eating.

You may have tried to give up your favorite unhealthy foods before and failed. Everyone has a weakness for a certain food.

Very often you can make healthier eating choices simply by preparing more food at home rather than going out. Eating food out can be quick and easy, but all those bad fats and calories will start to add up. You can choose to put healthier ingredients into the dishes you prepare. A whole new world of cooking will open up to you once you realize you can tweak any recipe at home with the ingredients you want. Your grocery bill might be higher, but your eating out budget will be so much more manageable. Preparing multiple meals for the week can save you a lot of time. If there is one night that is open, take advantage and prepare multiple meals that day.

Do you get sick often? People that are often ill may be that way due to excess sugar in their diet. Today, many foods have too much sugar, not including the many snacks and forms of junk food that are available. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and sugary breakfast cereals, are two of the primary culprits in regard to putting too much sugar into our kids as well as adults. High fructose corn syrup is found in many foods, so be careful of what you buy and always look at the labels. Avoid sugary cereals in the morning, and also try things like cream of wheat or oatmeal that come sugar free.

If you look into it you can find lots of other super-foods Foods that are rather common, like yogurt, barley, beans and nuts are being considered by many experts to be super-foods Once you start on the path of eating a healthy diet, you will probably continue once you see the positive health benefits. The main challenge will be on those that eat too much high fructose and carbohydrate foods, something they will have to get used to not eating overtime. The beneficial physical results, once you obtain them, will motivate you to continue on this healthy diet.




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