Tips for Eating Right for Life

Nutrition is personal, and it can seem very hard when you do not know what works. Read on to get some new ideas from the following tips.

Try to consume whole grains at every meal. Studies have shown that people who choose whole grains over refined carbs tend to be healthier. Some options for you are whole wheat pasta, brown rice, and especially whole wheat bread that you can include in your daily balanced and nutritious diet. By eating whole grains you are providing your body with both the fiber it requires along with nutrients that are not present in refined carbohydrate products.

If you reduce your portion sizes by a quarter at meal time, you will consume less calories during the day. This is a great tip for people who have a tendency to overeat, to decrease portion size and lose weight in a healthy way.

Try eating different types of protein, aside from meat, daily. Protein can come from a variety of delicious foods. You can try eating eggs, peanut butter, tofu, fish, nuts, beans, and more. You might choose to use some of these items as a main dish, or incorporate them into other recipes. Protein should be varied to remain interesting.

You need to eat enough healthy calories for your system to function properly. Eating roughly 2,000 calories of nutritious vegetables, whole grains and proteins is better than eating 2,000 calories of junk food. The types of foods you eat and the quantity you eat are equally important.

Gradually reduce the amount of sugar and sodium that you eat. Your taste buds will become used to this, and sugar and salt cravings will diminish. Your reduced intake of sugar and salt will help you become healthy. Start by making small changes to your diet and you will be less likely to give up on your overall goals.

Make sure your nutrition consists of plenty of lean meats and fish, low fat milk, whole grains and nuts if you care to be healthy. When you incorporate smart food choices into your nutrition, you will enjoy better health.

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Hidden Sugars

The average American eats approximately 1,500 pounds of food every year. Of that, 160 pounds are primarily sugar. It’s a prime source of empty calories. And for those of us who are trying to lose weight by committing to a healthy diet and an exercise program, sugar’s the first thing we should start trimming from our diets. But here’s the problem, despite our best intentions to remove excess sugar from our diets, the food industry has found more and more devious ways of slipping us the sweet stuff. Whether the food industry calls sugar by another name or adds it to foods we never thought would have needed it, our sweet teeth are constantly being bombarded.

Why does the food industry want us so full of sugar?
It’s basically the same as any other industry. For the oil industry to make more money, it needs us to use more of its product by driving more miles. And the food industry needs us to use more of its products by eating more calories. Another reason the industry pushes sugar so hard is that it’s cheap to produce, and the cheaper the calorie, the larger the profit margin.

Sugar, by any other name, would taste just as sweet
Another strategy the sugar pushers use to get us to consume more calories is to rename it. We know to stay away from sugar, but how about molasses, honey, sorghum, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, glucose, fructose, lactose, dextrose, sucrose, galactose, maltose, or concentrated juices like grape or apple? When you look at a list of ingredients on a product, take note of all the “hidden” sugars to make smart choices.

Hide and seek. You’re it.
The food industry has cleverly snuck its sugars and corn syrups into products we never would have thought contained sugar. Spaghetti sauce, ketchup, reduced-fat cookies, low-fat salad dressing, bread, fast food and even milk are some products you may not be aware have hidden sugars. Again, always read food labels to know what is in your food and what is going in your body! You may be getting more than you bargained for.

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