Tips For
Healthy Eating
Healthy eating does not need to be complicated. After all, it is simply a way of balancing the food you eat to keep your body healthy. When you make healthy eating choices, you'll have more energy every day, get the vitamins and minerals you need for good health, stay strong for activities you enjoy, and maintain a healthy weight.
Listed below are a few tips designed to help you with healthy eating.
1. Don't skip meals
Eating 3 meals with healthy snacks in between is the ideal way to maintain both energy and a healthy weight. When you skip meals and get hungry, you're more than likely to choose foods that aren't very good for you. Some even go so far as to recommend simply eating five or six small meals a day.
If you are eating away from home, take a healthy snack with you or learn how to choose healthy foods from the foods available. Most of all, don't freak out if you "sin" one night and eat things you shouldn't. It's not the single meal, or even day which will ruin you if you normally eat a healthy diet.
2. Learn how to prepare foods in a healthy manner
Instead of deep frying foods, try grilling, stir frying, microwaving, baking, and even boiling. You should also try fresh or even dried herbs and spices to add flavor to your food. Before you eat any type of meat, be sure to trim the fat and skin off of it.
3. Avoid sugar
Food and drinks that contain sugar are a major source of short term energy and empty calories. What this means, is that the sources contain a lot of energy that your body probably does not need, most of which will be stored as fat, and it doesn't contain any important nutrients such as protein, vitamins or minerals. If you plan to continue to use sugar, limit it as much as possible. High levels of sugar in the diet can be a contributing factor in insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. In fact, sugar is constantly being linked with many negative health issues, both mental and physical. You are better off without it. Read this Review of the 21 Day Sugar Detox Program.
4. Stop worrying about "diets"
While there are some foods that are better for you than others, almost all food can be a part of a healthy diet, when eaten in moderation. You don't really need to buy any low carb, fat free, or even diet foods, if you are eating a balanced diet and exercising regularly. In fact, most "diets" actually set up for failure. Read 10 Reasons Diets Don't Work.
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