Simple Tips to Eat Healthier
Here are some simple tips to help you make smarter eating decisions! Eating right can make the difference between aging gracefully and not aging gracefully!
- Eat less
- Eat more fruits and veggies
- Eat whole grains
- Eat less sugar
- Eat less fat
- Eat less sodium
- Be careful with the sports drinks – they contain quite a bit of sugar
Healthy eating tips: Part three
Here's the third post in our series of simple tips to help you make smarter eating decisions!
Need a quick snack? How about a handful of almonds, a few baby carrots, a bunch of grapes or some whole-grain pretzels? Just don’t reach for a candy bar – one candy bar has the calorie content of a tummy full of delicious fruit and veggies. A good diet doesn’t require calorie counting or mean that you should go hungry most of the day. Simply make smarter choices.
Want to eat less? Give this simple trick a try: Next time you’re serving dinner, use a smaller plate! Yep, it’s that simple. The same portion you would serve yourself on a big plate looks like “more” of a portion when served on a small plate. Your brain will think you’re eating more and you’ll probably feel fuller and more satisfied after dinner. Strange but true!
Eat Smaller Meals More Often. Instead of having three big meals each day, try eating five smaller meals spaced throughout the day instead. You’ll feel fuller and won’t want to eat as much each time!
Eat more fiber! Not only does fiber make you feel full, it helps keep things moving in your intestines. Try to buy whole grain foods whenever you can. (What’s the difference between white bread and whole wheat bread? The wheat flour for white bread has had most of the fiber removed from it during processing. Whole wheat bread uses whole wheat flour that includes the entire wheat kernel including the fiber.)
Drink plenty of water. This one is so simple, yet so many people overlook it. Your body needs water to function properly – it keeps things running as they should.
Cook healthy! Healthy recipes are easier to find than ever before. Here are a couple web sites we recommend:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/healthy-eating/index.html
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/healthy-recipes/RecipeIndex
Healthy eating tips: Part two
Here's the second post in our series of simple tips to help you make smarter eating decisions!
Keep prepared fruits ready! Did you know you can purchase apple slices that don’t turn brown? You can and they’re delicious! It’s also very affordable to buy your own pineapple, core it and slice it to enjoy later. Watermelon is another tasty treat that can be purchased, sliced and stored in the fridge until hunger strikes! (Plus, fruit is delicious cold! In fact, for a really unique treat, try freezing grapes!)
Sodium? It’s necessary to live, but most Americans eat enough each day to be dangerous. Need proof? Just take a look at the Nutrition Facts label on that can of soup or bag of chips you’re about to eat. Try to reduce your salt intake – too much salt can have a detrimental effect on your heart (it can raise blood pressure) and kidneys and can ultimately lead to heart disease and kidney failure.
Potatoes and pasta. Are potatoes and pasta evil? No way! It’s what they’re often topped with that can hurt you: butter, margarine, salt, sour cream, cheese, oil, etc. Did you realize that one tablespoon of unsaturated butter substitute has around 100 calories? One cup = 16 tablespoons = over 75% of the recommended 2000 calorie daily allowance. Looking for a unique way to eat a baked potato? Try topping it with salsa or cottage cheese. Need a tasty pasta topper? Stick with a homemade tomato-based sauce – tomatoes are terrific for you and if you make the sauce at home, you can control the amount of sodium in the sauce!
Carbohydrates aren’t the devil. Low carb eating just doesn’t make sense in the long run. Neither does eating a diet high in red meat. Vegetarians have proven that a well-balanced diet doesn’t even require meat. In many Asian countries people have been eating soy foods in place of meat for years. These same countries have a longer than average population longevity. Coincidence? Probably not.
Stay tuned for part three in our series of healthy eating tips!
Healthy eating tips: Part 1
Here are some simple tips to help you make smarter eating decisions!
First, here are some simple keys to remember:
- Eat less
- Eat more fruits and veggies
- Eat less sugar
- Eat less fat
- Eat less sodium
Sugar: Did you know that in the United States, the consumption of refined sugars and artificial sweeteners is now approximately 25 times more than it was in the early 1900s? Americans haven’t learned that foods don’t need added sweeteners to taste good. Fruits and veggies (such as carrots) contain natural sugars – along with all of the vitamins and minerals that we need. If your drink or food really needs extra sweetener, try an all-natural alternative such as honey or agave nectar (DELICIOUS)!
Fruits & veggies. It’s hard to go wrong with fruit and veggies. If you’re not a big fan of veggies, but you like fruit – try slipping a carrot or two into your next fruit smoothie. We bet you’ll never notice it! (You’d be surprised at what other veggies you can slip into a fruit smoothie without noticing – a little bit of red cabbage, celery, you name it!) Smoothies are a delicious way to enjoy fresh fruit and so simple to make – just combine your favorite fruit with your favorite juice and a little ice and run it through a blender for 30-45 seconds.
Stay tuned for part two!
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