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04-22-2005, 10:52 PM | #1 |
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10 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO IMPROVE YOUR DIET
10 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO IMPROVE YOUR DIET
Lauren McGinley, 2005 1. ELIMINATE ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS If one is looking for a healthy way of eating, eliminating all artificial sweeteners is a great place to start. There's not enough safety information on some sweeteners and too much clear and scary info on others. http://www.sweetpoison.com/aspartame-information.html http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/ 2. ELIMINATE PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED OILS A process to lengthen shelf life can shorten your life! Trans Fatty Acids created by hydogenation have been linked to cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Don't risk it! http://my.webmd.com/content/article/70/81100.htm http://www.recoverymedicine.com/hydrogenated_oils.htm http://www.bantransfats.com/ 3. ELIMINATE CORN SYRUPS and HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUPS (HFCS) Linked to obesity and now so very prevalent in just about any food category; tomato sauces, sodas, baked goods, even natural foods. They are also genetically modified. It's cheap, easy to manufacture with and it's making us fat and unhealthy. http://www.antiaginglifeextension.co...minutes/articl es/high_fructose_corn_syrup.asp?a=1768&c=&p= http://www.leaflady.org/fructose.htm 4. LIMIT PACKAGED FOODS and EAT FOOD IN ITS MOST NATURAL STATE Ultimately, food in packages has more chance of having additives and chemicals. Unnecessary ingredients that can burden your body and decrease your health. You don't need the chemicals, extra salt, sugar and saturated fat that are prevalent in packaged foods. Today, labeling is very complex. There are many ingredients that are used in processing and manufacturing that are not required to be on the label. You truly do not know what you are getting in some packages. So save the bags, boxes, cans and make your food from scratch. Eating foods in their most natural state is best. Fresh broccoli (raw and cooked) will get you the most benefit nutritionally but if you can't get fresh, frozen is your best bet. Though be diligent about label reading as some brands again add unnecessary chemicals. 5. ELIMINATE FOOD ADDITIVES; MSG, CHEMICALS IN GENERAL, DYES Chemicals in our foods are not doing us much good. Dyes are made from coal tar (carcinogen). MSG sensitivites are well known. Our bodies are not meant to process a multitude of chemicals. We need to fuel our bodies with proper nutrition and foods that are wholesome and healthy. http://www.nomsg.com/ http://www.msgmyth.com/ http://www.cspinet.org/reports/chemcuisine.htm 6. ELIMINATE WHITE REFINED PROCESSED FOODS (white flour, white rice, white bread, white pasta) and INCREASE WHOLE GRAINS These refined foods are devoid of nutrition. Empty calories. White flour has only a small percentage of the nutrition of whole grain flour. http://www.newstarget.com/000441.html http://waltonfeed.com/grain/flour.html Whole grains on the other hand contain the oils, the bran, and all the vitamins, minerals, protein, and fiber nature intended. Whole grains are a fabulous source of fiber which has been shown to reduce colon cancer. Some rich sources are; brown rice, whole wheat, bulghur, millet, buckwheat, rye, barley, spelt, oats, quinoa. 7. EAT AT LEAST ONE SALAD and FRUIT EVERYDAY We should be eating at least 5 servings of fruit everyday. The vitamins, minerals, phytonutritients help protect us from disease. I've found that by just trying to eat one salad each day that it's enough to keep me eating well. I sometimes will have more but if I follow this one salad rule, it seems to help us eat healthy all day. 8. CHOOSE ORGANIC I read once that the average american eats a pound of pesticides per year. Yuck! Can you imagine the toll that takes on the body (combined with all the other toxins from the environment)? The vitamin and mineral content of organic foods is said to be higher than the convential counterparts. http://www.ewg.org/reports/ops/risk.html http://www.elsonhaas.com/articles/article_02.html http://www.care2.com/channels/solutions/guides/242 http://www.sdearthtimes.com/et0996/et0996s5.html 9. EAT HIGH QUALITY FATS Fats contained in fish, nuts and seeds pack a whollup! Essential fatty acids are "essential" to optimum health. If you're not taking an EFA supplement be sure to sprinkle freshly ground flax seeds on salads, oatmeal, in smoothies, etc. One tablespoon of ground flaxseeds a day can and will improve your health. A handful of walnuts is a great source as well. http://www.pcrm.org/health/prevmed/ess_fat_acids.html http://borntoexplore.org/omega.htm 10. EAT 90% FOR NOURISHMENT AND 10% FOR FUN I read this somewhere recently and I thought it really hit home. If you maintain a healthy foundation, you CAN stray and have fun eating those foods that might not be considered so healthy. Some more links to help; http://www.drfuhrman.com/library/article13.aspx http://www.holisticmed.com/food.html http://www.healthyeatingadvisor.com/healthy-food.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Written by Lauren McGinley, copyright 2005 Permission granted to share article if sig file is left intact http://www.healthyparenting.net http://groups.yahoo.com/group/healthy_parenting/ http://www.wahmhost.net Hosting/Site Design with the MOM Advantage! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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04-25-2005, 04:52 PM | #4 |
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That's all awesome advice. I've been doing Weight Watchers for almost a year, and I've lost over 50 pounds, which is great, but I don't feel that much healthier. I think that's because I eat less, but I still eat things that aren't giving my body what it needs. And because I still crave the junk, I'll eat that and have fewer points left over for healthy foods! I'm so burned out on WW right now, I might adopt this plan as my new *diet* and see how well I do. I still have about 25-30 pounds to lose, and I'd like to get there before my birthday in December, but I don't want to feel run down and spent and yucky - and that's how I feel right now. Ironically, I was just snacking on a 100 Calorie pack and a Pepsi, which is very WW friendly. When I read the ingredients, though, after reading this, my snack violates just about every one of these 10 things!
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05-21-2005, 11:22 AM | #8 |
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What great advice!
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05-27-2005, 11:08 AM | #9 |
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Wow coblue
this info is great. I probably follow all 10 of those for a long time but especially since my son was born 2 y rs ago. That's for the reminder. We have been healthy over here, son never had ear infection, eats organic and healthy and none of that hyrdoganted, sugar stuff (so far). He also isn't vaccinated either and so I know he's really healthy because of that too since he doesn't have any toxins inside his body!
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06-08-2005, 11:44 AM | #10 |
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You have put some thought into this post and I have been trying to follow this for many years. It is always good to have a goal that we are working towards an can get back on track. Without the vision you shared it is hard to have the goal. Thanks for the reminder and I know this info will bless a lot of families |
06-09-2005, 08:20 PM | #11 |
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Re: 10 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO IMPROVE YOUR DIET
We cleaned out the cupboards this week...everything that had corn syrup, sugar, and yucky preservatives in it got thrown out...or given away.....now to replace some of those things with good things and to just curve our way of eating.
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06-14-2005, 01:05 AM | #12 |
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Re: 10 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO IMPROVE YOUR DIET
Good advice!
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Wow you have made a big decision. Let us know if you go through withdrawel. People don't usually realize how much of the addictive sugars are in the food they eat. I am so alergic to corn of any kind Dextrose, maltodextrin, dextrin, splenda, fructose, powdered sugar,can be hidden corn in a lot of products. I get such horrible sinus infections and headaches if I get corn. I gave it up over the years but got serious about it after going gluten free. I felt so good after going gluten free that I noticed the only times I felt bad was after eating corn. I am not recommending going gluten free to people that don't need to it is very dificult and a lot of radical changes that are too much work if you don't need them but if you do they are lifechanging healthwise. |
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07-04-2005, 10:58 AM | #14 |
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Feingold was a wonderful program because it got all of us eating this way! I am trying really hard to eat seasonally and also to eat more salads and fruit this summer.
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