Good morning,
How do we deal with all of the ideas being pushed at us from commercials? Who do we believe, who can help me with my health issues, whether it is obesity, aching joints, stress, busy schedules and just plain-No Time for Me? We read and hear, do this, no, that’s not healthy for me-so where can I just get some honest opinions on healthy tips for keeping my body healthy ?
Some ideas that I’d like to share with you has some food ideas for you to substitute when you are preparing foods for your families.
We are fighting a food industry that adds sugar (high fructose corn syrup), salt (often paired with monosodium glutamate–MSG) and fat (oils) to just about everything with a label? And when you to go to eat out, there is no label at all. Here are a few suggestions to help you reduce your caloric intake without altering your lifestyle. One of the easiest ways to eat better is to read labels–the more ingredients and additives that are listed, the greater the chance of increased calories. Even my grandchildren are into reading labels on foods when they shop with their mother and or me.
If you like sauce or gravy on everything, use a little known thickener called arrowroot. It allows you to avoid using milk, which is high in calories. Mix a tablespoon of arrowroot with two tablespoons of cool liquid before adding to hot foods or liquids. I like to shake this with cold water and then add it so it doesn’t get lumpy. It can be used to thicken puddings, pies, soups, sauces and gravies. If you are afraid of reducing flavor, just add more spices. Adding spices or fresh herbs is great, also use lemon juice for your veggies and fruits. another idea is that using lemon juice will prevent foods from darkening-turning that brownish color.
Think lean and organic when you buy your meat and cut off the extra fat. Consider removing the skin from chicken, before you eat it. Sometimes lean meat can taste like cardboard. Slow cooking and lots of spices is the answer. In the case of not-so-lean ground beef, always drain off the fat. My whole grain spaghetti begins by adding spices to ground beef, cooking it on medium in a skillet, draining off the grease and then adding more spices, before pouring in the tomato sauce. When using ground beef for a Crock-pot chili or stew, I use the same procedure.
Keep plain, fat-free yogurt on hand instead of sour cream for those baked potatoes. Add chives or other herbs for flavor. If you love yogurt for a snack or dessert, reduce your calories and your refined sugar intake by buying plain, fat-free yogurt and adding your own fresh fruit and berries to it.
Did you realize that what you drink has a huge impact on your waistline and your pocketbook by watching what you drink. It is time to give non-alcoholic beer at your liquor store another chance. (Grocers and restaurants do not often carry the good stuff.) Some near beers have a surprisingly robust flavor with almost half the calories as real beer. And if you want to drop some pounds quickly, reduce the frequency or size of that daily glass of wine. When dining out, drink water with lemon juice squeezed into it instead of pop. It will save you 100-150 calories per twelve ounces. Even if you drink diet soda, having water instead will save you quite a bit of money. I’d like to suggest that you drink your coffees and your teas without adding sugar or creamer of any kind. I love a healthy coffee and a healthy tea, it’s taste is wonderful and you get great healthy benefits from it also.
Perhaps the best way to control calories is to avoid eating out at fast food places, although most of them have added salads to their menus for us. You might like to carry your own olive oil, apple cider vinegar and fresh herb dressings for less calories and more health benefits. You will eat healthier when you start reading labels, and you will save a bundle. Can you even read all of the words on those labels? I can’t. Prepare as much fresh veggies and fresh fruits as you can for lots less calories. If you feel that you need a constructed plan to help you deal with your daily food planning you might like to try this plans. It’s called the Mediterrenean diet and see if it will help you with some ideas on being more healthy body.
Let’s just relax and add more fresh veggies and fresh fruits to our daily meals and we will be on the path to a healthy body, and you know what, a better looking body also. Have fun shopping and eating out as you can do it and still be healthy.
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