We all know that saturated fats are unhealthy and cause heart disease, right? And omega-3's like flax oil and fish oils protect us from heart disease, right?
WRONG!
Omega-3 fatty acids cannot protect you against heart disease if your diet contains absolutely no saturated fats. In fact, without some healthy saturated fats, like organic coconut oil and raw organic butter, the so-called heart-healthy omega-3's will actually contribute to heart disease. Your body needs healthy saturated fats in order to process and metabolize the omega-3 fats so that they do promote health.
So, along with your flax seed oil or your fish oil capsules, use a little raw organic butter on your vegetables or lightly saute in organic coconut oil. Use extra virgin olive oil on your salad and you will have a good balance of healthy fats in your diet.
Wednesday, November 10, 2004
Wednesday, September 01, 2004
Your Eating Habits: The Key To Your Success At Healthy Eating
Developing healthy eating habits is simpler and easier than you might think. You will look and feel better if you make a habit of eating healthfully. You will have more energy and think more clearly. Your immune system will be stronger so you will not get sick as often. Healthy eating habits are your ticket to a healthier body and mind.
I guarantee that you will develop healthy eating habits that last a lifetime and that you will enjoy eating healthy food if you just follow this program. The only way you can fail is if you fail to follow the program. Make a commitment to yourself now. Follow these steps and you WILL develop healthy eating habits that last a lifetime.
Step 1.
Set up YOUR PERSONAL FOOD PLANNER.
Get an 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of paper. Write across the top MY PERSONAL FOOD PLANNER. Then make 2 columns. At the top of the column on the left, write FOODS I LIKE TO EAT THAT I SHOULD AVOID. At the top of the column on the right, write HEALTHY FOODS I CAN SUBSTITUTE.
Step 2.
Choose 1 food that you like to eat that you know is unhealthy for you AND you are ready and willing to find a healthy substitute for. Write it down in the FOODS I LIKE TO EAT THAT I SHOULD AVOID column.
Start with the foods that will be the easiest for you to eliminate. This will make it a lot easier for you. As you progress, you will find that foods that you are not ready eliminate now will be easier to eliminate later as you are being successful in the program.
Step 3.
In the HEALTHY FOODS I CAN SUBSTITUTE column, write down as many healthy foods that you can think of that you know you like or would like to try that you think would work as a substitute for the food you are trying to eliminate. When you are working on beverages, don't forget to add water as a healthy substitute.
Every time you want to eat the food you wrote down in the FOODS I LIKE TO EAT THAT I SHOULD AVOID column, go to your list and choose one of the foods that you wrote in the HEALTHY FOODS I CAN SUBSTITUTE column.
Step 4.
Every day or every other day, add another food to the FOODS I LIKE TO EAT THAT I SHOULD AVOID column and enter as many healthy substitutes as you can think of in the HEALTHY FOODS I CAN SUBSTITUTE column.
Step 5.
KEEP THIS LIST WITH YOU AT ALL TIMES. Before you choose anything to eat, consult your list to make sure you are making a healthy choice.
Step 6.
Keep adding to this list until you have eliminated all the unhealthy foods you like to eat and eating healthfully has become so automatic that you don't have to think about it anymore.
Step 7.
Always keep a selection of healthy foods and snacks that you like to eat handy, so that when you just have to have something to eat NOW, you can make a healthy choice.
Make the transition to healthy eating habits gradually at a pace you are comfortable with. Remember, this is not a diet. This is not a program that you will abandon after a few weeks or months. You are developing eating habits that you want to last your entire lifetime. Make this a positive experience for yourself.
Make progress every day. Keep a positive attitude. Give yourself a pat on the back for each step you make in the direction of developing lifetime healthy eating habits. Make this your healthy eating adventure, exploring lots of new and different foods. And most importantly, have fun!
If you blow it, don't give up. Take a deep breath. Remember that you're human. It's not the end of the world. Go back to your PERSONAL FOOD PLANNER and start all over again. Developing healthy eating habits should not be a stressful experience. Have fun tasting lots of new and different healthy foods. Make this a pleasant journey.
This information was taken from HEALTHY EATING: For Extremely Busy People Who Don't Have Time For It by Dr. Christine H. Farlow, D.C. This is a positive, upbeat book that can help you stay on track. It is a quick reference guide to what's healthy to eat and what's not. It has recipes and sample meals that can be prepared in 30 minutes or less. It's brief and to the point, so you can find what you're looking for quickly.
Now's the time to get started on the road to a healthier you. You can do it!
I guarantee that you will develop healthy eating habits that last a lifetime and that you will enjoy eating healthy food if you just follow this program. The only way you can fail is if you fail to follow the program. Make a commitment to yourself now. Follow these steps and you WILL develop healthy eating habits that last a lifetime.
Step 1.
Set up YOUR PERSONAL FOOD PLANNER.
Get an 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of paper. Write across the top MY PERSONAL FOOD PLANNER. Then make 2 columns. At the top of the column on the left, write FOODS I LIKE TO EAT THAT I SHOULD AVOID. At the top of the column on the right, write HEALTHY FOODS I CAN SUBSTITUTE.
Step 2.
Choose 1 food that you like to eat that you know is unhealthy for you AND you are ready and willing to find a healthy substitute for. Write it down in the FOODS I LIKE TO EAT THAT I SHOULD AVOID column.
Start with the foods that will be the easiest for you to eliminate. This will make it a lot easier for you. As you progress, you will find that foods that you are not ready eliminate now will be easier to eliminate later as you are being successful in the program.
Step 3.
In the HEALTHY FOODS I CAN SUBSTITUTE column, write down as many healthy foods that you can think of that you know you like or would like to try that you think would work as a substitute for the food you are trying to eliminate. When you are working on beverages, don't forget to add water as a healthy substitute.
Every time you want to eat the food you wrote down in the FOODS I LIKE TO EAT THAT I SHOULD AVOID column, go to your list and choose one of the foods that you wrote in the HEALTHY FOODS I CAN SUBSTITUTE column.
Step 4.
Every day or every other day, add another food to the FOODS I LIKE TO EAT THAT I SHOULD AVOID column and enter as many healthy substitutes as you can think of in the HEALTHY FOODS I CAN SUBSTITUTE column.
Step 5.
KEEP THIS LIST WITH YOU AT ALL TIMES. Before you choose anything to eat, consult your list to make sure you are making a healthy choice.
Step 6.
Keep adding to this list until you have eliminated all the unhealthy foods you like to eat and eating healthfully has become so automatic that you don't have to think about it anymore.
Step 7.
Always keep a selection of healthy foods and snacks that you like to eat handy, so that when you just have to have something to eat NOW, you can make a healthy choice.
Make the transition to healthy eating habits gradually at a pace you are comfortable with. Remember, this is not a diet. This is not a program that you will abandon after a few weeks or months. You are developing eating habits that you want to last your entire lifetime. Make this a positive experience for yourself.
Make progress every day. Keep a positive attitude. Give yourself a pat on the back for each step you make in the direction of developing lifetime healthy eating habits. Make this your healthy eating adventure, exploring lots of new and different foods. And most importantly, have fun!
If you blow it, don't give up. Take a deep breath. Remember that you're human. It's not the end of the world. Go back to your PERSONAL FOOD PLANNER and start all over again. Developing healthy eating habits should not be a stressful experience. Have fun tasting lots of new and different healthy foods. Make this a pleasant journey.
This information was taken from HEALTHY EATING: For Extremely Busy People Who Don't Have Time For It by Dr. Christine H. Farlow, D.C. This is a positive, upbeat book that can help you stay on track. It is a quick reference guide to what's healthy to eat and what's not. It has recipes and sample meals that can be prepared in 30 minutes or less. It's brief and to the point, so you can find what you're looking for quickly.
Now's the time to get started on the road to a healthier you. You can do it!
Healthy Eating: The Quick and Easy Way!
Nobody has time these days to be spending a lot of time in the kitchen preparing elaborate healthy meals from scratch. We live in a fast paced society where everybody’s in a hurry. And food manufacturers have taken advantage of this. With everything from instant breakfast beverages to microwave meals, high tech convenience foods, fast food and over-processed just about everything you find in a package or can, it’s no wonder that our society is confused about what healthy food really is. The food manufacturers have masterfully fooled the masses into believing that their high tech, convenient, sugar-free, fat-free, food-free concoctions of chemicals are healthy substitutes for real, whole food. Even the products that start out with real food are so over-processed and full of chemical additives that there is little nutritional value to them.
So, how do you eat healthfully and conveniently in this fast-paced world we live in? Most people don’t have the time or don’t choose to take the time to prepare elaborate whole food meals from scratch. But preparing healthy meals doesn’t have to be a lengthy, time consuming process.
First, let’s look at why it’s important to eat healthy food. Your body is a unique, complex fine-tuned machine. And like any machine, it needs the proper care and maintenance to function optimally. If you put water or soda in the gas tank of your car, your car wouldn’t run. Your body needs the same kind of attention you give your car. It needs the proper fuel to run efficiently.
If you don’t take care of your car and it breaks down beyond repair, you can always buy a new car. But if you don’t take care of your body and it breaks down and gets sick or diseased, you can’t get a new body. So why take the risk!
To truly attain a state of real health, you have to feed your body the right kind of fuel. Here are the three keys to healthy eating:
1. Eat the right kinds of foods to
Eating healthfully doesn’t have to be a time consuming process.
Choose fresh whole fruits and vegetables, organic if possible. Select brown rice, millet or other whole grains instead of white rice. Eat flourless, sprouted grain or yeast-free whole grain sourdough breads instead of breads made from enriched or white flour. Buy dried beans or organic beans canned in water instead of canned beans prepared with animal fat, sweeteners and chemical additives. Purchase raw nuts and seeds instead of roasted or dry roasted. If you eat animal products, make sure they are from organically grass-fed animals that are hormone free and antibiotic free.
For your salad dressing, use extra virgin olive oil, raw unfiltered apple cider vinegar and Celtic Sea Salt® or your favorite herbs. Always avoid hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils. For snacks, have some fresh fruit, apple or banana slices with almond butter, celery or carrot sticks with nut butter or some organic raisins mixed with some raw nuts and seeds. For an occasional sweet treat, try almond butter or cashew butter on a half of a pitted date.
Remember, buy fresh whole foods. If you buy packaged food, read the label carefully. Make sure the ingredients are whole food ingredients and not chemical additives.
For more information on Healthy Eating, see HEALTHY EATING: For Extremely Busy People Who Don’t Have Time For It by Dr. Christine H. Farlow, D.C.
So, how do you eat healthfully and conveniently in this fast-paced world we live in? Most people don’t have the time or don’t choose to take the time to prepare elaborate whole food meals from scratch. But preparing healthy meals doesn’t have to be a lengthy, time consuming process.
First, let’s look at why it’s important to eat healthy food. Your body is a unique, complex fine-tuned machine. And like any machine, it needs the proper care and maintenance to function optimally. If you put water or soda in the gas tank of your car, your car wouldn’t run. Your body needs the same kind of attention you give your car. It needs the proper fuel to run efficiently.
If you don’t take care of your car and it breaks down beyond repair, you can always buy a new car. But if you don’t take care of your body and it breaks down and gets sick or diseased, you can’t get a new body. So why take the risk!
To truly attain a state of real health, you have to feed your body the right kind of fuel. Here are the three keys to healthy eating:
1. Eat the right kinds of foods to
- supply your body with healthy proteins, carbohydrates and fats
- get the vitamins and minerals your body needs
- that have been sprayed with pesticides
- that contain food additives
- that have been highly processed
- that have been irradiated or have irradiated ingredients
- that have been genetically modified
Eating healthfully doesn’t have to be a time consuming process.
Choose fresh whole fruits and vegetables, organic if possible. Select brown rice, millet or other whole grains instead of white rice. Eat flourless, sprouted grain or yeast-free whole grain sourdough breads instead of breads made from enriched or white flour. Buy dried beans or organic beans canned in water instead of canned beans prepared with animal fat, sweeteners and chemical additives. Purchase raw nuts and seeds instead of roasted or dry roasted. If you eat animal products, make sure they are from organically grass-fed animals that are hormone free and antibiotic free.
For your salad dressing, use extra virgin olive oil, raw unfiltered apple cider vinegar and Celtic Sea Salt® or your favorite herbs. Always avoid hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils. For snacks, have some fresh fruit, apple or banana slices with almond butter, celery or carrot sticks with nut butter or some organic raisins mixed with some raw nuts and seeds. For an occasional sweet treat, try almond butter or cashew butter on a half of a pitted date.
Remember, buy fresh whole foods. If you buy packaged food, read the label carefully. Make sure the ingredients are whole food ingredients and not chemical additives.
For more information on Healthy Eating, see HEALTHY EATING: For Extremely Busy People Who Don’t Have Time For It by Dr. Christine H. Farlow, D.C.
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