For a healthy diet you need to get all of your nutrients. The nutrients you need to eat are grains, fruits and vegetables, proteins, dairy proteins, and healthy fats. You need to eat fiber rich foods such as whole grains, vegetables and fruits. You also need to balance out your healthy, nutrient rich foods with moderate amounts of sweets and fats.
There are a number of basic steps to help eat healthily. It takes 20 minutes until you feel full so if you slow down while you eat you will become full faster. If you eat when you’re hungry and stop when you’re full you won’t overeat. You should also cut the skin and fat off of your meat and avoid getting too much sugar. To vary your meals you can stir-fry, grill, microwave or bake your meal instead of deep-frying. You can also use different herbs and spices instead of more fattening toppings such as butter, margarine and gravy.
All of your meals should contain fibrous foods, proteins, carbohydrates, and lots of water and fluids. To get proteins there are a variety of foods you can eat such as lean meats, eggs, low fat milk, cheese, yogurt, soybeans (and regular beans) and nuts. For your carbohydrates you should eat a lot of wheat and grains like rice and potatoes. Some people don’t like all fruits and vegetables, but you can choose which fruits and vegetables you eat by which tastes the best. By eating vegetables you are getting the fibrous foods you need. Besides being aware of the foods you should eat you should also beware of the foods you should stay away from. You should stay away from the foods with trans and saturated fats, and foods with preservatives. Did you know that a donut has about 5 grams of trans fat and at least 5 grams of saturated fat too? For the top 10 foods beware of visit the awesome website below.
http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/ohe/library/fitness/10foods.htm
Resources:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1934432/tips_for_balanced_diet_healthy_food.html
http://www.youngwomenshealth.org/healthyeating.html
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This is really good, you might need to proofread the first paragraph though. x]
ReplyDeleteYou say to avoid saturated fats (I agree) and yet in an earlier section you recommend meat fat as a healthy source of fat. Meat contains saturated fat. Hum... which is right?
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