Start Changing How You Eat!
There are many fad diets and eating plans on the market today that can pump all of us full of false information regarding what to eat and when to eat it. Healthy eating is very important to living a full life and there are many myths in the health community that could hinder your performance as you begin to eat healthier. These are just a few of these myths:
Below, you’ll find some myth busters on healthy eating:
1. Working out on an empty stomach. If you hear a rumbling noise in your stomach, that rumbling sound is trying to tell you something. It is trying to tell you that your body needs fuel. You wouldn't take a car on a racetrack and expect to drive your best speeds with limited amounts of gasoline. If you try to excercise without the right food in your body, you could harm yourself during exercise. Always eat a light snack before exercising - not heavy meals, but light snacks such as a piece of fruit or a granola bar. Carbohydrates are the fuel food! Fill your tank up before running those laps.
2. Relying on energy bars and drinks. Although they are great to have every now and then, these bars do provide certain nutritional benefits but they lack many nutritional benefits such as antioxidants that can only be found in certain fresh fruits and vegetables. These fruit and vegetable choices allow you to fight cancer and other diseases. Fruits and vegetables are your best bets, as they are loaded in vitamins, minerals, fluid, and fiber.
3. Skipping breakfast. Skipping breakfast is never a good idea, as breakfast starts the day. As soon as your body wakes up and gets out of bed, your metabolism kicks into gear and your body needs fuel as soon as possible. If you don't eat a proper breakfast, your body will be hungry throughout the day.
4. Low carbohydrate diets. Your body needs carbohydrates for your muscles and
the storing of energy. Eating just protein and excluding the carbohydrates from your diet is not a good idea because carbs are the fuel for making your body move. Protein is needed and is what builds your muscles, but you do not need to exclude carbs from your diet.
5. Eating what you want. Eating healthy and exercising doesn’t give you the "go-ahead" to eat anything you want. Everyone needs to eat in moderation and even if you run twenty miles a week and working out at the gym doesn't give you permission to eat fast food or fried chicken whenever you want. Splurging is fine in moderation but remember to balance the nutrients that your body needs that it can only get from fruits, vegetables and whole grains.
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Eating Healthy Includes Eating A High Fiber Diet!
Fiber is more than just a glass of some gritty powder you mix with a tall glass of water and drink daily. Fiber is a very powerful and necessary ingredient in everyone's daily diet. Fiber offers many benefits and most Americans are not paying attention to its importance.
Fiber fights diseases. Including the daily recommended amount of fiber in your diet daily can help fight disease. You can prevent colon cancer and heart disease. High fiber in your diet will help your body eliminate cholesterol by attaching itself to these molecules in the digestive system and preventing it from entering the bloodstream. Fiber is probably one of the easiest ways to prevent colon cancer and keep your intestinal system in check.
Foods high in fiber will always require you to chew longer and your body will take more time to digest them. This results in your body fighting the "hunger pains" and keeps your appetite satisfied longer. Keeping your appetite suppressed naturally can also help someone if they are trying to lose weight or fight off weight gain and/or obesity.
Most junk foods and foods that we bombard ourselves with on a daily basis usually don't contain adequate amounts of fiber. If you are eating out at restaurants or using prepackaged foods for daily meals, fiber isn't a big component in their ingredients. Finding foods rich in fiber is a must to maintaining a healthy diet.
The best way to incorporate high fiber food into your diet is to start by eating more grains. Dietary fiber is actually plant matter that our bodies cannot digest and thus helping our digestive system stay "clean and maintained." Whole grains such as cracked wheat, rolled oats, bulgur and quinoa are all great choices for high fiber foods.
Adults need more fiber in their diets than children but children that are older than two years of age should consume the recommended daily amount of fiber specified for their age group. Adult males should consume 28-30 grams of dietary fiber daily and the average American male consumes about 8 grams. Adult females should consume 23-25 grams of dietary fiber daily and the average American female consumes less than 10 grams a day. Appalling numbers for a society that has such a bountiful list of resources at their disposal to choose from.
When you start increasing the amount of fiber you include in your diet daily, you have to supplement that with an increase in water consumption too. More fiber equals more water. A basic rule that will help keep your fiber moving through your digestive system. More than eight, eight ounce glasses of water daily is a must.
When you overcook certain foods like vegetables and fruits for a prolonged period of time, you basically cook the "vitamins" and nutrients out of them. Steaming has always been the best way to prepare vegetables because it helps retain the nutrients that these foods possess. Fiber is different. You cannot cook fiber out of your food. The fiber which is a natural plant matter is part of the skin and flesh of the vegetables and fruits - overcooking might remove other nutrients but not fiber.
Just as overindulging and overeating other foods, fiber can be abused as well. You want to consume fiber in moderation. If a person consumes over 50 grams of fiber daily, the digestive system cannot handle the amount of fiber traveling through and you will end up with bloating and diarrhea. When diarrhea occurs, your body is pretty much shutting down the digestive system and blocking the fiber from entering your body but with it other vital nutrients and key minerals the body needs to stay healthy.
Reaching a goal of 25-30 grams of fiber in your diet daily is not something you should over think. Eating the right foods such as whole grains, vegetables and fruits and eating the correct quantities of these foods will automatically get your fiber intake to the level it needs to be. Eating the right foods always go hand in hand.
Don't shrug off the importance of fiber. You might think that ensuring the right amount of fiber is something for persons older than 65 but that is the farthest thing from the truth. Eating foods high in fiber can help with reducing stress, preventing heart disease and cancer and it will help maintain a healthy digestive tract which in turn helps you maintain a healthy body.
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Fiber fights diseases. Including the daily recommended amount of fiber in your diet daily can help fight disease. You can prevent colon cancer and heart disease. High fiber in your diet will help your body eliminate cholesterol by attaching itself to these molecules in the digestive system and preventing it from entering the bloodstream. Fiber is probably one of the easiest ways to prevent colon cancer and keep your intestinal system in check.
Foods high in fiber will always require you to chew longer and your body will take more time to digest them. This results in your body fighting the "hunger pains" and keeps your appetite satisfied longer. Keeping your appetite suppressed naturally can also help someone if they are trying to lose weight or fight off weight gain and/or obesity.
Most junk foods and foods that we bombard ourselves with on a daily basis usually don't contain adequate amounts of fiber. If you are eating out at restaurants or using prepackaged foods for daily meals, fiber isn't a big component in their ingredients. Finding foods rich in fiber is a must to maintaining a healthy diet.
The best way to incorporate high fiber food into your diet is to start by eating more grains. Dietary fiber is actually plant matter that our bodies cannot digest and thus helping our digestive system stay "clean and maintained." Whole grains such as cracked wheat, rolled oats, bulgur and quinoa are all great choices for high fiber foods.
Adults need more fiber in their diets than children but children that are older than two years of age should consume the recommended daily amount of fiber specified for their age group. Adult males should consume 28-30 grams of dietary fiber daily and the average American male consumes about 8 grams. Adult females should consume 23-25 grams of dietary fiber daily and the average American female consumes less than 10 grams a day. Appalling numbers for a society that has such a bountiful list of resources at their disposal to choose from.
When you start increasing the amount of fiber you include in your diet daily, you have to supplement that with an increase in water consumption too. More fiber equals more water. A basic rule that will help keep your fiber moving through your digestive system. More than eight, eight ounce glasses of water daily is a must.
When you overcook certain foods like vegetables and fruits for a prolonged period of time, you basically cook the "vitamins" and nutrients out of them. Steaming has always been the best way to prepare vegetables because it helps retain the nutrients that these foods possess. Fiber is different. You cannot cook fiber out of your food. The fiber which is a natural plant matter is part of the skin and flesh of the vegetables and fruits - overcooking might remove other nutrients but not fiber.
Just as overindulging and overeating other foods, fiber can be abused as well. You want to consume fiber in moderation. If a person consumes over 50 grams of fiber daily, the digestive system cannot handle the amount of fiber traveling through and you will end up with bloating and diarrhea. When diarrhea occurs, your body is pretty much shutting down the digestive system and blocking the fiber from entering your body but with it other vital nutrients and key minerals the body needs to stay healthy.
Reaching a goal of 25-30 grams of fiber in your diet daily is not something you should over think. Eating the right foods such as whole grains, vegetables and fruits and eating the correct quantities of these foods will automatically get your fiber intake to the level it needs to be. Eating the right foods always go hand in hand.
Don't shrug off the importance of fiber. You might think that ensuring the right amount of fiber is something for persons older than 65 but that is the farthest thing from the truth. Eating foods high in fiber can help with reducing stress, preventing heart disease and cancer and it will help maintain a healthy digestive tract which in turn helps you maintain a healthy body.
For More Information on Healthy Eating Click Here
How To Start Eating Healthy!
How to start eating healthier is not as hard as many might believe. Eating healthy requires a person to educate themselves and become knowledgeable about what constitutes healthy food. Knowing how to calculate grams of fat or how many "points" a food conaints is not the only way a person can be knowledgable in choosing healthy foods. Studying labels, knowing ingredients, understanding the benefits of the food and how it affects your body are all ways to educate yourself on eating healthier.
Healthy eating is all about moderation! Eating is not a sport. One must have a balanced diet including vegetables, fruits, whole grains, proteins, and fiber. Eating steak and potatoes for each meal everday is not moderation. Do not limit yourself to one specific type of food and by no means limit yourself to eating out at fast food restaraunts. Limiting yourself to eating only three or four small meals a day will help you find that moderation required to be a healthy eater.
Eating healthy requires a person to know how to balance what they eat and when they eat it. Consuming foods that are "bad" for you or indulging in that sweet dessert grandma just made are perfectly acceptable, but in moderation. A healthy eater must no when to say when and know that their body and mind has to be fed the right foods in order for them to stay strong and alert.
A healthy eater knows how to take care of themselves. Through education, experience and sound judgement, these eaters will develop the habits that matter and benefit the body. Healthy eaters learn the right foods to eat and when to eat them. They know how certain foods affect their bodies and they make decisions accordingly. Healthy eaters are responsible eaters.
When a person doesn't learn moderation, they can easily fall out of control and their bad eating habits will consume their lives. When these bad habits form, they usually don't just affect a person's eating but how much they spend, how much they talk, how they might overindulge by staying out too late and all of these habits can continue to worsen if moderation isn't met.
Healthy eating requires a lifestyle change. It is something you can do to enhance your physical health as well as your emotional health. If you want to change your life, if you want to lose weight, if you just want to appreciate the health we were given and not take it for granted, then choosing to eat healthy is the way to make all of this happen.
For More Information On Eating Healthier Click Here!
Healthy eating is all about moderation! Eating is not a sport. One must have a balanced diet including vegetables, fruits, whole grains, proteins, and fiber. Eating steak and potatoes for each meal everday is not moderation. Do not limit yourself to one specific type of food and by no means limit yourself to eating out at fast food restaraunts. Limiting yourself to eating only three or four small meals a day will help you find that moderation required to be a healthy eater.
Eating healthy requires a person to know how to balance what they eat and when they eat it. Consuming foods that are "bad" for you or indulging in that sweet dessert grandma just made are perfectly acceptable, but in moderation. A healthy eater must no when to say when and know that their body and mind has to be fed the right foods in order for them to stay strong and alert.
A healthy eater knows how to take care of themselves. Through education, experience and sound judgement, these eaters will develop the habits that matter and benefit the body. Healthy eaters learn the right foods to eat and when to eat them. They know how certain foods affect their bodies and they make decisions accordingly. Healthy eaters are responsible eaters.
When a person doesn't learn moderation, they can easily fall out of control and their bad eating habits will consume their lives. When these bad habits form, they usually don't just affect a person's eating but how much they spend, how much they talk, how they might overindulge by staying out too late and all of these habits can continue to worsen if moderation isn't met.
Healthy eating requires a lifestyle change. It is something you can do to enhance your physical health as well as your emotional health. If you want to change your life, if you want to lose weight, if you just want to appreciate the health we were given and not take it for granted, then choosing to eat healthy is the way to make all of this happen.
For More Information On Eating Healthier Click Here!
Friday, November 7, 2008
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