Saturday, December 10, 2011

6 Essentials for a Healthy Diet



health of the Sunday paper is something you usually skip such cases tend to be based on the latest fads than anything scientific. Last week, however, I happened to flick through it and was struck by two stories of the diet that gave completely conflicting advice. I can understand why some people are confused about what you should eat when magazines and newspapers are churning out a new diet every week.

With this in mind I thought I would offer you a few basic principles that if you are right that you are eating a healthy diet for almost anyone to definition.

1 Do not eat anything that contains any ingredient you can not pronounce and have never heard of.
Read the label anything that comes in the package, and if it contains anything that can not be purchased separately, then do not buy. For example, when was the last time you saw flavor enhancers or hydrolyzed corn protein on the shelves at the supermarket? All that contain E numbers or preservatives, and try to keep away from.

2 Keep up the minimum food diet that comes from the package.
If you follow this rule does not have to worry about rule number jedan.Samo things that are not sold in packages as fruits, vegetables, nuts, meat, fish and chicken.

3 Choose foods as close to its natural state
For example, corn is a healthy, less corn flakes and corn chips definitely ne.Više process food goes through before becoming a final product is worse for you. Rice cakes are on a diet, but my favorite of the process used to turn rice into rice cake makes them nutritionally empty food.

4 Avoid sugar and artificial sweetners
Too often, low-fat foods contain high levels of sugar. All of the jam, muesli, breakfast cereals, cereal bars, sauces, yogurt, fruit juices, smoothies and dried fruit may have sugar added to it. Sugar comes in many different forms,. Sucrose, glucose, fructose, sugar and high fructose corn syrup, to name a few

Manufacturers have responded to the demand for low sugar alternatives and are now making low-fat and low sugar versions, but the amount of artificial ingredients needed to make the product still taste like the original makes them less food and višeeksperiment chemical laboratory. Avoid them choose something more natural.

5 Reduce bread, rice, cereals, pasta and potatoes.
Some diets are recommended to avoid this entirely by others preporučiti.Problem with foods that are calorie dense and nutritionally scarce.

, but they can be part of a healthy diet if used sparingly and select the options that are closer to their natural state. Stay away from white bread, and most commercial breakfast cereals because they are almost always full of sugar, little fiber, and highly processed. Homemade muesli or pumpernickel bread or sourdough with seeds is a far better choice

6 Do not count calories
Your body does not and why you should. If you follow the above principles you will not need to count calories, your body will tell you when you've had enough. Count how many times in your life you've had that stuffed, bloated feeling after eating pizza or pasta or fish and chips. Now count how many times it happened after a bowl of salad or vegetables. You know that feeling you get sugar overload after too much chocolate, sweets or soft drinks? How many times have you had to get after eating fruit? If the amount you eat the right thing will look after themselves.

If you follow these six principles, you can not go too far wrong. Let me go through how a typical day might look like.

Breakfast
Scrambled eggs followed by a piece of fruit or
Muesli - home made ​​from oats, seeds and nuts

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Lunch
Chicken salad - lettuce, tomato, avocado, egg, cucumber, green pepper with olive oil and lemon dressing or
Chickpea salad with feta, cherry tomatoes, red onion, rocket with balsamic vinegar and olive oil dressing.

Dinner
Stir fry - a mixture of mushrooms, broccoli, bell peppers, chili, eggplant and meat of your choice served with oyster sauce or
Salmon served with asparagus, chili, avocado, spring onion, parsley, sun dried tomatoes, lemon juice and olive oil salsa.

Snacks
Fruits, nuts and seeds.

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