| Somewhere caught up in your busy | | | | A diet rich in dark green, orange, red |
| lifestyle, between your Palm Pilot or | | | | and yellow choices are best. Your body |
| Blackberry, day planner, lap top, the | | | | likes variety which comes in all colors. |
| kids sports, piano lessons, traffic, and | | | | Variety gives your body a greater amount |
| household duties, being healthy got | | | | of nutrients. The most overlooked |
| deleted from your agenda. Instead of | | | | benefit of eating raw vegetables in your |
| planning and taking time to sit down to | | | | diet is the benefits of the enzyme |
| eat, you're on the go, driving through | | | | activity in raw vegetables. Eat at least |
| fast food franchises eating combo meals, | | | | 3 portions of raw vegetables a day. |
| forgetting to eat lean protein, fruits | | | | 5. Eat whole-grain products. Your best |
| and vegetables. Unfortunately, the quick | | | | sources are whole-grain breads, cereals, |
| and easy foods are loaded with | | | | rice and pasta. Stay away from enriched |
| carbohydrates, sodium, sugar and fats. | | | | and white flour products. Read the |
| Healthy eating will help you stay | | | | label. Processed foods are not |
| healthy. | | | | whole-grains. All the healthy nutrients |
| Here are a couple of tips for healthy | | | | have been stripped away from processed |
| eating so you don't ignore your healthy: | | | | foods. |
| 1. Don't skip breakfast. Eating in the | | | | 6. Cut the "bad" (saturated) fats and |
| morning will jump-start your metabolism, | | | | increase the "good" (unsaturated) fats. |
| giving you energy to get you through the | | | | The bad fats include coconut and palm |
| morning. Protein and carbohydrate in the | | | | oil, butter, full-fat dairy products and |
| morning is a great breakfast. Breakfast | | | | animal fat. Eat the good fats that |
| should be your largest meal for the day. | | | | include olive, canola and corn oils. |
| 2. Reduce your intake of caffeinated and | | | | Read the label. Anything fat which is |
| carbonated beverages. Caffeine is a | | | | solid at room temperature is best to |
| central nervous system stimulant and is | | | | avoid. |
| addictive. Caffeine will make you | | | | 7. Drink alcohol in moderation if at |
| hungry. Carbonation prevents your body | | | | all. Alcohol has wasted calories and if |
| from absorbing nutrients. Both caffeine | | | | consumed on a regular basis, adds |
| and carbonation will cause your body to | | | | unwanted pounds. Alcohol also increases |
| be in a more acidic state. The best pH | | | | your blood sugar levels which is |
| for your balance is more alkaline or | | | | unhealthy for your metabolism. |
| slightly over 7.0 which is half way | | | | Just try and make one change a week. Or |
| between total acidic and alkalinity. | | | | continue to work on one of these tips |
| 3. Drink at least eight 8-ounce glasses | | | | until it becomes a part of your healthy |
| of water per day. I personally drink | | | | lifestyle. Healthy eating takes some |
| distilled water and avoid tap water at | | | | planning. It's very difficult to eat |
| all costs. Filtered, purified, ionized | | | | healthy on the fly. Spend some time and |
| and reverse osmosis water is also good. | | | | plan your meals. It's well worth the |
| Think of water as cleansing the toxins | | | | rewards. You are what you eat. If you |
| out of your body. Water is water and | | | | are eating unhealthy, don't expect to |
| water is not ice tea, coffee, Crystal | | | | stay healthy for long. I believe it's |
| light. | | | | easier to stay healthy than to try to |
| 4. Eat your fruits and vegetables daily. | | | | get healthy once your sick. |