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Article #217: The Foods You Eat Determine Your Health

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






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