Healthy Eating

2009-03-06T13:37:00.005-05:00

Healthy Eating is huge part of Healthy Lifestyle; we’ll talk about how making simple changes in our daily routine will affect our health. In everyday life we do things that affect good or bad way on our health, some things are so integrated to our lifestyle or become a habit that we don’t notice what we are eating and how healthy it is. For instance, we drink a lot of coffee and we put milk or cream in it. We can consider switching to non fat milk instead of the whole one, right? Or, most of us, grab a muffin or donut with the coffee. We can choose not to get the donut every day. The other thing is being more active by choosing to take a little walk instead of driving to a close place, going to gym, jogging etc.

The idea also is to make it work by making it fit into your lifestyle. It takes some consideration, you know your habits, and just slightly tweak it. You have to look at quality and quantity of the foods that you eat. Portion control is very important, and a lot of times our eyes are much bigger than our stomach.

Another important thing to understand is that Healthy Eating is not about depriving yourself of the foods you love. Rather, it’s about feeling great, having more energy, and keeping yourself as healthy as possible – all which can be achieved by learning some nutrition basics and incorporating them in a way that works for you.

Here are some healthy eating strategies:

Eat enough calories but not too many. Don't eat more food than your body uses. The average recommended daily allowance is 2,000 calories, but this depends on your age, sex, height, weight, and physical activity.

Eat a wide variety of foods. Healthy eating is an opportunity to expand your range of choices by trying foods—especially vegetables, whole grains, or fruits—that you don't normally eat.

Keep portions moderate, especially high-calorie foods. When at a restaurant, choose a starter instead of an entrée, split a dish with a friend, and don’t order supersized anything.

Eat plenty of fruits, vegetables, grains, and legumes—foods high in complex carbohydrates, fiber, vitamins, and minerals, low in fat, and free of cholesterol. Try to get fresh, local produce.

Drink more water. Our bodies are about 75% water. It is a vital part of a healthy diet. Water helps flush our systems, especially the kidneys and bladder, of waste products and toxins.

Limit sugary foods, salt, and refined-grain products. Sugar is added to a vast array of foods. In a year, just one daily 12-ounce can of soda (160 calories) can increase your weight by 16 pounds.

Be physically active. A healthy diet improves your energy and feelings of well-being while reducing your risk of many diseases. Adding regular physical activity and exercise will make any healthy eating plan work even better.

This video talks about time management in when eating healthy.

Time Managment fo Healthy Eating

The Right Lifestyle

2009-02-06T18:56:00.001-05:00

Have you ever wondered whether “having good living with a nice house, a dream job or a luxury car would be enough to consider that you live your life with the so called “right lifestyle”? Or why is it necessary for us to have the right lifestyle? What could that be consisted of, and how is having that going to, not only affect you, but also benefit you?

What is a right lifestyle? Some people use the words “healthy “or “good” when describing a positive conducted lifestyle. Some people think that a heart-healthy lifestyle is healthy eating. Studies show that a life-long commitment to exercise and not smoking are of great importance to consider also.

But how often do we think of having the right lifestyle? According to some medical experts, very often people just aren't attentive to how important a healthy lifestyle is until they have a medical emergency or serious health problem. And the choices the doctor asks you to make may also include actions such as: quitting smoking and becoming more physically active:

In an everyday routine, lifestyle changes focus on approaching life tasks in new ways: such as choosing the stairs instead of the elevator, turning off the TV in the evening and taking the dog for a walk, or cutting out all fried foods and sodas from your diet, and going to a gym.

Going back to the above asked questions “why is it necessary for us to have the right lifestyle?” and “how is having that going to benefit you?” we’ll single out some of the numerous benefits that you can expect when you make healthy choices the way to eat, exercise and live:

You lower your risk of heart attack and sudden cardiac death
You make it easier to control your blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and weight.
You improve your overall health.

Beyond the incentives to decrease the possibility of stroke, cancer, diabetes and heart attacks, there are other great reasons to live healthy and control your weight says Dr. Aventa. "Those benefits include increased stamina, energy, less fatigue, more productive sleep, better confidence and higher self-esteem."