compromise your food selection for health
Posted Under: diets, food, health tips, healthy diet
Eating good nutritious foods is an important aspect of remaining healthy as is being satisfied and enjoying your food therefor compromise your food selection for health. One good way of doing that is by mixing foods that are tasty but not so healthy with those of opposite characteristics.
Thus my wife likes scrambled eggs cooked in butter. That combination is full of saturated fat as well as cholesterol. Olive oil and egg whites on the other hand are good for you – they are full of mono-unsaturated fats, protein and no cholesterol. So if you combine a little butter with olive oil the flavor of the butter comes through and the same is true if you use a mixture of eggs with egg white only.
Other food and health compromises:
- Reduce that portion size -you can still enjoy that favorite food while enjoying sharing it with a person you love or you can doggy bag it and eat it later.
- Slow down you are eating too fast – it takes twenty minutes for your brain to register that you are full. By eating slowly you will not over eat and your weight will go down. This eating slowly is a major part of the French paradox where the French eat foods full of cream, butter, cheese and yet remain at a decent weight and are healthy. The Europeans also traditionally have much smaller portion sizes. They also use smaller plates.
- Walk even a little each day.
- Force a smile if you do not feel happy – the smile will produce serotonin in your brain and make you happy.
- Do something each day to relax – if you cannot meditate for even five minutes you can at least reduce effects of stress by deep breathing.
- Instead of soda (sugared is bad, diet is even worse) drink water flavored with a slice of lemon, lime, or orange.
I’m sure you can come up with other compromises which will keep you healthy. Remember life is not an all or nothing affair and moderation will always help.
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