The holidays and the gloomy weather of winter often add up to unwanted pounds. Spring offers a wider variety of fresh fruits and vegetables as well as more daylight hours. Time to reassess your diet to see if you are eating right for health and nutrition.
- More Vegetables and Fruits:Roam the produce aisle and try something new each week. Studies believe that what is wrong with the American diet is that they don't eat enough variety. Make preparing new vegetables and fruits your spring fling.
- Eat Colorful Foods: there are more healthy compounds in intensely colored red peppers, tomatoes, etc. than in iceberg lettuce.
- Eat Real Food: Health food companies have only begun to isolate the wonderful nutritional compounds already in our foods. Don't miss out - eat the real food rather than take a pill.
- Try a Week as a Vegetarian: This is not a fad diet, it is a lifestyle that you may find you enjoy.
- Shape up Your Snacks: Toss the candy and chips and have fruit for your sweet snack and carrots and celery for your crunchy snacks.
- Evening Rewards: Relax in the evening with an herbal tea instead of an alcoholic beverage or sweet dessert.
- Keep an Eating Diary: Wonder where the pounds came from? List everything you eat each day for a week. Be honest. You should be able to spot some of the troublemaking eating habits - too large of portions, too many high calorie snacks or desserts, etc.
- Broccoli Slaw: Look for this convenience product in your produce department or make it yourself by julienning broccoli stems. Add a half cup to a cup to spaghetti sauce, stir fry, casseroles, or make a slaw by mixing it with lowfat mayonnaise. Excellent source of fiber and vitamins without bitter flavor.
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