Stop making diet: forget everything you've read

"You might have to fight a battle more than once to win it." - Margaret Thatcher
"A swallow not a summer make."-Aristotle
"Fed Up!" Read the cover of Newsweek, who came to ask, "are there nothing left that you can eat?" Any area of health has been confusing and misunderstood that diet and nutrition, particularly in relation to the risk of heart disease and cholesterol levels. The message is everywhere. Good Morning America is presenting suggestions of weight loss on each day of this month. AOL tells subscribers via e-mail that it is "time to lose his spare tire." Magazines lining grocery aisles exhort you to "lose!" 10 pounds this month
According to U.S. News, Americans spend more than 33 million dollars a year in books of diet, food, software, gadgets and DVD hoping to lose weight. However, around two-thirds of the u.s. population continues to be overweight. Around 30 percent are obese, and half of them are diets. Is therefore converted into crystal clear diet doesn't work! The solution is simple: stop obsessed about in every bite you put in the mouth.
Most people think that eating properly means cutting all love and thus feel unsatisfied and disadvantaged. But the facts are eating healthily and weight reduction should not involve pain and sacrifice. In all likelihood, many of their favorite foods are healthy, and many of your favorite recipes can be easily modified to be healthy. Adequate food requires only a few simple adjustments.
You need to follow a rule and maintain a commitment. Rule: reduce fat by making simple substitutions. This reduces the levels of cholesterol, but also the amount of calories. Commitment: set aside his notions preconceived on food and become a reflexive dining. Being a dining le mans reflective thinking as clearly and objectively the food you eat; make more informed and comfortably; adjustments and substitutions experience and learn what works best for you; Introducing changes over time, rather than abruptly; And allowing slips. Being a reflexive dining also means becoming interested in learning of relevant information on nutrition and health.
Here are some suggestions for changes in your diet. These are designed as guidelines. You may want to adjust some or other changes in your own eating plan.
Seven substitutions:
l use milk nonfat or low in fat, cheese and yogurt without fat instead of entire mile and regular cheese, butter ice cream.
2. Eat more fish and chicken (with the skin removed) and complex carbohydrates such as pasta, rice and bread. Eat lean cuts average with fat trimmed and smaller portions (e.g., 4 ounces).
3. Use of egg whites or substitutes for egg yolks.
4 Prevent high cholesterol foods such as liver, kidneys, brain and Sweetbreads.
5 Trim meat processed sausage, mortadella, corned beef, pastrami, salami and hot dogs. Try chicken or Turkey breasts with mustard instead of butter and may.
6 Adopt healthier cooking methods: boil, sequence, Broil, roast, or bake instead of frying.
7. Select sauces and salad dressings made with olive oil and soy and avoid saturated oils. Taste of their meals with herbs and spices instead of butter and fatty sauces.
Finally, making assessments of food label a routine part of your purchase, you will become more informed and aware envelope food and of course more aware of the amount of fat you eat. Remember: bears eat compulsive guilt, compulsive rather than eating and ultimately defeat and resignation. Stay conscious, aware of options, to learn form their experiences and stay with your plan. As Gandhi once said, "we cannot we can at a time when undone a life habits."

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