10 ways to eat and drink and still be healthy Merry
Dec 20, 2009
10 ways to eat and drink and still be healthy Merry Copyright 2005 Linda Slater Dowling Many Americans more than they requested, during the summer season. In fact, the average person gains five extra pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year. Indeed, the temptations of the holidays - from Uncle Bob "special" eggnog a grandmother of the famous potato gratin and rich pecan pie - it is hard to resist. The holidays are certainly a time to get here and there, but if "here and there" becomes "moing, noon and night," Your health and weight could be affected. But there is good news: You can create your cake and eat too much. Here are 10 tips on how a healthy diet trend right for the summer - without the left in the cold. 1. A healthy diet easily accessible. You can see through The Mall, looking for the perfect sweater for your sister, if you remember, you have not eaten in hours, and you're famished. The moment has become a fast-food hamburgers to tide you over. You can avoid many fast-food meal, with some healthy snacks with you (cut-up vegetables, nuts, seeds, etc.) and wait to eat until you get home. (If a lot of fast food, while at home, consider the cooking of their meals and some freezing. They are ideal for heat, while you're busy writing holiday cards - your parents and thank you!) 2 . Do not start a diet. "Diet" by itself is rarely a good idea at any time of the year, but try to be close to the holidays you can rely withdrawn. If you are overweight, focus on weight is not enough (as many Americans do) during this time of celebration. If you are a healthy weight, focus on maintaining your weight. If you are underweight, make sure that the stress and bustle of the busy season and not make you lose pounds. 3rd Concentrate on the "good" food. When it is a thanksgiving feast or other celebration, a good trick is to take on foods you know are good for you, and only the taste of others. Holiday food green beans, asparagus, Brussels sprouts, pumpkin and sweet potatoes - just to watch the heavy sauces or toppings Marshmallow. All vegetables and CREDIT? P. Natural meat (Turkey, beef, chicken and duck are all good options, but be careful that the sausage can be processed nitrites that cause cancer). Cubes of cheese and fruit appetizer. Cranberries (which are loaded with antioxidants that fight cancer and protect your heart, teeth, and diseases of the urinary tract. A caveat, some cranberry sauces contain much sugar.) Holiday food catering pumpkin, apple pie Pecan and all have some nutritional value, but they are loaded with sugar (and store-bought variety of dangerous trans fats). White bread and pasta. Mashed potatoes and stuffing (white are mainly of starch from potatoes, and the filling is mostly white). Cookies, candies and other sweets. 4th Limit or avoid alcohol. Alcoholic beverages with calories and can be less aware of your diet goal. 5th Keep moving. OK, this is not really to eat, but maintain some sort of exercise routine, it's the holiday - season, is one of the best gifts you can about your health. Want to maybe the beginning of a tradition, a long walk after dinner on Thanksgiving. Do not worry if you do not complete your normal routine - only to go as often as possible. 6. Be Choosey. Check out all the food before you begin, fill your plate. Then, choose only the foods you really want. They can be used to ensure that your campus cafeteria, but when it comes to your family at home, he cooks - may be more of a conscious decision not to eat. 7th Do not starve yourself. Make sure you eat all day as "to save all up for a meal. Wait until the great feast of Thanksgiving meal or a buffet dinner to eat is a way to end up feeling like a Surefire turkey stuffing. 8th Fresh is always better. When it comes to food choices, remember that the cardinal rules of healthy eating: fresh, whole foods are (almost) always better than processed. The same goes for the store bought food in the house. As the mother of gingerbread cookies can be a little 'but around the edges of irregular shape or arms and legs, do not contain preservatives, artificial flavors and colors that are sure to be found in commercial cookies. 9th If you stop eating, they are full. It seems obvious, but do not use the holiday as an excuse to eat, until you get to relax a few belt notches. Over dinner a toll on the body, and you have a hard time enjoying the rest of the day with the festival of stomach pain. Eat only until you feel full - if you are hungry later, you can always snack on the remains. 10th Enjoy. And 'the holiday, after all.
