New Year, New Goals! Start where you are and proceed step by step. Follow these simple guidelines to help you on the way:
- Read the label before buying anything. If what you are buying contains more than 5 ingredients and includes a lot of unfamiliar, unpronounceable items, reconsider buying. Avoid packaged and processed foods – don’t buy anything in a box, bag or can.
- Eliminate partially hydrogenated oils and trans fats from your diet. These have no nutritional value and serve no purpose other than to harm your health. Keep in mind that certain products that actually contain trans fat can get away with listing 0 grams of trans fat on the label as long as the amount per serving is under 1 gram. Don’t be fooled!
- Avoid eating at fast food restaurants. If you really want to be in optimal shape and your best health in 2015, there is just no getting around the fact that you must learn to prepare food at home.
- Dump the sugar and high starchy foods( potatoes, rice, cookies, etc.) Sugar is the most inflammatory thing that we consume and most of us consume far too much. Recent studies showed sugar addiction to be a more powerful stimulator of dopamine reward pathways than cocaine!
- Use healthy low-glycemic fruits to satisfy sweet cravings. You can make some delicious desserts in a healthy way using fruit to satisfy a sweet craving.
6. Eat 4-5 servings of non-starchy vegetables daily. Best bets are cruciferous vegetables, like cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, and leafy greens.
7. “Eat all the junk food you want as long as you cook it yourself, ” If you have to peel, chop and deep fry potatoes every time you wanted French fries then you might not eat them very often. Eating “junk food” such as cakes, sweets, and fried foods only as often as you are willing to make them yourself will automatically reduce your consumption.
Be Healthy!