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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Balance Your Diet's Nutrition Using These Tips

By Kristy Walker


Education is the key in understanding nutrition. You must know what you're doing in order to make the best decisions. The tips from this piece will help you become healthier than ever.

If you're almost full, don't eat anymore. This will stop your body from overeating, and let your body know it can begin the process of digesting. Eating until satisfied also helps you be the boss of your food, instead of the other way around.

Find healthy alternatives to frying your favorite foods. Fried foods are bad for you. This does not mean you have to eliminate all your favorite foods from your household. Just find new, healthier ways to cook them. Instead of frying try baking, braising, broiling, steaming, or poaching your meals instead.

Make healthy substitutions in your favorite recipes. If there are certain meals you love to eat, try modifying instead of eliminating them from your diet. Skim or 1 percent milk in place of whole, low-fat cheese and butter substitutes all can allow you to keep your favorite foods on the menu.


You will want to consider pesticides and their effect on your food. They are generally portrayed as detrimental. But if you talk with farmers, you may come to a more nuanced view. For instance, you may hear that some fungicides are necessary; that a healthy crop cannot be produced without them, and that none of the chemical is retained on the produce you buy.

When buying prepared foods, avoid those that have sugar, corn syrup or fructose listed among the first several ingredients. Try your best to look for alternatives that have a low sugar content. There are now many foods available, including mayonnaise, salad dressing and ketchup, that you can buy in sugar-free versions.

To get the proper nutrients, take a multi-vitamin. This helps you get vitamins and minerals that you may not get enough of in your food.

Trying out healthy new recipes is a great way to keep your nutrition quest fun and interesting. You can learn to make your own protein bars with just a few simple ingredients such as protein powder, milk, and natural peanut butter. You can also make something like oatmeal pancakes, much more nutritious than traditional pancakes.

If you are trying to have a healthy diet, be sure your family eats the same thing as you. Everyone should be eating as healthy as they can. If you make two meals, one for you and one for your family, you wil be more tempted to eat a bit of their meal which could be bad for your weight loss.

Part of getting good nutrition is eating your fruits and vegetables. You should be eating around 5 servings every day. Fruits and vegetables are loaded with fiber, vitamins and beneficial antioxidants. Eating like this will fill you up fast, and they are low in calories, so if you are watching your weight, they are also the perfect food.

Try to include more tomatoes in your meals. The biggest benefit from tomatoes is their high concentration of lycopene. Lycopene is a powerful antioxidant that plays a role in the prevention of cancer cell formation. Research has shown that tomatoes also have potential benefits in the prevention of heart disease and lowering high cholesterol.

Now that you know a little more about nutrition, you can see that it's not very difficult to stay properly nourished. There are many foods out there with great health benefits and many ways that you can stay as healthy as possible, just by simply making a few changes. Use these tips to help balance your nutrition.




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