Question by Serendipity: healthy eating?
I am trying to find out exactly what is considered healthy eating. Here is what I think I know-chicken,turkey arethe only meats that are good for you? Mozzerella cheese,cottage or cream cheeses-only cheeses good for you? Salsa is ok,100 calorie snacks are ok. All the fruits and veggies you can eat. Peanut butter is ok. I am not sure about how to find a good salad dressing,or mayonaisse.Is diet soda ok? What about how to buy a low fat juice?As you can tell, I am learning and trying to figure out what I can change about my diet to get healthier. I dont care for yogurt but what about sugarfree jello pudding cups? Any ice cream bars what about skinny cow? What about rice, noodles,bread-if i eat these what do i look for?? Sorry so long lots of questions. I walk everyday and i am trying to get on the right path thanks!
I have always had aa horrible time drinking water, I can handle flovered water-what do i look for?
what about breakfast? waffles? eggs?
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Answer by Chiricana
Good for you for getting healthy!!
An excellent website that I get lots of good info is
www.realage.com
I get tips on how to eat healthier and what foods give what benefits.
Cottage cheese is REALLY good for you. For salad dressing, a good lowfat balsamic vinegrette is my favorite. I eat baby spinich for my salad and make some chicken to stick in it (and throw in some cottage cheese, it actually tastes really good) Spinich is the BEST for salads because it is so high in iron and lots of good stuff.
Diet soda I wouldn’t recommened, but if you HAVE to have soda, go for diet. It has less calories, but more sugar. Those processed sugars make you more hungry, so then you end up eating those calories you didn’t drink in your soda. With juice you should get 100%, with no fructose syrup.
The reason that yogurt is so good for you is because it actually has live cultures (its the only food that is actually alive when you eat it) which helps break down enezymes.
With rice, noodles and bread, get 100% whole wheat. Brown rice is best.
I know you aren’t into drinking water, but that really is the best. What I’ve found REALLY helpful is this camel water bottle that I got from REI http://www.wingsandwheels.com/images/Camelback%20better%20bottle2.gif
It’s kinda like a bottle for grownups… Haha, so I’m pretty much drinking it all day without thinking about it (except for the 20 trips each day to pee)
Lastly (and my favorite) is you eat VERY well for the whole week, it is OK (I actually recommend it) to eat whatever you want once a week, that’ll prevent you from completely falling off the wagon.
Hope this helped.
www.realage.com really is the best website for health.
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Carol M says:
March 1, 2014 at 3:48 am (UTC 0)
The simplest way to get started is to take a look at a couple of food pyramids; my favorites are Mayo Clinic’s Healthy Weight Pyramid and the Mediterranean Diet pyramid. You can see both at http://mayoclinic.com/health/healthy-diet/NU00190
You should have at least five servings a day of fruits and vegetables. Try to eat whole grain foods such as 100% whole wheat bread, high-fiber cereals etc. Rice and noodles are OK if eaten in small quantities.
Educate yourself about portion sizes for different foods. I’ve written an article that may help; see it at http://www.myinfobooklet.com/articles/article/5626452/97075.htm
Look for salad dressings that are made with olive or canola oil; you can make your own if you’d like.
For protein, go for lean sources such as nuts, beans (not green beans, but things like pinto beans), egg whites and lean meats such as white meat chicken and turkey, fish, and lean cuts of beef and pork (if the cut of meat has the word “loin” in it, it’s lean, e.g., sirloin, tenderloin, etc.).
There are no foods you have to avoid entirely. Try to eat nutritious, low-fat foods 80% of the time and let yourself have “treats” the other 20% of the time, in moderation of course.
Limit sodas of all kinds, even diet sodas. They can erode the enamel on your teeth, cause you to lose bone density if drunk to excess, and carbonated beverages have been linked to increased risk of cancer of the esophagus.
Fruit juices are always low fat, but don’t drink more than a 6 oz. serving. It’s better to just eat the fruit; with the juice you’re getting a lot of sugar and calories, but no fiber.
This should get you started. If you have questions, please feel free to e-mail me.