Diet & Nutrition / Healthy Eating

BY: Erica Webb

Start slow and make changes to your eating habits over time. Try to make your diet healthy overnight isn’t realistic or

smart.

Changing everything at once some time usually leads to cheating or giving up on your new eating plans.

Make smell steps , like adding a good salad to your diet and some different colors fruits and vegetables to your diet once a day and switch from butter to olive oil when cooking.

Think of water as food groups in your diet:Water – Water helps flush our systems of

waste.

Help you make healthier food choices.

Healthy eating tip 4: Fill up on colorful fruits and vegetables :Fruits and vegetables are healthy diet.

They are low in calories and nutrient dense.

They are packed with vitamins, minerals , and fiber.

Try to eat a rainbow of fruits and vegetables every day with every meal – the brighter the better.

Recommended Daily Fat Intake:

Total calories per day : Saturated fat in grams: Total fat in

1,600 18 or less grams:

2,000 20 or less 53

2,200 24 or less 65

2,500 25 or less 73

2,800 31 or less 80

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A quick definition of healthy carbs and unhealthy carbs:

Healthy carbs: are (sometimes know as a good carbs) include whole gains, beans, fruits, and vegetables.

Healthy carbs: are digested slowly, helping you feel full longer and keeping blood sugar and insulin levels stable.

Unhealthy carbs: are bad carbs . Foods such as white flour , refined sugar , and white rice that have been stripped of all bran. Fiber, and nutrients.

Unhealthy carbs: digest quickly and cause spikes in blood sugar levels and energy.

Sugar & Salt :Sugar causes energy ups and downs and can

add to health and weigh problems.

Salt: if you eat to much salt can cause high blood pressure and lead to other health problems.

Salt: try to limit sodium intake to 1,500 to 2,300 mg per day.

Do healthy people have any question ?

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