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Weight Management:
Is Moderation the Key or Is It the Choice of Foods that Matters Most?
If you truly wish to meet
or exceed your goals for weight management, then you are going to have to
develop an understanding of the balance between the foods that you choose to
consume – and the manners in which you prepare and consume them. All things
in moderation doesn't necessarily include the foods that we eat. In fact,
there are some foods that are just better avoided altogether.
Some facts about weight management and food choices:
Obesity and obesity-related diseases are at record high levels all across
the United States – and much of the rest of the world. We have shifted from
plant eaters to meat eaters, and we base our dietary programs on convenience
and time saving rather than nutritional value and health benefits. The fact
that billions of people now regularly consume foods that are prepared for
them, processed, preserved, bleached, microwavable and the like has caused
the following:
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The average American women
now weighs 162 pounds;
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Diabetes mellitus rates
have skyrocketed and continue to grow at well over one million new cases
each year in the US alone;
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The incredible mass demand
for animal meat has led to insane farming habits that load that meat with
steroids, pesticides, herbicides and many other toxic substances;
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The Unites States has
become the fattest nation on the planet – and the most sedentary;
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Almost every known disease
is preventable and/or reversible – and they are all caused primarily by the
foods that we eat;
Moderation or Food Choices?
Is it OK to ingest some
mercury as long as you moderate it? How about arsenic? Even though you may
live through it, it is not alright. It will never be what is healthy for you
in any amount, right? The same applies to trans fats, saturated fats, LDL
cholesterol, monosodium glutamate (MSG) and many other constituents of the
foods that humans eat by the boatloads (literally) every day.
Our bodies have not changed on a genetic level for many thousands of years.
Our diets have dramatically changed in the last 100 years. Human health is
failing specifically because of the foods that we eat. Moderation is
certainly not OK when it comes to certain
food sources.
To maximize your health and longevity, you simply need to follow a few
dietary tips including:
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Kick fast
food restaurants
out of your life for good;
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Start taking the time to
plan and prepare healthy meals at home;
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Throw your salt shakers
away – after you break them;
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Focus your
food intake
program on foods with no labels like vegetables,
fruits, beans and
whole-grain products;
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Flush and replenish your
body daily with fresh water;
It is best to stop trying to find ways to include all of these “convenient”
foods in your diet.
Illness and disease isn't really convenient at all. What
is good for the human body is the same as what has always been good for it:
the foods that nature provides for us, and water. Add in some daily
physical
activity and you have the perfect recipe for the avoidance of malady and
increased vitality. Your body will rapidly begin to look,
feel and think far
better.
Importance of organic food Choices
Begin today to be attentive to the foods that you put into your body – in
any amount. Everything that you eat has to be broken down and assimilated by
your systems. When you put unhealthy foods in, they must be dealt with – and
that causes your body to be burdened and to grow unhealthy over time.
Remember that you truly are what you eat.
Social
and familial influences on our eating habits
Dangers of developing unhealthy
relationships with food
Emotional & food-based triggers for
overeating
You must seek approval from your doctor
before starting any new diet.
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