Here is a Nutrition Do and Don’t list to summarize this article:
DO choose butter over margarine. There are some butters which are easy to spread if that is your concern.
DO drink more vegetable juice than fruit juice. Also eat more vegetables than fruits. While fruits are healthy, vegetables generally contain the same vitamins, but contain less sugar. Even further, buy a juicer and juice your own fruits and veggies! That way you skip the pasteurization process and get the full amount of nutrients.
DO choose organic foods whenever possible.
DO eat meats that are high in protein, low in fat (because fat holds a lot of toxins from pesticides, antibiotics, and other chemicals that animals eat). Turkey or other poultry is always a good choice, chicken comes second to turkey though. Substitute beef or pork (if you can) with turkey anytime possible. There is turkey bacon, turkey burgers, etc. Fish is also good, but do the research on where it comes from. Is it wild or farmed? Does it contain heavy preservatives or any metals? This DO is of course for those who are not vegetarians.
DON’T eat white bread! It turns into just sugar once digested, and contains hardly any nutritional value! What’s the point of eating it?
DO choose whole wheat bread. Some breads may say on the label “Made with 60% whole wheat…” forget it! Get only 100% whole wheat products. Anything else is just a marketing scheme to make it look healthy, when the only true healthy bread is whole wheat. Even better if it is organic of course, because then you know the wheat had not been sprayed with pesticides.
DO drink plenty of water, approximately 6 glasses a day. Filtered water of course. This not only keeps you hydrated, but flushes toxins out of your body and keeps your appetite suppressed throughout the day.
DO choose to eat foods that have been around for centuries.
DON’T choose to eat something scientists brewed up recently, because they are only finding out about the long-term effects of those products in our generation.
An ideal breakfast: a bowl of puffed wheat cereal (0 grams of sugar per serving, also high in protein and fiber), with organic milk, sprinkle on a little brown sugar for taste, with a glass of fresh squeezed orange juice, vegetable juice, or organic milk, and perhaps a piece of buttered organic whole wheat bread with some peanut butter, and one piece of fruit.
References and Sources:
World Health Organization (2002) http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/release32/en/index.html
Chemicals in Food (1961 ) The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health 81: 62
SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/146642406108100204
Cancer chemical found in coffee. (2006, April). CCPA Monitor, 12(10), 8.
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