I think the first step towards eating a more healthy diet is to drastically reduce the amount of fast food, junk food and convienience food you consume. You will be doing your body and your bank account a big favor. I always tell people, when you open the fridge, if the shelves on the door are filled with bottles and jars, you are spending too much money and consuming to many hollow callories, fats, chemichals, preservitaves etc. Just start reading lables.
Try and avoid processed foods ie: stuff in packages, bottles, cans and jars. Buy fresh vegies, whole grains and try buying a bit less meat and dairy.
I am not a vegetarian but I am convienced that most of us consume far too much animinal products for realy good health.
You might try having one day a week when you do not have any animinal product. Realy, it isn't all that hard. There are many delectable pasta and grain dishes that are delicious and satisfying that do not contain animinal products.
Try moving to vinegretts on your salads instead of the cream dressings. Try to make your major fat source be olive oil instead of an animinal fat.
And heare's a BIG one - drink more water!!! I reciently read that over 70% of Americans suffer from dehydration. What are some of the symptoms? Fatigue, inabality to sleep, aching joints, brusing, tired eyes, bad complexion, brittle hair and nails. And I didn't say liquid, I said water. Yes it is hard because of course, the more water you drink, the more you have to pee and of course that is not always convient. But we need at least a half gallon of water a day. Check yourself and see how much water you acturally drink.
And as I said before, cut WAY back on those cans, jars, bottles and boxes. They cost too much, they have all those chemicales and other useless crapola in them and they usually don't save you all that much time.
Eat fresh! It's cheeper, tastes better and is far, far better for you.
End sermon!
Try and avoid processed foods ie: stuff in packages, bottles, cans and jars. Buy fresh vegies, whole grains and try buying a bit less meat and dairy.
I am not a vegetarian but I am convienced that most of us consume far too much animinal products for realy good health.
You might try having one day a week when you do not have any animinal product. Realy, it isn't all that hard. There are many delectable pasta and grain dishes that are delicious and satisfying that do not contain animinal products.
Try moving to vinegretts on your salads instead of the cream dressings. Try to make your major fat source be olive oil instead of an animinal fat.
And heare's a BIG one - drink more water!!! I reciently read that over 70% of Americans suffer from dehydration. What are some of the symptoms? Fatigue, inabality to sleep, aching joints, brusing, tired eyes, bad complexion, brittle hair and nails. And I didn't say liquid, I said water. Yes it is hard because of course, the more water you drink, the more you have to pee and of course that is not always convient. But we need at least a half gallon of water a day. Check yourself and see how much water you acturally drink.
And as I said before, cut WAY back on those cans, jars, bottles and boxes. They cost too much, they have all those chemicales and other useless crapola in them and they usually don't save you all that much time.
Eat fresh! It's cheeper, tastes better and is far, far better for you.
End sermon!