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Food Changes Everything
Cassie Spreitzer is a Certified Holistic Health Counselor from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in Manhattan and American Association of Drugless Practitioners. She is an NYU grad, former first grade teacher in Harlem, passionate health and nutritional wise-guy, eating disorder survivor, food enthusiast, yogi extraordinaire, expert laugher, and poet. Visit her website at www.cassiecanfly.com for more info and to schedule a free nutrition evaluation and health history.
Is This Healthy?
With so many food misconceptions in this country, it's no wonder people don't know what to eat. Here are some tips that clear up what "Healthy" and "Healthy Food" really is.
Rules to Live By:
Organize your meals around what vegetable or fruit you want to eat in the meal.
Don't eat any snack foods. Eat meals.
Respond to your body's cravings right away. Food is not an intellectual thing. It's a biological thing. Your body is sending you a message. If it wants something sweet, have it right then. Otherwise it will find a way to get it later, and by then, your body will be in emergency mode and you will be more likely to "get out of control" and overeat.
Don't skimp during a celebration, or deprive yourself at a party for goodness sake! It's a party! Have a cookie or cake or hors d'oeuvre at the party with friends while you're having a lot of fun. Enjoy life! Enjoy the company around you! Relish the treat. Eat it slowly ans savor it. Don't deprive. Your body and so-called will-power ends up feeling cheated and exhausted after a while and you'll end up getting those calories somehow later. Plus, by then you'll be alone and feeling cranky instead of reminiscing about a wonderful party, fast asleep in bed, nourished in body and spirit!
Eat a larger breakfast. Eat more at lunch. Most people feel they eat too much at dinner or after dinner because they are not eating enough during the day. Get off the roller-coaster by eating what you would consider dinner at lunch. Have a high fiber breakfast and a protein source. Examples: egg and whole grain toast with avocado and cilantro. Steel cut oats and dried cranberries, fresh bananas, berries and cinnamon.
Don't eat No-Carb. Think No-Simple-Carb. Your body still needs carbohydrates to function (they fuel our blood sugar, which keeps us alive in body and mind!) but please expand your grain horizons! Try whole grains like steel cut oats, barley, millet, quinoa, buckwheat. Or non-grain carbs, as found in beans, lentils, legumes, and vegetables.
If a food has a label with more than 5 ingredients, it is probably not the healthiest food.
The darker the vegetable the more nutrients it has. The brighter the fruit, the more vitamins it has.
Avoid juice, soda, smoothies, sugary drinks or diet drinks of all kinds. Drink water. Dilute any juice or have it fresh squeezed only occasionally.
Say no to artificial sweeteners and artificial fats of all kinds! Even Splenda. Even margarine. Even Smart Balance. These "foods" are filled with synthetic ingredients, which the body can not digest naturally and can end up wreaking havoc on your digestion, blood sugar, or end up being stored as fat.
Only eat foods that have been around for centuries and have been nourishing populations for many many years. If it's something "new and improved" the company's motivation is profit -driven, not health-driven.
Any food advertised on a TV commercial is most likely not healthy. I'll let you know if I see anything.
Trust your body. It is your friend. It wants balance. It wants nourishment.
Rules to Live By:
Organize your meals around what vegetable or fruit you want to eat in the meal.
Don't eat any snack foods. Eat meals.
Respond to your body's cravings right away. Food is not an intellectual thing. It's a biological thing. Your body is sending you a message. If it wants something sweet, have it right then. Otherwise it will find a way to get it later, and by then, your body will be in emergency mode and you will be more likely to "get out of control" and overeat.
Don't skimp during a celebration, or deprive yourself at a party for goodness sake! It's a party! Have a cookie or cake or hors d'oeuvre at the party with friends while you're having a lot of fun. Enjoy life! Enjoy the company around you! Relish the treat. Eat it slowly ans savor it. Don't deprive. Your body and so-called will-power ends up feeling cheated and exhausted after a while and you'll end up getting those calories somehow later. Plus, by then you'll be alone and feeling cranky instead of reminiscing about a wonderful party, fast asleep in bed, nourished in body and spirit!
Eat a larger breakfast. Eat more at lunch. Most people feel they eat too much at dinner or after dinner because they are not eating enough during the day. Get off the roller-coaster by eating what you would consider dinner at lunch. Have a high fiber breakfast and a protein source. Examples: egg and whole grain toast with avocado and cilantro. Steel cut oats and dried cranberries, fresh bananas, berries and cinnamon.
Don't eat No-Carb. Think No-Simple-Carb. Your body still needs carbohydrates to function (they fuel our blood sugar, which keeps us alive in body and mind!) but please expand your grain horizons! Try whole grains like steel cut oats, barley, millet, quinoa, buckwheat. Or non-grain carbs, as found in beans, lentils, legumes, and vegetables.
If a food has a label with more than 5 ingredients, it is probably not the healthiest food.
The darker the vegetable the more nutrients it has. The brighter the fruit, the more vitamins it has.
Avoid juice, soda, smoothies, sugary drinks or diet drinks of all kinds. Drink water. Dilute any juice or have it fresh squeezed only occasionally.
Say no to artificial sweeteners and artificial fats of all kinds! Even Splenda. Even margarine. Even Smart Balance. These "foods" are filled with synthetic ingredients, which the body can not digest naturally and can end up wreaking havoc on your digestion, blood sugar, or end up being stored as fat.
Only eat foods that have been around for centuries and have been nourishing populations for many many years. If it's something "new and improved" the company's motivation is profit -driven, not health-driven.
Any food advertised on a TV commercial is most likely not healthy. I'll let you know if I see anything.
Trust your body. It is your friend. It wants balance. It wants nourishment.
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