| Rushing to Eat | | | | The truth is that you really cant eat healthy at any |
| Peoples lives have become so busy and rushing | | | | fast food restaurant. They arent designed for those |
| around, that we no longer eat the way we should. In | | | | trying or needing to watch what they put in their |
| some places, there is a McDonalds on every major | | | | mouth. But you can make better decisions. Dont eat |
| corner, if not some other fast food restaurant. | | | | the bread if you can stand not too. Its along the lines |
| Watching TV, you see a commercial for some kind | | | | of the South Beach Diet but thats where lots of |
| of food place almost every time commercials are on, | | | | your weight gaining properties are. Dont get anything |
| urging you to eat there because its good and you | | | | fried, this includes French fries, onion rings, or even |
| can get it fast and cheap. With so many distractions | | | | fried chicken. Get a diet pop, tea, or water. Avoid |
| and obligations, families have these days, how do you | | | | the desert and the salad, both have sugar in them |
| eat healthy in a fast food world? Its not an easy | | | | and I dont just mean in the toppings. Watch Super |
| thing to do but is possible with planning and knowing | | | | Size Me for a real eye opener. The show is on |
| what to look for. This isnt to say fast food cant be | | | | McDonalds but you can bet that all fast food |
| consumed occasionally, but it should be less often | | | | restaurants are basically the same. Limit how often |
| than people are doing it now. Not to mention that our | | | | you eat fast food to once per week, if that fast. |
| food is so processed that it takes five minutes to | | | | Get a wrap at Subway instead of a toasted sub. |
| cook and has high carbohydrates among other things | | | | Less bread and just as filling with all the fixings you |
| that are not digested quickly. This is leading to | | | | want. When you get pizza, get vegetables on it so |
| obesity in the population. | | | | you arent just eating bread, sauce, cheese, and |
| The Truth About Whole Grain | | | | pepperoni. Remember just how bad fast food is for |
| Because food is so processed these days to make it | | | | you, your waistline, and your cholesterol. Even if you |
| faster to cook, as well as more convenient for the | | | | are fifteen, you should be thinking about how it will |
| way our lives have become, it is actually not as good | | | | affect you later in life. Starting early will make it |
| for you as it once was. Recently the food | | | | easier on your body as you age. |
| administration even changed the food pyramid to | | | | Eating at Home |
| coincide with how we eat these days and food is | | | | The best thing to do is find a way to cook meals |
| made. They are suggesting more whole grains than | | | | most nights of the week. This can take planning and |
| ever before, as well as vegetables. This may sound | | | | team work. Have at least one non-meat dish every |
| like what has been told to children for years, but | | | | week. It doesnt have to be fish or seafood either. |
| even whole grains are deceiving on packaging these | | | | Dont use fast cooking rich to go with your meals. |
| days. With all the new diets out there for low carb, | | | | Those are again loaded with carbohydrates, which |
| no carb, low fat, no fat, etc., foods are coming out | | | | take your body longer to break down and will make |
| that say whole grain but are just as processed as its | | | | you hungry sooner than you should be. Plan weekly |
| white counterpart. They are made with enriched | | | | meals so that you can cook casseroles and other |
| wheat. This process takes out all the nutrients and | | | | easy to reheat dishes early in the week for days |
| other things that take time to digest for a healthy | | | | you will not have time to cook. Utilize your crock-pot |
| life. Reading the ingredient is a good way to find the | | | | and get a recipe book for it. You can make just |
| real whole grain product. They are now more | | | | about anything in a crock pot these days and have a |
| expensive than the over processed product because | | | | good meal when you get home. Have salad a few |
| manufacturers could make the enriched version | | | | times a week with dinner, but watch how much |
| cheaper and faster. To eat healthy you have to read | | | | dressing you put on it. Have desert, but make it |
| the labels of everything you consume. | | | | Jell-O. Indulge once in a while to though and it wont |
| Healthy Choices at Fast Food Eateries | | | | feel like you are depriving yourself of anything. |