| ay you diet can do wonders for your body-image | | | | "mindlessly munching on pretzels" habit. You have to |
| and health in the long run or it can forever ruin your | | | | admit it, it's a lot easier to reach out for a bag of |
| hopes for looking gorgeous and feeling great. | | | | whatever junk food is available than to plan a |
| Everybody is into dieting today, regardless of | | | | balanced meal. |
| whether they're doing it knowingly or not. We all | | | | It also means that if you plan to replace potato chips |
| believe that we should eat more broccoli and a lot | | | | with a fruit snack, you won't feel good about it and it |
| more raw fruits and vegetables and less fat and so | | | | won't make you feel full. An apple followed by, say, |
| on. | | | | some plain yogurt, will do more to keep you filled |
| And for the most part of our lives we do try to stay | | | | than two apples. Have a bit of everything at every |
| on the right side of healthy, but it's not always easy. | | | | meal! |
| Add to that the fact that there are so many | | | | Another thing we hear all the time is that raw food is |
| conflicting stories on what's hot and what's not when | | | | better - as in healthier - than cooked food. It follows |
| it comes to healthy foods and you can easily find | | | | that you have to eat as much raw food as possible. |
| yourself in a dieters' hell. | | | | But you are not told that eggplants and beans |
| So what can you do to be sure your diet is both | | | | sometimes harbor toxic compounds that can wreak |
| helping you to lose weight and stay healthy in the | | | | havoc on your digestive tract if you eat them raw. |
| long run? | | | | Many starch containing plants cannot be eaten raw |
| The most important thing when it comes to diets is | | | | because our bodies do not process that particular |
| to use common sense. Common sense wouldn't let | | | | type of starch unless transformed by high |
| you starve to death with plenty of food around you | | | | temperature processing - cooking, that is. |
| and it would most likely make you feel you've had | | | | Other veggies, like carrots, contain fragile nutrients |
| too much when you give way to your eating | | | | that can be destroyed in a frying pan. But cooked |
| cravings! So yes, common sense is your best ally | | | | carrots still contain tons of great nutrients and |
| when it comes to healthy diet choices. | | | | vitamins. And no, there is no evidence that sushi is |
| The next very important thing is to understand that | | | | any better for you than grilled salmon. What to do |
| your body needs proteins, fats, sugars, fibers, | | | | then? Eat a mixture of raw and cooked fruits and |
| vitamins and minerals at all meals if it is to feel | | | | veggies, and use common sense. If it's normally |
| satisfied with what you've been eating. Ideally, every | | | | eaten raw, go for it. If it's usually cooked into a |
| time you eat, your plate should have some protein, a | | | | culinary delight, don't eat it raw. |
| little fat and a little fibrous mass to ensure that you | | | | Diet choices should be made according to your own |
| feel full and satisfied. | | | | body's needs and way of life. It is really of no use to |
| This takes some planning and for some of us planning | | | | starve yourself or eat disgusting foods just because |
| can be hard because we are so much into the | | | | others said it's healthy. |