Healthy Eating Tips
The Slow Food MovementWe are constantly being told we are too busy to cook, too busy to eat properly, and too busy for slow food, and therefore we need fast food. The slow food movement is a rapidly growing movement of people who reject such nonsense and believe food should be high quality, nutritious, grown ethically, eaten for enjoyment rather than speed, and tasty rather than bland. Here is a very short video on slow food, from the founder of the slow food movement, which will serve as a quick introduction. The...
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Butter or margarine – which is better?Margarine is often touted by medical “experts” as being better for us than butter because it has less saturated fat. But there are a few problems with this. Firstly, there is no proven link between saturated fat consumption and heart disease or strokes (1,2,3). Secondly, our bodies evolved to digest natural foods from animals and plants and not unnatural foods from factories. Thirdly, most margarines made today contain polyunsaturated fats, which are linked with a suppression of the immune system...
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Slow FoodSlow food is the way we should be going, because it is sane, sensible, ethical, and most of all can be sensationally tasty. Forget bland junk food. See the posting on the slow food movement here.
Here are some resources to get you started:
Slow Food Nation’s Come to the Table: The Slow Food Way of Living
Slow Food Nation: Why Our Food Should Be Good, Clean, And Fair
The Art of Simple Food: Notes, Lessons, and Recipes from a Delicious Revolution
The people of Okinawa live longer than anyone else on Earth, and the diet they eat has been called the rainbow diet or The Okinawa Program
Learn why the people of Okinawa live longer than anyone else, and are more likely than anyone else on Earth to reach 100 and over. They don’t only grow old – they remain healthy, fit and productive well into their advanced years. And so can you!
See the posting here.
Other resources on the Okinawa/Rainbow Diet:
The Okinawa Diet Plan: Get Leaner, Live Longer, and Never Feel Hungry
It’s the French paradox: the French love chocolate and champagne and they eat three-course meals every day; they never go to the gym, don’t work out or weigh themselves; they don’t count calories, go on diets or watch what they eat. And yet they don’t get fat.
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Epidemic of obesity Americans, British, Australians, and people in other Western nations do all the opposite things to the French, and yet we have an epidemic of obesity. We weigh ourselves and our foods, we count calories, watch what we eat, try one diet after another, go to the gym, avoid rich foods and chocolate. We deprive ourselves of desserts and deliciousness. And still there is an epidemic of obesity that is getting worse each year, and affecting younger and younger people. Why? |
Golden seal
| Golden Seal is known as a booster for the immune system and has been in use for hundreds of years by Native Americans and others.
Golden Seal’s other function is less well known, but the latest research suggests it |
The CRONO-o-meter is a free, open-source tool, which is really handy for checking your diet. I wouldn’t recommend becoming a slave to it, but if you’re trying to make your diet as healthful as possible, and/or trying to lose weight, this little tool is an excellent addition to your arsenal.
What you do is enter everything you eat during the day. The CRON-o-meter then calculates your calories and the vitamin and mineral content of your foods. You can see at a glance whether or not you are getting your full quota of vitamins and minerals (and remember, it is always best to get these from your diet rather than a pill).
The CRON-o-meter was designed especially for people on calorie restricted diets, but it is an excellent tool for anyone who wants to monitor how much they are eating, and whether or not they are getting the nutrients their body needs. There are thousands of foods in the database, and you can add your own.
