Eliminate or Reduce Something Unhealthy From Your Diet This is the last tip of the challenge. Hopefully, for the last five weeks you stretched yourself a bit and developed some new, healthier eating habits. And hopefully, these are habits you can keep as you move forward in your life. This last tip might be the [...]
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When It Is Junk Food Time, Don’t Overdo it Being a healthy eater does not mean that you must never, ever again enjoy tasty treats that may not be good for you. That would be no fun. In fact, it’s important for you to enjoy your favorite foods from time to time, even if they [...]
+Add NewBeing Healthy and Fit Feels Better Than That Tastes In today’s challenge, we are going to take a look at how most of us view junk food. Have you ever been to a gathering or party where some of your favorite junk food was readily available? Of course you have. It’s okay to indulge a little [...]
+Add NewToday we are going to talk about the benefits of eating several small meals a day versus fewer large meals a day. Oftentimes people that are trying to lose weight will skip meals, thinking that because they are consuming fewer calories they are more likely to lose weight. A couple of things happened when you [...]
+Add NewThis week’s nutrition post is a clip from Oprah featuring Micheal Pollan, author of “Food Inc.,” “In Defense of Food,” and “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” – Enjoy! 7 words: “Eat Food. Mostly Plants. Not Too Much.” – Michael Pollan-
+Add NewToday we are going to discuss the importance of mindful eating. Mindful eating refers to eating in a calm, slow, deliberate way. In today’s busy world, many Americans often multitask by eating while they do other activities. How many times have we eaten on the run, while driving, while watching TV, while working, etc.? Although [...]
+Add NewEat Smaller Portion One of the healthiest countries in the world is Okinawa. The traditional Okinawan diet consists almost exclusively of fresh, unprocessed foods. But that is not the only reason for their high level of health. The Okinawans have a saying that goes like this “Hari Hachi Bu”, which means “80 percent full.” The [...]
+Add NewToday’s nutrition concept comes from the Japanese saying “Hara Hachi Bu.” This term comes from the Okinawan region of Japan, which is known for it’s healthy and long-lived people. Hara Hachi Bu means, “eat only until 80% full.” If you’re like me, you grew up hearing things like, “Finish everything on your plate or you [...]
+Add NewThe following post is c/o Coach Gil of Simplistic Nutrition of Seattle. He is an AMA student in Muay Thai & BJJ and is available for 1-on-1 nutrition consults for AMA students/families. Thanksgiving is a great excuse to sit down and eat for hours. I mean, how often do you get to do that? While [...]
+Add NewEat Fresh and Unprocessed Foods Whenever Possible What is processed food? It is food which has been chemically altered with additives such as flavor enhancers, binders, colors, fillers, preservatives, stabilizers, emulsifiers, etc. Generally speaking, if any of the ingredients in food aren’t “natural,” it can be considered it to be processed. Extremely processed foods (think Twinkies) [...]
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