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Author: Phil Beckett
The following healthy eating tips will help you feel great, look great, carry out every-day activities better and empower you to keep it up for many years to come.
Poor health for most women is the build up of poor life-long nutrition choices and the lack of exercise, both cardiovascular and weight exercise. If you make good choices now and exercise on a regular basis, you're less likely to become a strain on the health system years later.
And its been proven over and over for many years that women who do make these good choices tend to be healthier and live longer.
You've probably heard most nutritionists say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. And it is because if you eat breakfast you'll not only gain fuel for a high-energy and productive day, but you'll also have a tendency to make better food choices during the remainder of the day.
The mistake most women make when making a choice for breakfast is to just eat cereal. And it doesn't help with all of the commercials out their telling us that cereal is all you need.
Yes, cereals rich in fiber like bran flakes, oat bran, all-bran, and raisin bran are very healthy for you. And most types of cereal with a banana, strawberries, low-fat milk etc are very good for you.
But it's important to know that while they may contain ample carbohydrates, calcium, fiber, other nutrients, are low in fat and easy and quick to make, they don't contain nearly enough protein.
And it's the protein that's more than likely the missing ingredient in your diet.
Your muscles need protein, and cannot function properly without it. Women who attempt to lose fat and/or tone up their muscles, will get the best results when they consume an ample amount of protein with breakfast. But it difficult to get good quality protein during breakfast, unless you were to eat a bunch of eggs and bacon, which of course would lead to a whole other problem. So how do you get enough protein without eating fat? Well the only way you can is to include Whey protein. Whey protein is a powdered supplement that you can buy in any health food store and most super-markets. All you have to do is either mix one scoop in with your cereal (it dissolves very easily) or just stir a scoop in a glass of water. Either way it's the best way to get the protein you need at breakfast. Don't focus on any one meal. All of your meals should be nutritionally well-balanced. Meaning they should contain protein, carbohydrates and some fat. Fat will help dramatically to keep your energy levels high. If you're dieting you need continually fuel your body throughout the entire day. This means a minimum of 4, but preferably 6 meals each and every day. This way you'll have the energy to exercise properly and won't crave any large unhealthy meals.
Don't get caught up in the Fat-free food frenzy. Fat-free foods are very high in simple carbohydrates and will increase your insulin, which will Feed your fat cells making you fatter very quickly.
A good nutrition plan starts when you're making your grocery list. Then of course you have to stick to the list! Another good idea is to shop for your groceries just after you've eaten. This way you won't be tempted to fill up the cart with junk food.
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