Saturday, August 1st 2009

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   Mario Huys

   03/08/2009 at 14:56

   Hi Scott,

   First Tipps concerning Nutrition.
   1. Read labels, if there are ingredients you have never heard of, your body prohably won´t like them.
   2. Limit starches. Choose between fresh-baked bread, pasta, or dessert, but not all three in one meal.
   3. Butter is better. Margarine is loaded with transfats (partially hydrogenated fats), which cause a whole host of negative effects in your body.
   4. Choose nonfat. Whole fat milk, yogurt, and sour cream add saturated fats.
   5. Don´t overcook rice, pasta, or other grains like oatmeal. Slightly undercooking these foods will slow their absorption, which translates into a lower glycemic (sugar) index.
   6. Buy organic from veggies to meats. The environment is far from being as clean as it was 100 years ago. Your body has to constantly filter out unnatural chemicals and compounds that enter your internal ecosystem through air, water, and food. If you can keep it clean in the areas within your control-such as the food you eat-your system will have to deal with fewer toxins overall.
   7.Reduce portion sizes and eat more slowly. The results will be eating less. You can eat a lot more quickly than you can absorb food into your bloodstream, which turns the appetite switch off. So go slowly and eat less. Think about how the food looks on the plate. While good presentation won´t neccessarly change the taste of food, it adds to the atmosphere and triggers that part of your brain that says the meal is something special, to be savored.
   8. Cook extra tonight with tomorrow´s lunch in mind. Lunches can be the most difficult meal to be creatvie with. So, instead of having to come up something in the morning on your way to work, just store the extras from the night before in individual-sized resealable containers for tomorrow´s lunch.
   9.Choose the leanest cuts of red meat possible.
   10. Have green leafly vegetables, walnuts, and ground flaxseeds in your diet.
   11. Consume fish such as salmon, light tuna, sole, and tilipia twice or more weekly.
   12.Emphasize soy and canola oils and related products, and use olive oil as well.
   13. Limit fatty cheeses.
   14. Emphasize poultry, beans, lentils, and soy protien in your diet.
   15. Every once in a while, go ahead and order the créme brúlée. Just split it with someone you love.

   So thats it for the first nutrition Tipps.
   Be cool and happy. G Mario