Eat for the Health of It ®
Many trendy diets don’t work. The good news is that you can break the diet cycle by understanding good nutrition. It takes time to unlearn old habits and learn new, healthier ones. It also takes time for your body to adjust. Be patient, it will work!
Variety and Moderation
Variety and moderation are important for a well-balanced and healthy diet. While all foods can fit in a healthy diet, avoid too much of any one food. Choose a wide range of foods to ensure your diet meets your needs for carbohydrates, protein, fat, vitamins and minerals. A simple way of looking at a balanced diet is plenty of fruits and vegetables, whole-grain foods, moderate amounts of low-fat dairy foods, lean meat, chicken, fish, and legumes and small amounts of fats, oils and sugar.
Snacking
A common myth about snacking is that it’s not good for you. On the contrary, snacking takes the edge off hunger that occurs between meals. Try bringing snacks with you to work, school or wherever your busy schedule takes you. Otherwise, you may have to rely on vending machines or convenience stores, where the selection is limited and many of the choices are low in nutrients. Sometimes, foods we tend to associate more with mealtime can make lower-calorie, healthier-fat and more nutritious snacks. There’s no reason, for example, that you can’t make a snack out of a steaming cup of minestrone soup or a bowl of bran cereal with skim milk.
Achieving Your Goals
There are many program offerings within the Lifestyle Ladder program to assist you with meeting your goals. Continue Climbing Toward a Good STATE of Health with the Lifestyle Ladder program and continue focusing on the nutrition goals you’ve set for yourself.
If you registered for the Eat for the Health of It campaign by January, 15, 2010, StayWell must receive your completed campaign activity log no later than Friday, March 19, 2010 for you to earn 100 points for participating.
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