Nutrition

Congratulations!
You have made an incredible choice by inquiring information that will enable you to live a long time! Just like cars, we humans need a certain kind of fuel each day to make us run well. Without the proper fuel we will in no doubt begin to feel tired and unmotivated. Over time we will develop many deficiencies and become ill. Eventually we will also develop one or more of many diseases that prevent us from enjoying our lives! We will then be reduced to malfunctioning - the failure to operate properly
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   Awards are made!
You are a beautiful and complex human machine! Take good care of yourself and you will inherit a lifetime achievement award of functioning properly and living healthy. Become proactive by learning all you can about your body, yourself and others. Become more aware of the beautiful ways in which your body services you each day! Read all you can to learn how to properly maintain your human vehicle in order to obtain maximum health benefits and feel happy!
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Remember the Basic 4 Food group?
   Well, it is the only
true way to eat well! Forget about those fad diet you have heard! Fad diets may help you temporarily to lose weight because they reduce the number of calories, but if you do not learn how to eat properly then you will only keep gaining the weight back, or you will risk developing a          disabling disease Your body is a created with a very high tech program that needs the right amount of vitamins, minerals, energy, oxygen, sun and water. By eating a variety of foods each day from all four basic food groups you will acquire the vitamins, minerals and fiber that are necessary for the functioning of your body on a daily basis and by staying physically active, you will maintain a healthy life.
    In this day and age with technology replacing physical work and with the many activities that keep us busy all day, it may seem difficult to achieve a habit of eating the right foods. It can be done! I have had to battle for good eating habits after developing food allergy's that limit my choices. Believe me when I say that I know how difficult it can be but, I have done it and you can too!
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    The following links        can help you learn simple nutrition!
   There are no proven short cuts to eating properly! When choosing foods think in terms of variety, food groups and serving sizes. Remember that with making any behavior change, a habit takes time to create. Celebrate your life with me as we engage together in making healthy choices for ourselves!

Using the Food Guide

Popcorn - The best snack!

Reading Food Labels

Health Care Resources
"Improve of your health and enhance your life!"

Weight Control

Fruits and Vegetables? Are you Kidding?
   Our high tech human machines need these because they provide most of the vitamins, minerals, energy and fiber that we need to function and stay young and healthy! Unless you are interested in taking Algebra, Chemistry, Biology, Physiology, Anatomy and Nutrition then take my word for it. I have had to take these courses and now I understand why we
need fruits and vegetables!
   Skipping meals and taking vitamin pills are not as good for the maintenance and repair of your body! Besides that you also need the fiber from them that aid in digestion and may save you from bowel disease and possible surgery. Ever have
an endoscopy? I
haven't either but,
I have seen them done and it's not a pretty thing to do! So, eat your fruits and vegetables each day! They are so pretty and fun to watch grow and they come in various colors, shapes and textures.
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Online Cook Book

Nutrients are Valuable

Carbohydrates

Scientists say eating a bowl of cereal in the morning will help to stay slim! So eat your breakfast! What is wrong with you?
There's NO excuse - a simple bowl of whole grain cereal and milk before you leave the house only takes a minute. I never leave the house without my cornflakes, half a banana and soymilk! Well sometimes I skip the banana and take some fruit with me. Some mornings I just can't face cutting up a banana or worse, finding one that is brown and mushy! Yuck! Ok - I am allergic to milk so what is your excuse? You can't eat that early? Your body is amazing and needs fuel to help get you going so listen to your Mother now...Duh! Eat your cereal!