1. Nutrient-rich foods: Substitute apples for potato chips, fish for red meat and whole-grain bread for white bread. Lean proteins and quality fat sources like nuts, seeds, vegetable oils can be added as side dishes to a diet based on fruits and vegetables.
2. Identifying why/when you eat: The obesity epidemic is not simply caused by overeating: “She digs behind what causes that overeating—and it’s not just because we are hungry all the time,” Grotto says.
3. Setting food boundaries: Setting a cutoff time for eating does have some merit. “It’s about purposely reducing our intake at that hour when we are less active,” Grotto says. “But it really comes down to what ends up on the plate and in our stomachs at the end of the day.”
4. Limiting portion sizes: Calorie restriction is the No. 1 way doctors say we can extend longevity, and caloric intake should be about getting the most “bang for your buck.”
5. Dieting for life: Permanently altering habits requires mental readiness and proper planning. He recommends making a list of the benefits to continuing a healthy eating plan to make dieting a true lifestyle change.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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