Clean Eating For Beautiful Skin
Clean Eating For Beautiful Skin.
Skin benefits from clean eating can be achieved by eating more fruits and veggies along with an increased water intake. These habits are not only beneficial for beautiful looking skin, they are critical to healthy skin. Vitamins and minerals are a perfect and natural way to keep your skin healthy and hydrated allowing it to glow!!!
When looking for natural makeup, body lotions and sunscreen, stay away from listed ingredients such as: phthalates, parabens, xylene, mercury, lead, triclosan.
Look for:
Moisturizer – olive, almond, coconut or natural oils.
Soap – made from plants, water and pure essential oils
Makeup – consult with a professional
Unsure if a product you use is safe?
EWG Is A Very Useful Resource!
Consult Environmental Working Group’s Website:
www.ewg.org/skindeep/
No Junk Food
This Month’s Tip: No Junk Food!
No “Unhealthy” Food…Period!
My personal preference is to refer to it as “unhealthy food”, but it is what it is! If there’s no junk food in your house, you’re so much less likely to put in the effort to go get it. Make it your policy. Refuse to buy unhealthy food at the grocery store. A ‘Visual cue’ such as: “Out of sight, out of mind!” written on a dry erase board in you kitchen can help.
Food Facts:
Understanding the Impact of Unhealthy Eating Habits In today’s globalized world, unhealthy food can be found everywhere. We literally see it everywhere we go – in grocery stores, convenience stores, fast food restaurants, and on television. It’s positioned in stores, and advertised on TV so often to make it tempting…very tempting.
But What Exactly Do We Know About It?
Typically, “junk food” refers to foods that contain little nutritional value but lots of calories. However, opinions on what constitutes unhealthy food can vary. For example, some might consider pizza to be in the category, while others would argue that it can be a healthy option if made with ingredients like whole-wheat crust and vegetables.
I often mention in my Wellness Academy classes that one of the main issues with unhealthy food is that it is low in satiation value. Low satiation value means that people tend not to feel full after eating it. This can lead to overeating, particularly when unhealthy food replaces more nutritious foods like fruits and vegetables. Snack food and fast food are two categories of junk food that are particularly problematic, and why I say: None of that in my house.
Commercially Prepared Snack Foods:
Commercially-prepared snack foods like chips, candy bars, and cookies are high in calories and low in nutritional value. Similarly, fast food meals like french fries, chicken nuggets, and soda are often low in fiber and high in fat and sugar. One study even suggests that the nature of fast food itself may encourage overeating, due to factors like its high palatability, calorie density, and low fiber content.
The Impact of Junk Food:
It’s impact goes well beyond just physical health; it can also affect mental health. Advertisements for junk food often target children with foods that are high in fat, sugar, and salt and low in nutritional value. Watching these ads has been shown to increase children’s consumption of junk food. To counteract these effects, try to choose restaurants that offer healthier options. Look for products low in sugar and processed ingredients, limit your TV viewing, and keep telling yourself: “No”.
It’s Vacation Time, So Choose Foods Wisely!
Healthy Tip Of The Month – May
Vacation is the time to be most mindful of what you eat! Choose your food wisely. Your body doesn’t know it’s on vacation! You work so hard at living a healthy lifestyle during the rest of the year, why should a short vacation change your eating habits?
A sudden spike in your cholesterol levels can be deadly if your body hasn’t been accustomed to eating in that fashion for a while. I’m sure you’ve heard that Country Western song that mentions the “99 cent heart attack” in one of the verses – well let me tell you, it’s a real thing!
Instead of opting for that nice juicy steak, hamburger, hot dog or sausage, choose one of those savory seasoned vegetables fresh off the grill. I can state with a reasonable degree of certainty, that there won’t be much competition for the healthy foods at most summer barbeques!
It’s time to start a healthy eating trend! Why don’t we lead by example and change the way our family and friends eat. There’s no time like the present!
A Healthier Way To Sauté
January 23 Healthy Tip of the Month #1
A Healthier Way to Sauté
Observation
Most Americans use way more cooking oil than necessary when sautéing their veggies.
Save that oil for a drizzle on a finished meal or roasting.
Healthy Tip
Try sautéing using vegetable broth…yes, I said vegetable broth! Oil and fat products are one of the highest in calories per serving, packing 120 calories in 1 Tbsp olive oil. Vegetable broth accomplishes the same thing while adding veggie flavor and far fewer calories.
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It’s Vacation Time, So Choose Foods Wisely!
Vacation is the time to be most mindful of what you eat! Choose your food wisely. Your body doesn’t know it’s on vacation! You work so hard at living a healthy lifestyle during the rest of the year, why should a short vacation change your eating habits?
A sudden spike in your cholesterol levels can be deadly if your body hasn’t been accustomed to eating in that fashion for a while. I’m sure you’ve heard that Country Western song that mentions the “99 cent heart attack” in one of the verses – well let me tell you, it’s a real thing!
Instead of opting for that nice juicy steak, hamburger, hot dog or sausage, choose one of those savory seasoned vegetables fresh off the grill. I can state with a reasonable degree of certainty, that there won’t be much competition for the healthy foods at most summer barbeques!
It’s time to start a healthy eating trend! Why don’t we lead by example and change the way our family and friends eat. There’s no time like the present! It’s Vacation Time…Choose Foods Wisely!
A Healthier Way To Sauté
Debbie Romano (Founder of Healthy Heartbeats) shares a new, healthier way of sautéing your vegetables that will leave you smiling!
