Tips to Help You Eat Better
When you look at recent trends in American eating habits its easy to see why so many people in the U. S. are overweight and obese today. We Americans currently consume 23% more sugar than we did in 1970, and on average, the foods we ate had 24% more total fat in 2000 than in 1970. And, we eat meals away from home roughly twice as much as we used to. Here are some practical suggestions to help you improve the way you eat.
When eating at home, eat all your meals only at the dining room or kitchen table. Eating while driving, watching TV, or talking on the phone can compound bad eating habits. Simply push your plate away when you are no longer hungry. Don't feel that you have to eat every bit of food on your plate. And, don’t keep eating until you feel completely full.
Eat only when you are truly hungry, not because you are bored, stressed, or tired.
Always go grocery shopping on a full stomach. To an empty stomach everything in the store looks tempting and will be much harder to resist.
Cut out sugar based sodas. Try drinking diet sodas, water, or a glass of skim milkFor people who don't want to give up the sweet taste, sugar blended drinks that contain a combination of sugar and artificial sweeteners are an option. Use an artificial sweetener instead of sugar whenever you can. Find out which sweetener works best for you.
When eating at home, eat all your meals only at the dining room or kitchen table. Eating while driving, watching TV, or talking on the phone can compound bad eating habits. Simply push your plate away when you are no longer hungry. Don't feel that you have to eat every bit of food on your plate. And, don’t keep eating until you feel completely full.
Eat only when you are truly hungry, not because you are bored, stressed, or tired.
Always go grocery shopping on a full stomach. To an empty stomach everything in the store looks tempting and will be much harder to resist.
Cut out sugar based sodas. Try drinking diet sodas, water, or a glass of skim milkFor people who don't want to give up the sweet taste, sugar blended drinks that contain a combination of sugar and artificial sweeteners are an option. Use an artificial sweetener instead of sugar whenever you can. Find out which sweetener works best for you.
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