May 29, 2009
Dietary Guidelines For Adults 2.
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Dietary guidelines for adults 2 is, naturally, a follow up to
article 1, and focuses on what foods constitute a good diet
where article 1 focused upon why we need a good diet. My
approach is that food should be fun because most health food
aficionados that I know don’t seem to smile too often and
therefore I don’t hold them up as good examples. Eating is a
major part of life and life should be fun; if we only get one
life what’s the point in being miserable? The challenge for
healthy eating is to make healthy food fun to eat and reward
yourself occasionally with a treat and to heck with the diet.
We need to eat fresh vegetables, fruits, whole grains, nuts,
dairy products and drink plenty of water to have a perfect diet.
We also have to accept that certain people have allergies. The
most common allergies are dairy products and nuts. Just because
you have an allergy you shouldn’t use it as an excuse not to eat
a healthy diet; if you can’t eat nuts eat higher fruit or
vegetables to compensate. Using a little common sense will
overcome all perceived obstacles. Once you have a diet based
upon healthy foods you can add a few luxuries like chocolate and
ice cream providing it is within your daily calorie allowance.
A healthy breakfast is cereal, or oatmeal (porridge) with fresh
fruit and a glass of milk. If you are really rushed for time a
fresh fruit smoothie is great. Alternatively a couple of slices
of toasted whole-grain bread. Do away with common white bread it
acts like glue in your intestines and creates digestive
problems. If you take toast it is always sensible to eat at
least one piece of fresh fruit.
If you feel like a snack mid-morning eat a few nuts, a raw
carrot or a piece of fruit.
Lunch should consist of a sandwich made with whole-grain bread,
a piece of fruit and some green salad leaves. – Common question:
“Should I add salad dressing?” – Why not. If you like salad
dressing use it or the food becomes boring but use it in
moderation.
Afternoon snack – same as morning snack.
Dinner should have meat or fish; red meat is OK in reasonable
servings about three times each week. It must have vegetables
including peas or beans and if you can utilize fresh fruit for
dessert that is even better. Berries are especially healthy and
tasty.
To summarize you must eat seven servings of fruit and/or
vegetables every day. This is an absolute minimum requirement
for a healthy body. Frozen is fine if you are unsure of the
freshness of vegetables or fruit because it is snap frozen when
fresh and retains the nutrients. Older fruit and vegetables lose
nutrient value.
There is much to play with in this diet and the challenge is to
make it fun when mixed with some of your favorites.
This article is copyright © David McCarthy 2006 and may only be
reproduced in its entirety with no additions or deletions.
About the author:
David McCarthy is a prolific article writer and webmaster at
http://www.recipesmania.com a site dedicated to freely sharing
knowledge of all things connected to food and diet. It contains
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