Monday, January 31, 2011

The Whole Body Nutrition Concept.

The Whole Body Nutrition concept encourages a healthy body, mind and spirit. We encourage you to learn and experiment with different ways to eat and live a healthier life, no matter what dietary path you are following.

With that said these 5 criteria will get you on your way:

1. Live Foods
Choose foods that are real, natural, fresh, seasonal and unprocessed.
Eliminate refined starches such as white flour, sugar and artificial drinks.
Limit canned foods, boxed or frozen meals as often as possible

2. Plant Base
Plant base foods such as vegetables, fruits, nuts, legumes (peas, beans) seeds and whole grains are essential for a healthy, low fat, and nutrient rich diet.
When choosing plants choose a variety of color, more color means a wider range of nutrients.
Support local farmers markets. Fruits and vegetables are often fresher and cheaper when purchased from local farmers market.

3. Low Fat
Get your fats from lean meats such as fish, chicken, turkey lean beef, nuts, and low fat dairy products.
Avoid margarine and foods made with hydrogenated oils (trans-fat)
Substitute a plant base protein such as seitan (high protein wheat gluten), Tofu, vegetable burgers beans or peas for a meat occasionally
Limit fried and process foods.

4. Nutrient Dense (Nutrition Rich)
Choose foods with high nutrient content. Nutrients are the vitamins and minerals that the foods we eat provide. They are important for growth and development in children and maintenance of our health as we get older. Nutrients such as calcium, iron, vitamin c, and vitamin d just to name a few are essential to our wellbeing.
Eat natural fresh foods they have fewer calories and are rich in nutrients.
Use food labels to guide you when trying to improve your nutrient intake.

5. Live Active
Having an active lifestyle will keep you in shape, prevent excessive weight gain and help you feel better overall.
Whether it’s exercising, or doing one of your favorites activities such as bowling, dancing, skating being active is not just good for your body it’s also great for your mind.




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