Eating For Health

Last week we looked at five ways you can lose weight without going on a “diet”.   Let’s look at five more habits you can adopt to drop a few pounds and start to get in shape for the summer.   Too often we go on a “diet” lose some weight and then regain it once we go off the “diet”.   But what if we adopted habits that helped us not only lose a few pounds but keep the weight off when we do lose it.   So instead quick diets, quack diets, fad diets, try some new eating habits and lifestyle habits to take off the extra holiday pounds.   Here are five more habits to try from the article:   10 ways to Start Losing Weight, No Matter How Unmotivated You Are. 1.  Set some health goals that have nothing to do with the number on the scale Rather than just focus on losing pounds, focus on getting some health measure healthier.   Have cholesterol a little high, how can you change eating and exercise habits to bring down your cholesterol?  ...

How healthy are your bones?   We just did an assessment of calcium and vitamin D intake in the nutrition class I teach.   Students analyzed how much calcium and vitamin D they were getting in their diet every day.   Not surprisingly, almost every female student had a low intake of calcium and a very low intake of vitamin D.   People in their 20’s should actually be banking calcium in their bones to make them stronger.   Your bones can be thought of as a calcium bank .   In your 20’s you make more deposits of calcium than withdrawals.   That is, if you are getting enough calcium in your diet. This strengthens one’s bones. Around age 30, your bones should be packed with calcium and this is called Peak Bone Mass.   From then on, your bones break down a little and you begin losing some of your bone mass. But having adequate calcium in your diet and enough vitamin D, you can replace most of what you lose every day.  But too many of us aren...