Eating For Health

Want to eat healthier in 2020?   What does “eating healthy” mean?   In the class I teach, students are always recommending we eat healthier diets.   But when I ask them what this means they often struggle to come up with specifics.   Many people make a resolution to go on a “diet” for the new year.   Why not go on a “diet” to eat healthier?   Are there healthy diets to follow?   A diet not for weight loss or weight gain, but just a healthy eating pattern? Not a “diet” you go on for a week or two but a healthy eating pattern diet that you can go on all year long.   I was watching TV recently and the host noted that every January they go on the Whole30 diet.   Is this really a healthy diet to go on?   People may think they are eating healthy by following the Whole30 diet.   According to the Whole30 website, food groups like grains and dairy have a negative impact on health.   US News & World Report gives the Whole30 diet a...

Are you setting some health goals for 2020?   Every year people have good intentions and make some New Year’s resolutions.   And then people keep those resolutions for about a month and then backslide.   Actually, many people don’t even last a month.   Statistics show about 75% of us last only about a week , while   less than half of us last 6 months   .   Setting health goals for the new year is a good idea.   But how can you set some health goals you are more likely to keep?   In the nutrition class I teach, we talk about setting SMART goals.   SMART is an acronym for setting goals that is often attributed to Peter Drucker in Management by Objectives .   Although used in business, one can also set SMART goals for their health.   What are SMART goals and how can you set some health goals for 2020 that you may actually keep longer than a week or a few months? When setting health goals for 2020, focus on goals that are v...