Posted By Ingrid Turner on Oct 1, 2013 in Featured, Food Finds, Food Holidays, Healthy | 0 comments

Eat Better, Eat Healthier Month is here, and we’re going to cover easy guidelines to help you accomplish those two goals.

Simple guidelines, when it comes to healthy eating, are essential to encourage people to apply them. If it is too complicated, people tend not to want to do them.

7 Easy Nutrition Guidelines:

Restrict saturated fats and avoid trans fats. Rather, consume a greater amount of poly & monounsaturated fats.

Including as many colorful vegetables & fruits as you possibly can in your daily intake. Potatoes, being starchy, don’t count in that intake.

Consuming more whole grains, complex carbohydrates and less refined-grain carbohydrates is essential to healthier eating.

Healthier protein sources should be chosen by exchanging red meats for fish, turkey, nuts, legumes or chicken.

A healthy diet may allow:
- up to 35% – 45% calories from fat, provided most fats are unsaturated, or as few as 10%.
- carbs at 10% – 65% with most coming from fruit, nuts & vegetables, and whole grains are acceptable if sugar & starch are avoided.
- protein calories constituting 10% – 35% is alright, if proteins are carefully selected.

It is best to avoid alcohol & tobacco entirely, but at least significantly reduce their use.

For insurance that your nutrition is sufficient, a daily multivitamin is a good idea.

Get Physical:

Making an effort to maintain a stable, healthy weight is necessary to keep healthy.

Exercising, and it doesn’t necessarily have to be strenuous, is important for good health. At the least, a daily walk is essential. Join a fitness program or your local gym.