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Nutrition Is More Than The Nutrition Facts Box
Most people pay little attention to the nutritional content of their food until they are on, or about to begin a diet.
Then they take a keen interest in seeing which diet has less calories or less carbohydrates. But it is a simple fact that most popular diets do not have nearly as many positive effects as their creators would have us believe.
Most of the serious diets we hear about work by simply removing a food or food group from your daily diet. This sometimes means eating less of certain foods than you normally would, however it often means entirely removing certain food groups from your diet altogether. The basic premise is that by restricting your diet in some way, you will lose weight.
While this might be good as far as nutrition goes if what you're cutting out is junk food, it does cause one major problem. By cutting out a type of food that you're used to eating a lot of, you're going to have a lot of trouble sticking to the diet. Therefore, you should make sure that you do not pick a diet that's going to feel too restricting to you.
The most important aspect of food to look at is its overall nutritional value, this is a fact often lost in popular diets. Such diets often focus on only one attribute of a food as being the primary indicator of how good it is for you. They overlook the bigger picture of a food's overall nutritional content.
For instance, many diets focus on completely cutting out fat, sugar, carbohydrates, or any number of other things.
The problem with this is that many people only pay attention to the one thing that they're supposed to cut out of their diet, and don't pay attention to the nutritional value of the food.
For instance, people who are trying to cut carbohydrates out of their diet will sometimes choose to
drink diet sodas instead of fruit juices. While the diet soda clearly has far fewer carbohydrates than fruit juice, that does not mean that it is more healthy. Your best bet in this situation is to drink the healthier beverage and to get all of the different vitamins and minerals instead of empty soda.
The best way to take care of yourself is to make sure that your chosen meals are nutritious, as often as you can. Try to make sure that you eat a balanced diet, consisting of several different types of food.
When looking for nutritious foods try to avoid prepackaged foods. These foods are often very high in salt and lacking in the vitamins and minerals that their fresh counterparts are rich in. They are also filled with chemical preservatives, it is always best to avoid these packaged foods and opt instead for fresh foods when at all possible.
By preparing meals from fresh food yourself you will be more aware of how much you eat and what is in your food. This will help you keep track of how much sodium is in your diet, and will help you balance your diet and eat healthily.
It is often said that you are what you eat, likewise your food is what it is made from. You need to be aware of the ingredients going into your food and where they sit in a balanced diet. This is more important than counting calories or grams of fat or carbohydrates. The ingredients of a food are the best indicator of whether you should eat it or not.
Connie Roemer is the Staff Writer of
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