Healthy Eating Tips
One of the motivations for this site was to give clear and reliable healthy eating tips. It’s for that reason that the topic of healthy eating is covered more extensively than any other.
Knowing how to eat healthy is more difficult than many realise, until they try it!
The truth is, in my experience, many people greatly over-estimate the extent of their healthy eating.
I always try to put a personal as well as a practical spin on my healthy eating tips. They are all below.
However, I’ve shortlisted three of the more popular articles…
SALT /sôlt/ A chemical compound made up of two elements, sodium and chloride (NaCl).
The idea that too much salt is bad for our health is something very few question.
According to conventional wisdom, too much salt in the diet increases blood pressure, which can lead to hypertension and as a result stroke, heart failure or heart attack.
The World Health Organisation recommend adults eat no more than 5g (1 tsp) of salt a day.
So, is there anything wrong with this recommendation? Let us take a closer look at the evidence…
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What is one thing healthy traditional societies in the past (and those still present today) knew instinctively, that we seem incapable of getting a grasp of?
Well, they consumed foods in their natural form in abundance, including animal and tropical fats.
I’m thinking of foods like lard, butter, tallow, poultry fat and coconut oil. But, we all know these are bad for us, right?
I touched on the topic of full fat dairy recently, but I want to consider more specifically today what oils and fats should be used in cooking. And, it’s probably not the options you think, either.
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There’s no doubt eating a higher protein diet has become much more in-vogue in recent years.
You only have to take a look at your supermarket shelves to see that.
Food manufacturers have caught on to the idea that protein sells. So, you’ll find the word splattered on everything from drinks to breakfast cereals to ‘health’ bars.
But, according to some, having a few too many chicken wings could end you in the dialysis ward.
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For years we have been fed lies and/or inaccurate information about what constitutes a healthy diet.
One of the biggest pieces of misinformation we’ve been told is to avoid unhealthy fats, specifically saturated fat.
As a result, the general public have been terrified into thinking if they eat too much saturated fat it will clog the arteries.
This has led to the mass avoidance of saturated fat. But, has that resulted in a subsequent reduction in heart disease? Absolutely not! In fact, we’re in a worse position now that ever before.
Clearly, something isn’t right!
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Parents and caregivers have an extremely important role to play in the business of raising children who are healthy eaters.
You may not even realize how important you are to your child’s future relationship with food, but you are their role model, whether good or bad.
This means you can have a massive impact on how they view themselves, their body, and their relationship with food.
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