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Nutrition Notes
Ten tips to help you slim down
Issue date: 3/28/07 Section: Opinion
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Many people believe in the quick advertisements and infomercials that have been circulating through the media for years. While the Langston University Nutrition Club cannot guarantee a weight loss of 10 lbs. in 10 days, we can recommend 10 healthy tips that are in line with March's National Nutrition Education Awareness Month theme: "Nutrition, 100% Fad Free. This advice is designed to help you practice a healthy life style.
10 Healthy Tips:
1. Be positive! The more you feel good about yourself the easier and faster it is to lose weight.
2. Good cooking and healthy eating begins with learning about nutrition and how to prepare healthy recipes.
3. Avoid skipping meals. Eating increases your metabolism, thus skipping meals can "trick" your body into slowing down its metabolism in an attempt to conserve calories during a period it perceives as a situation where limited fuel is available.
4. Eat slowly and chew each bite completely to decrease your appetite
5. Avoid removing the skins of fruits and vegetables-most of the nutrients are concentrated just under the skin.
6. Always eat before you go food shopping and always prepare a shopping list. Only purchase food that relates to your weekly menu plan and don't be tempted to buy goodies
7. Find a passion that includes steady physical mobility, for a minimum of 30-45 minutes.
8. Keep an exercise log.
9. Stop dieting: There are no bad foods; eating in moderation is the key.
10. Think before you bite.
10 Healthy Tips:
1. Be positive! The more you feel good about yourself the easier and faster it is to lose weight.
2. Good cooking and healthy eating begins with learning about nutrition and how to prepare healthy recipes.
3. Avoid skipping meals. Eating increases your metabolism, thus skipping meals can "trick" your body into slowing down its metabolism in an attempt to conserve calories during a period it perceives as a situation where limited fuel is available.
4. Eat slowly and chew each bite completely to decrease your appetite
5. Avoid removing the skins of fruits and vegetables-most of the nutrients are concentrated just under the skin.
6. Always eat before you go food shopping and always prepare a shopping list. Only purchase food that relates to your weekly menu plan and don't be tempted to buy goodies
7. Find a passion that includes steady physical mobility, for a minimum of 30-45 minutes.
8. Keep an exercise log.
9. Stop dieting: There are no bad foods; eating in moderation is the key.
10. Think before you bite.
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