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Last week, Wendy circulated the new Healthy Eating Plate/Food Pyramid designed by the Harvard School of Public Health.? Wendy is a crusader for shifting the poor eating habits of both children and adults to filling our plates with proper nutrition; and she is adamant, as all O3 trainers are, that if you don?t know the facts you won?t make the changes. You can?t expect your body ? or your children?s ? to perform optimally and remain healthy if you remain unaware.
From Market to Table
If you don?t have foods on hand to make healthy meals, you may default to eating out or snacking on processed foods that are in your cabinet.? Below are foods you can keep in your pantry and refrigerator to make sure that doesn?t happen. For recipes using these ingredients, go to: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/recipes/.?
- Produce: Choose locally grown vegetables and fruits whenever possible; they will contain optimum nutrition because they haven?t been stored or shipped.? As a general rule, the darker the color, the more nutrition they contain.? Cut up at least 5 veggies for your salad.? Vegetables and fruits should take up the largest portion on your plate.
- Grains:? Keep these in your pantry: barley, cracked wheat (bulgur), quinoa, brown rice, whole wheat pasta, and oatmeal. As pictured on the new Harvard Healthy Eating Pyramid, grains are as important as fruits and vegetables. White rice and other white grains (as in white bread) do not count; take them out if your eating plan.
- Protein: Fresh fish (at least twice per week), an egg or two a day, tofu, tempeh, nuts, seeds, and a variety of dried, canned, or frozen beans are healthy proteins.? Try to move away from meals revolving around more than a fistful of meat, and rely on alternate lean proteins as a balance to your plate of veggies and grains.?
- For saut?ing and salad dressings, use canola, sunflower, corn, soybean, peanut, and olive oil.? To add taste to vegetables and grains, drizzle them with a splash of specialty oil, like extra-virgin olive oil, walnut oil, sesame oil, or truffle oil.? These ?good? fats lower disease risk.??
- Meal essentials: Keep these condiments and other food items on hand to spruce up your meals: tomato sauce, balsamic vinegar, fresh and dried herbs, dried cherries or cranberries, Parmesan cheese for grating fresh over pasta and salads, unsalted nuts.
Let us know if you have any recipe secrets you?d like to share!
Source: http://www.o3healthandfitness.com/2012/02/how-to-stock-a-healthy-kitchen/
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