Eating Healthy - How Hard Can It Be?
Decades ago eating healthy was actually easier than it is today. Fast food restaurants hadn't really become part of the American culture, and burgers and hot dogs weren't normal lunch or dinner fare; they were pretty much limited to special occasions such as outdoor cookouts or state fairs.
Meats were fresh, produce was fresh, eggs and milk were fresh. Today, even though we still buy fresh foods, our freezers are much larger but they are full of frozen prepackaged dinners, frozen juice, ice cream, frozen burgers and hot dogs, and all sorts of frozen snack foods for the kids after school.
Decades ago even schools made kids eat healthier. There wasn't much of a choice, actually. They got a hot meal, milk, and maybe dessert. No cokes, no vending machines with chips and cookies, no coffee or frapaccuinos, and no energy drinks loaded with sugar and caffeine. Kids got a balanced meal - in accordance with the food pyramid knowledge of the day.
Today, many kids are even allowed to leave the building for lunch and they head to the nearest fast food joint to load up on junk that would make a healthy rat sick! However, some of these kids believe they are eating healthy and there's no problem, or they believe that because they are thin, they can eat whatever they want. They believe being fat is the true indicator eating a bad diet.
It's not easy to explain to kids, or anyone, that looking like a model doesn't mean you're healthy. If they are "lucky" enough to be able to live on tacos and burgers and pizza and still wear a size two, there are very few kids who even think of admitting that their health might be at risk, and then continue eating the same foods well into their adult lives until... A major crisis erupts, and it won't be good.
Another person might have a salad every day for lunch, but that salad could be covered with regular blue cheese dressing. Her friend might have a chicken breast and a vegetable - which is much healthier in the long run, saving over 500 calories and about 14 grams of fat.
Too many thin individuals are convinced they have no worries until they are felled by chest pains or a stroke because of their cholesterol levels. They truly believe that their weekly binge drinking, nightly desserts, and fast food lunches have no effect as long as they still wear their "skinny jeans".
Learning to eat healthy can be a tough choice, but it's even harder to keep the promise you made to yourself. Following a healthy diet for a week is different than adopting a significant life change. Unfortunately for many, the life change might be the "end of life". - 17274
Meats were fresh, produce was fresh, eggs and milk were fresh. Today, even though we still buy fresh foods, our freezers are much larger but they are full of frozen prepackaged dinners, frozen juice, ice cream, frozen burgers and hot dogs, and all sorts of frozen snack foods for the kids after school.
Decades ago even schools made kids eat healthier. There wasn't much of a choice, actually. They got a hot meal, milk, and maybe dessert. No cokes, no vending machines with chips and cookies, no coffee or frapaccuinos, and no energy drinks loaded with sugar and caffeine. Kids got a balanced meal - in accordance with the food pyramid knowledge of the day.
Today, many kids are even allowed to leave the building for lunch and they head to the nearest fast food joint to load up on junk that would make a healthy rat sick! However, some of these kids believe they are eating healthy and there's no problem, or they believe that because they are thin, they can eat whatever they want. They believe being fat is the true indicator eating a bad diet.
It's not easy to explain to kids, or anyone, that looking like a model doesn't mean you're healthy. If they are "lucky" enough to be able to live on tacos and burgers and pizza and still wear a size two, there are very few kids who even think of admitting that their health might be at risk, and then continue eating the same foods well into their adult lives until... A major crisis erupts, and it won't be good.
Another person might have a salad every day for lunch, but that salad could be covered with regular blue cheese dressing. Her friend might have a chicken breast and a vegetable - which is much healthier in the long run, saving over 500 calories and about 14 grams of fat.
Too many thin individuals are convinced they have no worries until they are felled by chest pains or a stroke because of their cholesterol levels. They truly believe that their weekly binge drinking, nightly desserts, and fast food lunches have no effect as long as they still wear their "skinny jeans".
Learning to eat healthy can be a tough choice, but it's even harder to keep the promise you made to yourself. Following a healthy diet for a week is different than adopting a significant life change. Unfortunately for many, the life change might be the "end of life". - 17274
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