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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

What Is A Healthy Diet? The Simple Truth Finally Revealed

By Jose Andres

You know you need to eat a well balanced, healthy diet if you want to lose weight, combat disease, and improve your overall health. What you may not know is exactly what eating healthy means. Thanks to so much conflicting information and the booming diet industry, you are not alone. Millions of people are uncertain what "healthy" even is anymore.

Fortunately, eating for health and longevity doesn't have to be that complicated. You don't have to throw hundreds of dollars a week on specially grown organic foods and you definitely do not have to pay top dollar for frozen, prepackaged diet foods to be delivered to your door.

Healthy eating simply means you focus mainly on foods that give your body the nutrients, vitamins, and trace minerals that it needs to function properly. You don't have to deprive yourself of everything that tastes good, but balance the occasional splurge with nutritionally dense foods.

Let's talk in specifics here. It's time to debunk the "diet" food industry and get real! What should you really be eating?

Let's begin with one category of food that has all but been demonized in today's diet industry: the carbohydrate. Severely limiting this powerful energy resource can have negative consequences, but so can filling up on sugary treats and white refined carbs. The trick is to pick nutritious carb sources.

Healthy carbs that will deliver more energy than fat stores happen to be lower in calories and way lower in fat than unhealthy carb options. Think of switching to 100% whole grain/wheat pasta, cereal, bread, and rice. Go for lots of vegetables and fruits as well.

Combine those healthy carb choices with lean meats such as chicken and turkey breasts and some healthy fat sources such as extra virgin olive oil, and you are on your way to a healthy diet that will make you skinny, vibrant, and keep your entire body more youthful. - 17274

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