Guest guest Posted November 9, 2003 Report Share Posted November 9, 2003 Setting Nutritional Priorities "As for diet, it’s not what I eat. It’s what I don’t eat. I haven’t eaten fried foods, white bread, or anything with sugar in it for at least 20 years. . ." --Diahann Carroll On reading this, you may feel that if you could keep your looks - have a career like hers, you might be willing to be as self-disciplined. But short of that, you don’t see yourself being that careful. It’s true that never having fried foods or anything with sugar or white flour could make you feel pretty deprived and on social occasions downright anti-social. However, you can benefit greatly as far as your looks, weight, and health by cutting down drastically on these without staying away from them completely. ~ Don’t have any sugar or white flour or anything made from these at home. Don’t deep-fry anything at home. ~ Avoid fast food restaurants where they have no healthful alternatives. ~ If you eat lunch out, think of salad plates instead of sandwiches - better yet take your own lunch. ~ Let your friends know what you’re trying to avoid. If you’re at someone’s home for dinner, and the hostess has made the dessert, take just a very small portion. ~ You don’t have to have a whole dessert just to have a taste of something sweet after a meal. A waitress in a hotel dining room told us she had had as many as five people share one dessert. So that you don’t feel so deprived that you decide to just forget trying to be careful of what you eat, plan to have something occasionally, like once a month. Be selective . Don’t just eat that dessert, or whatever, because "it’s there." It should be some-thing special or something that you are really in the mood for. One way to decide whether it’s something you really want: Imagine that it’s late in the evening and it’s cold, windy and raining hard. Would you go out to get whatever it is you’re thinking of eating? -Bev Mittelman, BS, CNC Reply with your street or po box addressto get a sample copy ofThe Holistic Dental Digest PLUS jmittelman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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