Dieting and Nutrition Tips and Myths by Jag252

The average American family buys food through a drive thru window an average of 8 times a week.

Diet and Nutrition Tip # 1

If you are buying food through a drive thru window you have either a overweight problem and/or a serious health problem coming your way. Heart problems, high cholesterol, hypertension etc. are on their way.

As an example: Just take a look at the numbers and think about what your putting into your system

McDonald's Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese

740 calories 380 fat calories 51% calories from fat 42grams of fat 19grams sat fat 155mg cholesterol 1,380 mg sodium

In particular the grams of fat and percentage of calories from fat. These numbers are around the limits of what you should have for a day (depending on your size) the fact of the matter is all that fat will kill you.

Diet and Nutrition Myth #1

Fresh Fruits and vegetables are more nutritious and better for you than frozen.

Only if you are picking them right from the vine or tree or whatever. The fact is most so called fresh products in grocery stores is not always all that fresh. It has to be harvested, sorted, packaged and then shipped sometimes across country. This can take some time so once it hits the store freshness is debatable.

The dilema is with frozen you have to learn to read the labels. Manufactorers often add salt, sugar and fat as additives. Learn to read the labels and the frozen can be just as nutritious as so-called fresh.

Diet and Nutrition Tip # 2

Eat Green - Green Vegetables that is. When passing on your green vegetables your passing on essential vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. These green based nutients can protect you from memory impairment, heart disease, rapid aging and some forms of cancer.

Some examples and numbers for you.

Romaine lettuce - 1 cup 15 calories - high in vitamin C and beta- carotine work to prevent cholesterol build up in your arteries.

Broccoli - 1 cup 25 calories - a half of cup contains most of your daily vitamin C requirements. Broccoli delivers a big dose of calcium, more fiber than a slice of whole wheat bread and almost two thirds of the amount of potassium of a banana.

Diet and Nutrition Myth # 2

Always eat your vegetables raw cooking destroys the vitamin content.

It depends on how you cook them. Boiling vegetables you will lose some of the nutrients in the water. So what do you do steam them, roast them in the oven low heat or microwave them these methods will keep all the nutrients intact.

About the Author

Eat red meat(don't over do), fish, chicken and milk(non-fat) these are sources of carnitine which increases the bodies fat usage I won't give you all the details but it helps to break down fat in your system.

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