Nutritional Tips For You

• Research shows that if you eat together as a family, it helps children eat less junk food and more fruits and vegetables.
• Replace white stuff with the brown stuff…brown rice, whole wheat bread (without corn syrup as an ingredient), whole wheat pasta.
• Read the ingredient labels on food packages and choose foods with “whole” in the grain or flour name of the first 3 ingredients.
• Add a green vegetable to dinner every night.
• Snack right by eating an apple, banana, or strawberries at snack time.
• Select fruits with more potassium, such as bananas, prunes, dried apricots, cantaloupe and honeydew melon.
• Avoid the trans fats by checking the nutrition facts label before you buy it.
• Plan your menu for a week and stick to it!
• Resign from the “clean plate club.” When you’ve eaten enough, leave the rest.
• Don’t skip meals. You become hungrier and drift towards bad carbohydrates.
• Wake up early enough to cook yourself breakfast.
• Ask for a half-order of a healthier regular item, or share your entree.
• Implement the same healthy diet (rich in fruits, vegetables and grains) for your entire family, not just for select individuals