Skipping Meals is a Recipe for Failure

by | Feb 27, 2012 | Sensible Eating | 0 comments

Eating only one or two meals a day is a recipe for disaster, no matter what diet you are on.

This ‘starving and then stuffing yourself’ pattern of eating will set you up for uncontrollable food craving and massive binges later on.

The problem is that your blood sugar plummets when you go long periods without food. Because of that, it’s nearly impossible to control the  hunger that follows that has been created by your hormones so you become ravenous. And let’s face it, when you’re that hungry, you couldn’t care less about eating properly let alone making good food choices, you just want food and you want it now!

Have you ever had strong cravings later on in the day for specific foods you don’t normally eat and you don’t know why? Just think back to what you ate earlier in the day – chances are you weren’t eating regularly every few hours or you ate something high in carbs.

By doing that, you set off the hunger alarm by skipping your  breakfast or leaving big gaps between other meals. If you don’t want those cravings again, close the gaps and eat every three or four hours.

You need protein every three hours or so. So it makes sense to eat something regularly. We’ll be covering that soon in more detail.

QUESTION: I want to eat protein with the taste of meat but with no sodium nitrate in it. What kind of foods can replace the taste of meat?

by | Feb 26, 2012 | Preservatives | 0 comments

QUESTION:  I want to eat protein with the taste of meat but with no sodium nitrate in it.  What kind of foods can replace the taste of meat?

Sodium nitrate is one of the most commonly used preservatives in processed foods.  Things like salami, sausage-meat, tinned ham, all of those things all contain elevated levels of sodium nitrate.  On the other hand, fresh meats generally don’t contain any added chemicals.

More on this about proteins

Exercise is a Key to Great Health

by | Feb 26, 2012 | Exercise | 0 comments

Exercise, as most folk know is one of ‘the’ keys to getting fit and healthy.  But it is probably the least liked and used part of any fitness program.

We all take to the eating part of our diet, but there is a real resistance to doing the physical bit.

Why should that be?

In truth, there are many expert opinions for why this is, but most of them overlook the blindingly
obvious.

If we don’t do the exercises, it can be many months before the body really shows the fruit of inactivity.  But go without food for more than a few hours and our bodies soon tell us to do something about it.

There is another fundamental part of the equation that the experts forget. Eating is part of our routine. In some cultures, it is the most important time of the day and everything else has to move around the food.

We eat not just to live, but we use the eating of food to celebrate special events in our lives – from births to deaths and everything in between.

Imagine if exercise were given the same place of honour that food has in our lives… Ladies and gentlemen. The father of the bride will now ask you to do 50 pushups in honour of the bride and groom.

We invite our friends round to eat. We discus business over a meal.  In fact to some, any excuse to eat is a good one.

Yes, eating really is an intrinsic part of our lives. It’s interesting, social and enjoyable.

If we had the same attitude towards exercise – perhaps that too would become something we look forward to.