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Wellness - 8 Steps to Lifelong Wellness and Vitality, Part 1
Wellness
can be yours if you follow these eight steps:
- Do
your FATS
right! This is the
most powerful nutritional strategy available to protect your health!
- Strictly
avoid trans fats: partially hydrogenated oils (everywhere in processed
and fast foods), stick margarine, and shortening.
- Minimize
saturated fat: fatty cuts of beef, pork, and lamb, whole dairy
products, butter, palm and coconut oil.
- Consume
the majority of your fats from the monounsaturated oils: extra virgin
olive oil, canola oil, nuts/seeds, and avocados.
- Strive
to have a serving of omega 3 fats daily: oily fish (salmon, tuna,
mackerel, herring, and sardines), walnuts, canola oil, flaxseeds, omega
3 eggs, wheat germ, and small leafy greens (arugula, watercress, etc.).
- If
you do your fats right, you will:
- Lower
your risk of heart disease and stroke
- Lower
inflammation in the body
- Improve
neurologic/mental health
- Reduce
the risk of some cancers
- Decrease
LDL (bad) cholesterol and increase HDL (good) cholesterol
- Reduce
the risk of type 2 diabetes
- Do
your CARBS right!
This is the second most powerful nutritional strategy available to
protect your health!
- Minimize
consumption of the highly refined, high glycemic index
“bad”, white carbs – white flour
products, white rice, white potatoes, sugar, and products containing
them.
- I
refer to these foods as the “Great White Hazards”
because they promote obesity, increase your cardiovascular risk,
promote type 2 diabetes in susceptible individuals, promote certain
cancers, and lead to rapid fluctuations in blood glucose that aggravate
the brain.
- Consume
the majority of your carbohydrate calories from the following 4
categories: whole grains, beans/legumes, fruits, and vegetables (the
“right carbs”). These carbs improve and
protect your health!
- If
you do your carbs right, you will:
- Lower
your risk of heart disease
- Improve
your gastrointestinal health
- Lower
your risk of cancer of the stomach, mouth, colon, gall bladder, and
ovary
- Protect
against type 2 diabetes
- Have
greater success with a healthy weight
- Lower
inflammation in the body
- Eat
as many and as much a variety of fruits and vegetables as possible
– this is the simplest strategy of all!
- Strive
to have 7 servings (about 4 cups combined) a day – but any
improvement counts!
- The
phytochemical
power in fruits and vegetables
is extraordinary – your “magic bullet”
- The
superstar fruits – berries, cherries, plums, any whole
citrus, cantaloupe, kiwi, mango, red grapes, and apples.
- The
superstar vegetables – all cruciferous (broccoli, cabbage,
cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, kale, collards), carrots, garlic,
onions, sweet potatoes, dark leafy greens, tomatoes, winter squash,
asparagus, and red/orange/yellow bell peppers.
- If
you do your fruits and veggies right, you will:
- Reduce
your risk of heart attack and stroke
- Protect
against high blood pressure
- Improve
your gastrointestinal health
- Prevent
age related vision loss (cataracts and macular degeneration)
- Have
greater success with a healthy weight
- Reduce
your risk of a host of cancers
- Make
meals beautiful, delicious, and exciting
Click here for Part 2
To
see a detailed listing of all of the right fats, carbs, fruits, and
veggies, check out Dr. Ann's line of Healthy
Grocery Lists.
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