WHAT ITEMS SHOULD MAKE UP A BROKE BUDGET DIET? First of all, heres the HCA supplement for losing weight you may have heard about. When you think of health there are many things that should be avoided. In general we come to think that to eat healthy costs more. That may have validity in some respects but let’s dig a little deeper. What really runs your dietary budget through the roof? Number one is choosing to eat meals out in restaurants regularly. Number two is eating processed foods. It takes more time to prepare foods from scratch and it requires more planning but it can save substantial money. If we assume that we want to eat healthy and save money what do we eat? Avoid simple carbohydrates! High fructose corn syrup is horrible for someone that needs to lose weight but is a health hazard to us all. There are three categories of macronutrients — protein, fat and carbohydrates. Its that simple. Food has to fit in one or a combination of those three categories. There are no other categories. Fats: those should be high quality. EVOO (extra virgin olive oil) is a good foundation. One of the groups of long living people are the Greeks. They traditionally cant afford much meat in their diet. A high percentage of their calories come from the olive oil that they press from the trees in their yards. Some accounts placed that total calorie consumption at greater than 40% of their total calories. Sorry, American Heart Association, that flies in the face of the dogma that fats should not exceed 10% of total calories. Definitely, avoid trans-fats. I think everyone is aware of that problem these days as even McDonalds advertises the removal of fat from their arsenal of killer ingredients. Avoid polyunsaturated fats from vegetable sources and replace those with the mono-unsaturated fats from olive oil. If you eat much meat, be aware that it is saturated fat that youre consuming. As long as we are talking about saving money, heres a tip: —Eliminate...
Posted on: Mon, 05 May 2014 19:15:26 +0000
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