How To Exercise: Is Health Too Expensive?
Posted on | August 5, 2011 | 3 Comments
USDA’s recent nutrition recommendations are hitting the wallet hard according to recent University of Washington research.
Latest changes to USDA’s recommendations will increase food bills of many families. An example that NRP articles “USDA’s Advice For Eating Right Is Hard on the Wallet”sites is that in order to meet new USDA’s requirements for potassium alone, food bill of an average family would go up by $380 a year.
This is the estimate calculated through research at University of Washington.
The concern is that low income families will fall even further behind on the health and wellness curve.
It is no secret that organic, raw food is much more expensive than a cheeseburger from local fast food chain.
First step would be to educate. After all, replacing soda and sugar water with water is cheaper.
What do you think?
Should we subsidies healthier foods and make it more affordable?
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What Is The Paleo Diet
Posted on | August 5, 2011 | 1 Comment
Paleo diet, paleo diet… What is the paleo diet anyway? Is it good? Is it bad? Does it work?
All diets work short term. Key to successful weight loss and maintanence is ability to create good habits, capacity to stay consistent and maintain the achieved health and fitness.
Paleo diet is not for everyone but will definitely work for many of us.
With paleo diet you get to eat like a caveman or a cavewomen. No processed, yucky stuff.
Not part of paleo diet:
- Grains like wheat, corn, oats, …
- Vegetable oils and margarines
- Legumes like soy, peanuts, lentils, …
- Sodas, sugar, fruit juices, …
- Dairy products
- Processed food and preservatives
Instead, paleo diet uses:
- Meat: Beef, pork, chicken, bison, …
- Eggs: Omelets, Frittatas, …
- Fish: Salmon, sardines, trout, …
- Fruits and vegetables: Berries, spinach, beets, …
- Shellfish and seafood: Mussels, scallops, shrimps, …
- Good fats: coconut oil, tallow, clarified butter, olive oil…
- Nuts: almonds, macadamia, walnuts…
Paleo eliminates modern processed and sugary foods and instead focuses on nourishing foods that do a body good.
If you are interested in learning more about this type of meal planning, I would highly recommend this Paleo Recipe Book that contains over 370 paleo recipes.
Paleo Recipe Cookbook contains
- over 370 paleo recipes
- full of photos
- instant access ebook
It also includes an 8 week meal plan for you to follow.
For details and to see samples visit The Paleo Recipe Book
I’ve been using it myself for sometime now. Like it very much and confident that you will like it too and see great results.
Enjoy! Look forward to hearing how it effects your fitness and health.
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