10 steps to a healthier diet

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I found this list in an older Rodale cookbook very helpful SINCE I AM

starting out. I modified it a little and hope it will encourage you

to do what you can, one baby step at a time! Take as long as you

need to make one permanent change at a time. Don't sweat the

occasional times when you are away, sick, expecting, moving (you get the

idea) and you can't be as strict about your diet. Make

gradual overall changes and do the best you can. The Lord will honor

your faithfulness in small things and one day you will be looking

back on the long way all those baby steps have brought you. Our foods have

become so processed that they are very unhealthy……. I AM TRYING TO MAKE

THESE CHANGES GRADUALLY FOR MY HEALTH PROBLEMS………….MAB

 

 

> Ten Steps to a Healthier Diet (one baby step at a time)

>

> Start gradually one or two steps at a time………….

>

> 1. Switch to brown rice.

>

> 2. Use butter and olive oil instead of hydrogenated

> shortening and margarine.

>

> 3. Substitute healthier sweeteners and drinks for refined

> sugars and soda then work on cutting back on the frequency

> of consumption of sweet foods. Substitutes include: honey,

> Rapadura or Sucanat, stevia, maple syrup water, juice,

> fruit smoothies, herbal teas etc.

>

> 4. Cut back on white flour and add more fiber to your diet

> preferably in the form of the freshest whole grain flour

> you can locate.

>

> 5. Make your own soups using fresh vegetables.

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> 6. Make your own salad dressings and mayonnaise.

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> 7. Make your own granola and hot cereals.

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> 8. Sprout seeds and beans for salads.

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> 9. Make your own yogurt.

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> 10. Buy fresh vegetable instead of frozen or canned,

> whenever possible, and serve a raw salad at least once

> per day.

>

> Adapted from Rodales Naturally Great Foods Cookbook c. 1977

 

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