Healthy Eating Tips - Always Useful
I have always been a sucker for the “tips” section of any publication. Inherent in the concept, is learning something that will make life easier or better in some way.
Sometimes we take for granted that everyone knows all the tricks and tips that we know, but I am always so grateful when someone is kind enough to share some special remedy, process or "rule of thumb" that they have found helpful.
Here are some healthy eating tips that can help make it easier for you to buy, prepare and enjoy foods that will keep you well and strong.
Keep in mind that the tips found here are ones that I know for sure are useful, because I use them myself! I will be adding to this page as new tips come to mind, or as discoveries come my way.
Click on the links for each category of the healthy eating tips and enjoy!
Tip #1: Choose color!
Tip #2: Fat--how can you tell if it’s saturated?
Tip #3: Water—the beverage of choice
Tip #4: Flax seed for Omega-3 and fiber
Tip #5: Cinnamon
Tip #6: Complementary Proteins
Tip #7: Cooking with whole-grain flour
Tip #8: Breading and Bread crumbs
Tip #1: Egg Quality
Tip #2: Supermarket shopping
Tip #3: Choosing a ripe cantaloupe
Tip #4: Choosing Cheese
Tip #5: Buying Produce
Tip #6: HFCS
Tip #7: Fiber in bread
Tip #8: Sugar by any other name is still sugar
Tip #9: Keep it plain and simple
Tip #10: Choosing the best watermelon
Tip #1: Serving sizes
Tip #2: Conscious Eating
Tip #3: Keeping Track
Tip #4: Are you Nuts?
Tip #5: Hydrate...Hydrate...Hydrate!
Tip #6: Low-fat foods
Tip #7: How big is your ice cream scoop?
Tip #8: Hunger or Appetite?
Tip #9: Liquid calories count too
Tip #1: Indigestion
Tip #2: Peppermint Tea
Tip #3: Ginger
Tip #4: Beans, Beans, the marvelous fruit…
Tip #5: Licorice anyone?
Tip #6: Belching
Tip #7: Relax!
Tip #8: Limit hard to digest foods.
Tip #9: Chew a teaspoon of fennel seeds to soothe digestive tract and eliminate gas.
Tip #1: Squeaky-clean vegetables and fruits
Tip #2: Dressing your salad
Tip #3: Fresh Herbs
Tip #4: Blend the cottage cheese
Tip #5: Lighter whole-grain breads
Tip #6: Sweet potato “fries”
Tip #7: Alligator Pears
Tip #8: Did your cream soup curdle?
Tip #9: Reducing the acid in your tomato dishes
Tip #10: For better baked goods, warm up the eggs
Tip #11:The shape of homemade bread
Tip #12:Are you measuring your flour correctly?
Tip #13: The secret to making great oatmeal
Tip #14: Tips for making scrambled eggs
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