Lose It For Ever – Dave Elger

Nine in 10 Americans say their diet is healthy but only a quarter limit the amount of fat or sugar they eat, and two-thirds don’t eat enough fruit and vegetables  –physorg.com

MY COMMENT:  Are you in the norma weight range for your height?  Is half your plate vegetables at every meal?

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Today I visited an Army dining facility to promote healthy eating.  While  plenty of healthy options are available, the place was full and I did not see even one tray with an appropriate portion of food choices that I would consider eating unless I had just finished a two hour run.  Most plates were loaded with large portions of potatoes, french fries, or other simple carbohydrates (trust me when I tell you these people don’t exercise nearly to the level of an average high school distance runner-therefore have no need for excess carbs.).  

Maybe you can get away with it if you are thin, but certainly not the soldiers who are boarderline overweight according to army standards.  Most of them are unknowingly eating huge portions of a high carbohydrate diet.   No wonder there are so many who are overweight!

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Eat to Live is a plant-based diet- the bottom line is we are getting way to many calories from oil, meat products, and processed foods. 

Author Dr. Furman lays it out plain and simple.  Eat your fruit and vegetables!   (drfuhrman.com)

His Intense Six Week Eat to Live Plan:

•       1 pound of  raw vegetables daily!
•       1 pound of cooked green vegetables daily!
•       4 fruits daily
•       1 cup beans, legumes, or sprouts daily
•       eggplant, mushrooms, onions, and other non-starchy veggies

     (Not more than one serving):

• cooked starchy vegetables OR whole grains–Maximum 1 cup per day (butternut or acorn squash, corn, sweet potato, brown rice, cooked carrots, whole grain breads*, whole grain cereals)
• raw nuts and seeds (1 oz. or 28.5 grams a day) or 2 ounces avocado
• ground flaxseed (1 tablespoon a day)
• soymilk, low-sugar preferred–Maximum 1 cup a day -avoid breads and cereals as much as possible

OFF-LIMITS:

• dairy products
• animal products
• between meal snacks
• fruit juice, dried fruits  
• salt, sugar

NUTS and RAW SEEDS, are optional for obese or overweight persons while they follow this weight loss plan.  People who have difficulty losing weight may also eliminate the starchy vegetable/grain.

Since reading Eat to Live, I’ve cut back on cooking with oil, bought some ground flaxseed, added more servings of vegetables, and making more of an effort to eat fruit.  I’m going to continue with my weekly lean steak, periodic chicken, and other meat in some of the Korean food I eat for lunch.    

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source: CDC

MY COMMENT: One of the easiest ways to improve your diet is to increase consumption of fruits and vegetables. If you are not averaging 2 fruits and 3 vegetable servings per day, ask yourself why not? It’s not that hard.

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“The more often parents eat out, the lower their intake of fruits and vegetables,” says Amanda Harrod, a researcher at Saint Louis University School of Public Health who is presenting her findings at the American Public Health Association conference this week. sciencedaily.com

MY COMMENT: No surprise- eat at home and stock up on fresh fruits and vegetables.

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