The last tip of the week on healthy eating is...GO BROWN! I know you may have heard this before, but in the food world brown is better. Instead of having white bread or white rice or white sugar, have bread made from whole wheat/rolled oats/bran and brown rice and brown sugar. These are all lower glycemic carbohydrates that will keep your blood sugar levels steady and keep you fuller throughout the day. Also, GO COLORFUL! When it comes to fruits and vegetables, especially vegetables, the more color the better. Instead of buying ice berg lettuce at the grocery store, buy spinach. Spinach is a dark green leafy vegetables with plenty of nutrients and lots of iron. So keep these two things in mind when you are shopping.We've talked about the importance of food and where it ranks in the scheme of physical fitness. And the conclusion is that food reigns as King in the fitness world. Undisputed champ. What goes into our bodies will show on the outside as a testament to our eating habits. We can spends endless hours in the gym on cardio machines, doing strength training and weights, but if we are not eating properly we will reverse all of the hard work we put in and take ourselves backwards past the point we were.
So, if 80% of my physical fitness is found in a fork, a spoon and a knife...and lifting those utensils to my mouth with the right type of foods. I'd rather be working harder at doing that, then putting all of my effort into something that only accounts for 20% of my results. Wouldn't you?
Have a good weekend!
-LK
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