Thursday, September 13, 2012

Healthful Tips: 7 Key Steps to Better Living

7 Key Steps to Better Living.

These steps are the seven key messages from the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

You should seriously consider these steps.

>Balancing Calories<
Step 1. Enjoy your food, but eat less of it.


Step 2. Avoid over sized portions.
Oversized.
haha, but really this is oversized:

Actually over sized.

It should look more balanced like:





>Foods to Increase<
Step 3. Fill half of your plate with Fruits and Vegetables. If you don't think you like them, find some you do like, there are 100's of fruits and vegetables on this abundant plant. God has really blessed us with choices.



Consider trying a different color every day!

Step 4. Change out half of the grains you eat to whole grains. Don't mistake whole for multi-grains.


Step 5. Change your milk to fat-free or 1% fat. Also change your milk products: yogurt, half & half, and sour cream.


>Foods to Reduce<
 Step 6. Look at food labels and try to consume less Sodium. The simplest way to do this is to eat less processed foods. 


Step 7. Dink water instead of other drinks.


This was Healthful Tips: 7 Key Steps to Better Living. Stay tuned for more Healthful Tips.

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