Healthy Eating, Healthy Cooking, Healthy You
Nutrition, sometimes can feel like a daunting task. You know you want to eat well and healthfully because it will help you feel better, look better, and prevent disease. But what can you do to make your life a little easier? You may run into cookbooks with recipes that are long with many ingredients, or they make too many portions, or worse yet, they take such a long time to make it hardly seems worth it. Additionally, many cookbooks are written without health and nutrition in mind, just taste.
The good thing about me is that I am a Dieitian. Dietitians are known “foodies.” Dietitians, like you, enjoy good tasting food, food with flavor, food that is fun, and since we work full-time as well, we like food that is fast and easy to make. As Dietitians, we have extensive training in health and disease prevention, and one of the most important ways in maintaining and improving health, while preventing disease is through your diet.
By cooking your meals, you are in control of exactly what goes in your mouth. You buy your own ingredients, you know exactly what is going into each dish, and you know it is not full of chemicals and preservatives.
Healthy cooking is so important because it is a life-long skill that you can pass onto your family and friends. A kitchen is often a central place in your home where people gather for every day meal times, for social periods, and for fun, to share an experience, and is vital as a place to gain some control on your health.
Food is one thing we cannot live for long without. That is why it is vital.
A painter cannot paint without his proper tools, ie. Paint-brush, paint, easel, or canvas. Likewise, you, a healthy cook cannot cook without your proper tools, including your cookware, flatware, knives, but perhaps most importantly, your food and ingredients. When planning out your meals and menus, it is important to have your ingredients, know where to find them, how to find them, and how to be able to substitute, simply because you have the knowledge and know-how around your neighborhood grocery store.
For your healthy diet in general, your shopping will keep you near the outside perimeter of your grocery store. This is where you will find the most healthful and least processed foods and ingredients. The perimeter is where you can find your fresh and dried fruit and vegetables, the dairy and meat areas, fresh baked breads, fresh fish and seafood, and at times your bulk-food items. This covers a large proportion of the overall foods you will need for healthy meals. Occasionally you may want canned or frozen goods, or packaged goods such as oats for fresh-cooked oatmeal, or vinegar for a salad dressing, or perhaps some canned tomatoes for a homemade low fat, low sodium, or low calorie tomato sauce.
It is important for you to have the basic understanding and know-how to navigate yourself through your grocery store. It is up to you to get yourself the raw materials you need and want by learning how to employ your healthy shopping techniques.
The good thing about me is that I am a Dieitian. Dietitians are known “foodies.” Dietitians, like you, enjoy good tasting food, food with flavor, food that is fun, and since we work full-time as well, we like food that is fast and easy to make. As Dietitians, we have extensive training in health and disease prevention, and one of the most important ways in maintaining and improving health, while preventing disease is through your diet.
By cooking your meals, you are in control of exactly what goes in your mouth. You buy your own ingredients, you know exactly what is going into each dish, and you know it is not full of chemicals and preservatives.
Healthy cooking is so important because it is a life-long skill that you can pass onto your family and friends. A kitchen is often a central place in your home where people gather for every day meal times, for social periods, and for fun, to share an experience, and is vital as a place to gain some control on your health.
Food is one thing we cannot live for long without. That is why it is vital.
A painter cannot paint without his proper tools, ie. Paint-brush, paint, easel, or canvas. Likewise, you, a healthy cook cannot cook without your proper tools, including your cookware, flatware, knives, but perhaps most importantly, your food and ingredients. When planning out your meals and menus, it is important to have your ingredients, know where to find them, how to find them, and how to be able to substitute, simply because you have the knowledge and know-how around your neighborhood grocery store.
For your healthy diet in general, your shopping will keep you near the outside perimeter of your grocery store. This is where you will find the most healthful and least processed foods and ingredients. The perimeter is where you can find your fresh and dried fruit and vegetables, the dairy and meat areas, fresh baked breads, fresh fish and seafood, and at times your bulk-food items. This covers a large proportion of the overall foods you will need for healthy meals. Occasionally you may want canned or frozen goods, or packaged goods such as oats for fresh-cooked oatmeal, or vinegar for a salad dressing, or perhaps some canned tomatoes for a homemade low fat, low sodium, or low calorie tomato sauce.
It is important for you to have the basic understanding and know-how to navigate yourself through your grocery store. It is up to you to get yourself the raw materials you need and want by learning how to employ your healthy shopping techniques.
posted by Dana M. Ellis, MPH, R.D. @ 12:06 PM
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