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When you 'must' eat fast food.. a guide

10/23/2016

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   The American Heart Association says that fast food isn't always bad for you, so - if you must eat fast food, be selective.. both about the place where you buy and eat it - and the food.
  There are some hard and fast rules to use as your guide - first and foremost, avoid sugar and high calorie foods.
>  Try to keep it under (500) calories. 
>  Choose fiber, whole grains, high-quality proteins.
>  Vegetable-rich salads are generally healthier - even chlorine-washed salad mixes - than processed foods.
>  Avoid foods high in oil and sodium.
>  ..and again - avoid sugar, corn syrup, and high glucose-fructose, which are standard ingredients in drinks and desserts, breakfast foods and breads in sandwiches, processed foods (including meat and vegetable nuggets), and also in dressings and toppings.
>  Take your own snacks to work or school to avoid hunger and increased appetite - examples: carrots and other raw vegetables, apples or other recommended low-sugar fruits, pro-biotics.. such as bio-yogurt, and nuts.
>  Avoid processed foods - note.. some vegetables are on the processed list - for example, baby carrots cleaned and shaped.. in a plastic sack - available everywhere - and pre-bagged vegetables - such as lettuce and salad mixes - that are generally put through a chlorine bath.
  The food industry with support from the USDA disputes that baby carrots are unhealthy or processed - especially that the amounts of chlorine in their chlorine bathes is not healthy. If you're a purist and don't trust the political appointments from America's corporations to the USDA.. mostly representatives of the food and agro-industry - then.. be aware (or beware).
  Remember - that the purpose of processing foods with additives is to increase shelf life (and profits) - and those chemicals they use, aren't taken from the five food groups or the food pyramid. Chemicals used are generally and often poisons that eaten in large quantities will kill you. The USDA began in 1905 as a small group within government testing on actual human-beings whether and how small an amount of arsenic in your food will make you ill or kill you. The purpose was to allow the food corporations to use arsenic to kill bacteria on food and extend shelf life. That goal remains the purpose of food processing today - to enable corporations (sometimes at the expense of your health) to increase profits.
  So.. choose food wisely - the food industry will NOT do it for you - and often - your government - especially with rich and powerful industry-lobbies impacting legislation - will not protect you. As free-market disciples define it, their 'noble intent' and goal is to protect their privilege, expand their power, and increase their wealth and to exploit unless you insist on regulation - and it is your goal to protect your health.

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difficulties of changing the diet

10/22/2016

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 With obesity on the rise wherever the Standard American Diet (SAD) is common, and with it illnesses, such as diabetes and non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), you probably should rethink your diet.
  As you may know if you've been diagnosed with a life-threatening illness how difficult it is to change our diet, because food generally brings pleasure - and the food to which we've become accustomed or prefer - is delicious to us, as well as comforting.

  ..but changing our perception regarding delicious food or even what is easiest to access quickly - may be the most difficult but important factors in changing our diets. It's common to think.. now, there's nothing to eat.
  Sometimes a simple photo can get us thinking differently about a diet both nutritious and delicious. There's still lots of food that's healthy and tasty that you can eat - but it may be as simple as perception - influenced by seeing a photo with healthy meals - such as soups and salads, fish and vegetables. You don't have to be reduced to an all starch meal, processed foods - or an all red-meat meal, sausages, and processed meats - to enjoy food.

  An excellent chart to help you choose healthy ingredients is the 'Fatty Liver Diet Chart':
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    ..and the web is awash with yummy and appetite-pleasing recipes that contain just those ingredients.
   There are a lot of diets out there and ideas and beliefs - and you may feel.. so which of those ideas are actually correct and have been adequately tested? If you can trust the studies and research of Mayo Clinic, then you can trust that obesity levels - as well as diabetes and liver disease are increasing.
   One of those ideas where I haven't found the fortifying studies is that we must eat a ratio of alkaline to acidic foods of 8:2 - and I thought.. who came up with that ratio?
  What tests were conducted to determine that exact ratio?
  The ratio may be suspect, and I can't dispute their theory - although some reputable sources that require evidence and supporting studies do dispute it, but take a look at the vegetables listed on their chart - and you will likely agree, it's an excellent list of ingredients.
   So - the point is - try to find studies that support claims behind drastic diets and food choices - before making it your standard diet - even when it doesn't 'seem' threatening.

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