Nutrition and Diet

Have you ever heard the suggestion to select your foods based on their colors? Remember beta-carotene, which is sometimes used as a food colorant? Well, it makes beets and strawberries red, and carrots orange. A few basic generalizations, while not specific, can be guidelines when selecting what foods to eat. Leafy green vegetables are often high in calcium and iron content. Dried fruits and beans also tend to have a good amount of iron, as well as fiber. Bananas and potatoes are high in potassium, and, in general, less processed foods contain more of all of the above. It probably won’t surprise you to know some enzymes are altered in heating and chemical processes. When you eat your banana the take a look at this game: Farmerama.

Some foods may be "fortified." Many flours are fortified with iron, and many dairy products are fortified with vitamin D. As in many areas of life, you've got to choose your battles. While vitamin D is manufactured by the body in sunlight, too much of that can cause skin cancer. You can't win for losing. Well, this is where moderation comes into play. I would never suggest, unless you are diabetic or your doctor suggested it, that you never have another bowl of ice cream. Acquiring healthy habit does not have to be cruel. In fact, if they seem as such, they may be more difficult to maintain. If you are seeking to improve your diet, shifting your focus from denying yourself pleasure to enjoying healthy foods may make eating well a habit that lasts a lifetime. Oftentimes, I have read that weight that is lost more slowly is more likely to stay gone. Long-term changes in one's diet and weight-loss may not dramatic, but that may be the healthier way to go, depending on individual situations.

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