Bite By Bite: A Guide to Applying the 2015 Dietary Guidelines

As a registered dietician, it is often my job to translate research and guidelines into step-by-step recommendations that are easy for anyone to follow, so I was delighted to find that the newly released 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans are simple and easy to manage and aim to help Americans make healthier eating decisions. In order to reduce the risk of chronic disease for everyone from toddlers to seniors, the updated Dietary Guidelines help us include foods we love by recommending healthy eating patterns. Working to create a healthful pattern of eating, instead of focusing on individual foods or nutrients, allows for a tailored approach based on an individual's daily activity, culture, gender, and other influential elements. I'd like to share a few helpful tips selected from the Dietary Guidelines that you can practice to inch you closer to your goals today. Small change is key -- Start with one change at a time until it comes naturally. It's like organizing your cabinets; you can attempt to organize all of them at once and end up with a mess on your floor and nothing accomplished (personal experience!) or you can select one cabinet at a time and arrange its contents in a timely and efficient manner. These changes can be simple goals such as drinking water every hour, switching your afternoon snack to a piece of fresh fruit instead of a packaged treat or replacing two meals a week with a variety of seafood such as a tuna sandwich for lunch or shrimp for din...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news