What are calories?

Calories refer to the amount of energy released by food, which is determined by the content of carbohydrates, protein and fat. You can either use that energy through physical activity or the body stores it in the form of fat for future use. The nutritional value of food has an effect on your overall health, but the key for maintaining a healthy weight is to watch the total number of calories consumed.

Top Seven Tips Healthy Food Tips

Healthy Food Tips - Food Choices Made Easy       Healthy Food Tips give you some fantastic ideas for making healthy food choices when you’re shopping. It’s easy to eat healthy when the pantry is full of good quality food! . Top Seven Tips Healthy Food Tips These healthy food tips cover the main things you need to look for when grocery shopping for healthy food. For more specific info, see my healthy food lists. Healthy Food Tip #1: When grocery shopping, buy mostly whole foods. These are healthy foods that look the same as they did in nature 1,000 years ago – unprocessed and untreated as much as possible. They may also be cheaper than processed foods as there are no manufacturing costs involved. The nutritional value of food that’s unprocessed is always higher – it’s always your best healthy food choice. Why is that the case? Foods that have been processed or treated with synthetic pesticides or herbicides tend to be more difficult to digest, and may introduce toxins into your body. This means that your body spends more energy trying to detoxify, and has less energy to put into losing weight. Whole foods should form the basis of your grocery list each week. Examples include: • Fresh vegetables like spinach, cabbage, garlic, onions, tomatoes, beans and legumes • Fresh herbs like basil, oregano, thyme, parsley and sage • Fresh fruits like apples, pears and peaches • Free-range eggs • Unsalted nuts like walnuts, pecans, cashews and brazil nuts • Lean meats like lean steak, chicken, lean mince, • Fresh seafood like whole fish, prawns, squid and mussels • Whole grains like wild rice, whole rolled oats (steel cut), and unprocessed quinoa, amaranth and millet. Remember, even these whole foods might have been treated with a synthetic pesticide or herbicide of some sort. If you can afford it, buy certified organic foods. Click here to learn more about Natures Super Foods, Super Recipes & Super Food Remedies. Living Longer & Living Younger. If you can’t afford organic produce, you can usually buy good quality items from local growers markets. This has added benefits - the produce is likely to be fresher, in season, and less expensive due to lower transport costs. Locally grown produce may not be organic but it might have fewer pesticides and herbicides added, and be grown using more sustainable farming practices. At least you have the opportunity to meet the grower and ask! Or, you could find out how to grow healthy food in your own back yard. A herb garden is a good start. Healthy Food Tip #2: Buy healthy meats, preferably grass fed. Many commercial meat growers feed unnatural foods to their animals, and they fatten them up faster than would occur if the animal was grazing in nature. These two things mean you could be buying unhealthy meat. Is this meat good for you? Probably not. Fat, unhealthy animals must also be unhealthy for us! Try to buy locally grown meat that is fed on fresh, natural pasture. Cows and sheep eat grass. They don’t eat grains. ‘Grain fed meat’ is a marketing ploy. Steer clear of it. Healthy Food Tip #3: Read and understand food labels. Packaged and processed foods may contain added ingredients. Reading food labels helps you to choose good quality food. Food labels have important information about how much carbohydrate, protein and fat is in the food, and also whether there are any additives, unhealthy ingredients, or allergenic ingredients like gluten. In some countries, food labels have to show exact amounts of specific ingredients like trans fat and gluten. This is very important for people who have food allergies or food intolerance's. It takes time to read food labels, so simply look at one label each time you shop. For example if you’re buying tomato paste, look at all the available brands and find the one that’s healthiest. Then remember that brand and buy it next time. After a few weeks your shopping becomes much easier! Also, consumer choice drives food trends. If more people start buying better quality foods, they will become more popular and supermarkets will stock more of them. Click here for more information on reading food labels. Healthy Food Tip #4: Always start your day with healthy breakfast foods. Starting your day with a meal means that you kick-start your metabolism. Healthy breakfast foods are essential to keep you energized and feeling good throughout the day. Healthy breakfast foods have a good balance of protein, carbohydrates, fiber and healthy fats. If your breakfast lacks any of these, you might start a blood sugar roller-coaster which means you’ll have trouble maintaining your energy levels throughout the day. In the long term, eating imbalanced meals can lead to insulin resistance and leptin resistance. Try already to go FUEL from NUTRIE>>>>>>available here: www.kristine.automaticbody.com Healthy Food Tip #5: Have a good supply of healthy snacks on hand. Have you notice that there seems to be only two speeds in the day – very fast and stressful, and stop? Life seems to have become much busier these days and full of scheduled commitments. Having a supply of healthy, nutritious snack food on hand will stop you reaching for convenient junk food. Just like breakfast, you want your healthy snack food to be balanced in protein, carbohydrates and fats, and free of unhealthy preservatives or artificial sweeteners. Healthy Food Tip #6: Avoid foods that make you feel unwell. Some people have food allergies. But even more people have food intolerance's, which can be hard to diagnose. Some people can react poorly to healthy whole foods, like oranges or tomatoes. Do you feel funny after eating certain foods or drinks – head achy, itchy, hyperactive, irritated? Keeping a food diary is one way to figure out whether you have a reaction to certain foods like bread, or oranges, or chilies. With this level of awareness, you can choose to avoid those foods. Healthy Food Tip #7: On a special diet? Choose healthy diet foods. If your doctor has put you on a special diet to manage a health condition you might need to buy low salt foods, low fat foods or low sugar foods. But be careful. Sometimes special diet foods substitute so called bad ingredients for even worse ones. For example, low fat foods are often high in sugar or preservatives. Think of it this way – anything with ‘artificial’ ingredients is foreign to your body. Your body will have to find a way to deal with those previously-unknown ingredients. Go back to tip #1 – whole foods are the healthiest diet foods. Foods labeled as ‘diet foods’ (e.g. Diet yoghurt) often contain artificial preservatives and/or artificial sweeteners. There is a lot of medical research linking artificial sweeteners to cancers and Parkinson’s disease, among other things. And there has been some recent research suggesting that artificial sweeteners can actually make you fat. Choose your diet foods very carefully. Source :Healthy FOOD

Develop a workout routine

               The benefits of maintaining healthy eating habits, physical activity and optimal levels of vitamins and minerals are clear: actively managing your fitness contributes to long-term health and longevity and increased livelihood in the interim.

 Shockingly, many people, children and adults alike, do not engage in enough physical activity; the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion reports that only nineteen percent of high school students are active for twenty minutes per day, five days per week in physical education classes.
                Taking the time to develop a workout routine that fits your individual schedule and physical needs reduces the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease and premature death. Eating healthy foods combined with dietary supplements ensures your body receives the appropriate amount of nutrients for optimal performance.  Fuel is a great source for vitamins and protein available here:  http://www.kristine.automaticbody.com  "The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday"

Easy Vegetarian Chili

- Easy Vegetarian Chili
This recipe is super flexible. Add more or less of any of the vegetables or beans.
Ingredients
2 - 28oz cans of whole tomatoes and their juice
2 can of beans, drained and rinsed (kidney or white beans)
2 cup of frozen corns (you could use fresh but frozen is easy an works great)
3 stalks of celery, diced
2 peppers, diced (red,yellow, or orange)
2 carrots, diced
1 large onion, diced
4 cloves of garlic, finely minced
2 tablespoons of cumin
1 teaspoon oregano
1-3 tablespoons chiili powder (ore more if you like it spicier!)
¼-2 teaspoons of chili flakes (the more chili flakes the spicier it will be!)
2 tablespoons oil
Salt to taste
Optional toppings: sour cream, cheddar cheese, cilantro, diced avocados or green onion.
Instructions:
Heat oil in a large pot over medium high heat. Add onion and sauté for about 3 minutes. Add garlic and sauté 1 minute more. Add spices and cook stirring for about 30 seconds.
Add peppers, carrots and celery and cook for about 5 minutes, or until they just start to soften. Add tomatoes and their juice and bring to a simmer. Once the chili begins to simmer, reduce the heat to medium low. You want the chili to be at a low simmer with the lid off.
Continue to cook the chili, stirring occasionally, for about 20 minutes. Add beans and corn and let the chili return to a simmer. Cook for 5 more minutes or until the corn and beans have heated through.
Salt to taste. Serve on its own or topped with one (or all!) of the delicious toppings.
Enjoy!!

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 In the EVE.....instead of reaching for the chips!!!

~~many people try to “tough it out”, but end up eating too much at dinner.  Rather than a small snack, try having a ‘second lunch’ – something a little more substantial like a protein shake, a cup of cottage cheese with some fruit, or a low calorie frozen meal.  Then, you can do your cutting back at dinner time.

 

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Why is drinking water so important?

       The single most important nutrient for the human body is water. This inexpensive substance is all around us, and it is absolutely vital for everything that is alive. More than 70 percent of the world’s surface is covered in water, yet many people simply don’t get enough.

Why is drinking water so important? Humans are designed to primarily drink the refreshing substance. Not drinking enough can lead to water deficiency, which leads to chronic dehydration. This condition contributes to a wide range of common medical conditions, ranging from osteoporosis and osteoarthritis to allergies and asthma. Chronic dehydration typically goes unnoticed for many years before symptoms begin to appear. Avoiding this critical nutrient in favor of a sugary substitute can also have devastating consequences. Obesity, headaches, chronic fatigue, heartburn, stiff joints, allergies and asthma may all be exacerbated by dehydration.
To determine if you may not be drinking enough water, ask yourself the following questions; a “yes” answer to any may be a sign you should drink more water:

1. Do you drink three or more cups of coffee every day?
2. Do you drink two or more sodas every day?
3. Is water usually a last option as your beverage of choice?
4. Is your urine typically very dark?

Recommended Intake

Eight cups or 2 liters of water every single day is necessary for proper health. Most water from public sources is just as beneficial and nutritious as bottled or specially purified water.

Individuals who exercise frequently or who live in very hot environments should drink additional water. Since the body is largely composed of this nutrient, frequent sweating requires regular re-hydration. Goto www.kristine.automaticbody.com to get your nutrie

* information  originally from Dr. Andrews Myers

Do you drink too much soda ? Ideas to put the can down....

Putting down that can ~

a few ideas: 

Drink more Energe. Carry it with you, and drink it all day long. This will help your body purge your soda cravings. Alternate Energe with water to stay hydrated.= :)

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Rethink mealtime drinks. Drink water or milk (skim or 1%) at meals and snack times.

Save soda, lemonade, Kool-Aid, and punch for special occasions — no more than once or twice per week.

Watch the juice. Drink 100% fruit juice, but limit yourself to one small (4 to 6 ounces) glass or juice box a day.

 Or, eat a piece of fruit instead. You’ll get more nutrients, and feel more satisfied.  

Exotic nutrient dense super fruits = Weight Loss!

Garcinia Cambogia, is this the secret to sustainable weight loss?

 

 Garcinia Cambogia has long been considered one of the best tasting, rare, exotic nutrient dense super fruits in the World, but now countless research studies and real life results are showing us that Garcinia Cambogia is The Holy Grail of Weight Loss.  Don’t believe us?  Just ask Dr. Oz.

• Faster Weight Loss by acting as a fat blocker

• Natural Appetite Suppressant to control hunger and over eating

• Increase Serotonin for better sleep and regulating moods

• Balance Stress Hormones for emotional eaters and manage Cortisol

• Controls Sugar Cravings

As busy individuals it comes as no surprise that it is hard to find the time to always eat right, or remember to drink enough water throughout the day, etc.  We are short on time and normally don’t have the energy or drive to prepare a healthy meal as buying fast food, frozen dinner, or junk food is the all to easier choice.  The people at Nutrie realized this and have developed the Nutrie line of products and the Automatic Body program that work around our busy lives.


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Vitamin c do you have enough? Typically you think about oranges when it comes to Vitamin C but did you know Kale has a ton of Vitamin C

Krispy Kale and Quinoa Salad Head into the weekend with this nutritional rockstar recipe! Chock full of cruciferous veggies, ancient seeds, and tree nuts, you'll be getting all the vitamins, protein, amino acids, and healthy fats that you could ever wish for! INGREDIENTS 1 cup quinoa, rinsed and drained 2 cups vegetable or chicken stock Pinch of kosher salt 1/4 cup organic tahini 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar 1 teaspoon honey 1 teaspoon hot sauce 2 cloves garlic, minced Zest and juice of 2 lemons 1 bunch fresh kale, tough stems removed and leaves cut into ribbons 1/2 red onion, finely chopped 1/2 cup pine nuts 1/4 cup fresh parsley ground pepper to taste INSTRUCTIONS Combine quinoa, stock, and a pinch of salt in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, cover and reduce heat to simmer. Cook, without stirring, until all liquid is absorbed, for approximately 15 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to sit, covered, for 10 additional minutes. Fluff grains with a fork. Combine tahini, olive oil, vinegar, sugar, hot sauce, garlic, lemon zest, lemon juice, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Stir in kale; gently mix with a wooden spoon or massage with your hands so that kale breaks down. Add onion, pine nuts, parsley and reserved quinoa; mix to combine.