Healthy Eating Tip #5
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Watch portion sizes. Switch to smaller plates and you will be surprised at how satisfied you feel after each meal. You will naturally begin to eat smaller portions but since they are smaller plates it won’t feel like you are cutting back.
The bigger your plate the more likely you are to overeat. There have been multiple studies done on this and they’ve proved that smaller plates and bowls means better eating habits. This will help you feel good, not overstuffed and barfy.
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November 2nd, 2009 at 5:58 am
Thanks for sharing Healthy Eating Tip #5. We all should try to take better eating habits and avoid heavy foods.
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:50 am
Yes. You are right. But it is hard to do, when you love eating
November 5th, 2009 at 12:51 am
The plates can deceive but the tastes won’t. A delicious meal, after all knows no plate size.
November 5th, 2009 at 2:24 am
yeah and most probably the smaller plates are junkies, so its better to have a good food and healthy diet with low calories and fatty acids.
November 7th, 2009 at 7:05 am
i just love eating all i would say is eat,eat and eat…..lol
November 8th, 2009 at 10:32 am
This reminds me of an experiment I saw where children were fed different portion sizes. Perhaps unsurprisingly, they ate everything on their place. More surprisingly, they felt completely satisfied after their meals, despite the fact that some children were being fed almost twice as much as others!
November 9th, 2009 at 6:47 am
we should limit the amount of consumption of foods containing calories and fatty acids after we cross 40, since they are meaningless for any use in our body.
November 10th, 2009 at 5:44 am
Jamie, I disagree – all foods have calories in, and we need this energy to survive. Yes, we should avoid too many ‘bad’ calories such as those from sugars and saturated fats, but even those play their part. As for fatty acids, many of these are essential to keep our bodies functioning properly – in fact they’re often known as ESSENTIAL fatty acids for this very reason. Avoiding them would be dangerous to our health!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:42 am
It would be better if we could add Soya bean oil or Sunflower oil in our day to day life, this oils do not contain fats and they are light for heart, especially people who are suffering from cardiac problems
November 11th, 2009 at 12:56 am
Awesome, thanks for the extra tips
November 19th, 2009 at 9:10 am
Yes that is a very smart trick that I’m trying to think about sometimes. It’s better to eat less and still be able to eat a lot of things.
November 21st, 2009 at 6:50 am
With the trend for healthy living people are greatly concerned with their diet. Yes, healthy diet and good nutrition are essential for a healthy body but diet alone cannot give you a perfect healthy life. Proper diets with regular exercise are must for a healthy body and a sound mind. Exercise can influence a lot in attaining a healthy life. Ask a healthy person and he would promptly reply that regular exercise and rich nutrition are the key ingredients for his health life.
November 25th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
I always suggest to people that they start a calorically reduced diet after doing a 1-3 day juice diet. It seems to be a good way to reset your body in terms of “appropriate serving size”. Sometimes it just takes going hungry for a day to realize what slight hunger is versus serious hunger pangs…
November 30th, 2009 at 8:45 am
‘Little and often’ is very good advice, as long as you’re eating a varied healthy diet.
December 1st, 2009 at 6:12 am
Awesome,You are right. But it is hard to do, when you love eating ;thanks for the extra tips
December 8th, 2009 at 12:34 am
very delicious food.I cant stop myself to see that…its so yummy.
December 15th, 2009 at 7:51 am
i just love eating so this is so necessary useful to me.
December 28th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
I tried this, and have been going around the house with a smile on my face ever since.
Such a simple common sense approach.
I am eating about half of what I was and not feeling hungry between meals.
Thanks a million for this advice.
January 26th, 2010 at 3:32 am
Nice tip. I’ll try and see how effective this is. I really need to loose some pounds.
January 26th, 2010 at 10:14 am
Most of the time i suggest to people to start a calorically reduced diet after doing a 1-3 day juice diet. It is a good way to reset your body in terms of “appropriate serving size”. Sometimes it just takes going hungry for a day to realize what slight hunger is versus serious hunger pangs…
July 22nd, 2010 at 3:54 pm
Hi really enjoyed reading your post.
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