Changing to a lifestyle that promotes your health and wellness need not loom before you as an intimidating ordeal of missed pleasures and self-denial. In fact, improving the way (and what) you eat can be easily approached on a simple and satisfying "bite-by-bite" basis.
The following are Chef Laurie's admittedly personal, but nonetheless proven, tips and favorites (in 10 easy to digest, bite-sized lists) that she's developed over many years as a nutritionist and wellness chef from eating, feeling and living better.
Top 10 Best Snacks
- A hand full of nuts
- Hard boiled eggs
- Apple slices with almond butter
- Small can of chunk light tuna
- A quarter of avocado
- One cup of vegetable soup with beans
- One cup of plain low-fat yougurt with fresh fruit and two tablespoons of granola
- Small smoothie made with fruit, yogurt and some brown rice protein powder
- 3-4 oz. of cooked chicken or turkey
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Top 10 Super Foods
- Fresh Ginger
- Blueberries
- Avocado
- Flax Seeds
- Nuts
- Broccoli
- Salmon
- Spinach
- Edamame
- Acai Juice
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Top 10 Things You Must Give Up To Slow The Aging Process
- Smoking
- Sugar
- Alcohol
- Stress
- Fast Food
- Pre-packaged processed food
- Anything with hydrogenated oils
- White Trash (white flour, white bread, white pasta, white potatoes)
- Soda's (yes diet, too)
- Sunbathing without sunblock
- Driving with your teenage children
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Changing to a lifestyle that promotes your health and wellness need not loom before you as an intimidating ordeal of missed pleasures and self-denial. In fact, improving the way (and what) you eat can be easily approached on a simple and satisfying "bite-by-bite" basis.
