The Secrets To Good Nutrition: What You Need To Know

By Cathrene Palmer


Are you feeling the need to improve your nutrition habits, but don't know where to start? Misinformation or lack of knowledge prevent most people from eating healthily. The only way to make a change is to learn what you can and apply it where you can.

Water

To help you keep your acne under control, make sure to drink plenty of water. Drinking at least 8 glasses of water a day or two liters, will ensure your skin does not become dehydrated. Skin being dehydrated is a key cause of pores becoming blocked and so not allowing this to happen, will keep acne at bay.

When possible, choose wild salmon over farmed salmon. Both types offer nutritional benefits, but wild salmon has higher nutritional value. Farmed salmon may be overexposed to antibiotics and pesticides that farmers add to the water. Some farmed salmon may even have artificial coloring injected into the meat to give it a more attractive orange hue. With wild salmon, you do not have these risks.

Help to ensure that your children are getting the proper nutrition they need on a daily basis by packing healthy lunches for them to take to school. When making sandwiches, avoid high-fat deli meats, such as ham, bologna and salami, and opt for low-fat turkey, chicken or even lean roast beef. Use whole grain bread and light mayonnaise. Egg salad, tuna fish and an occasional peanut butter and jelly sandwich provide some variety. While fresh fruit is convenient and nutritional, switch up the usual apples, oranges and bananas from time to time with dried fruit mixes, granola bars, nuts, yogurt, or carrot and celery sticks with a low-fat dip. Water, low-fat or skim milk, 100% fruit juices and low-sodium vegetable juice all make healthy beverage choices. You can even surprise your children now and again with a homemade chocolate chip cookie for dessert!

Make sure you drink lots of water each day. Sports drinks, sodas, coffee and even juices do not count toward this. Drinks other than water are filled with sugar and additives that may do more to dehydrate you than hydrate you. Drink more water than anything else, and if you have a beverage like alcohol that is dehydrating, make sure to drink twice as much water as it, to balance out.

Hopefully with all the nutrition tips you learned from this article you're feeling a bit more confident with ways you can practice healthy nutritious habits. Now that you know what foods to eat and how much to eat, follow through by making changes to your diet.




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