9 Healthier Food Choices that Have Worked for Me

I am no expert on healthy eating, as anyone who knows me would assert, but recently, in part because of a family member's heart condition, my family was given a lot of guidance from medical experts about making healthier food choices. We began about six months ago making these choices and doing so has led to losing weight and putting much healthier things into our bodies. Besides these benefits, the best thing has been how simple these choices are - and how easy they are to stick with. So, if you're looking to make a few healthier choices in your own diet, maybe these things we tried will be of use. None of these are all that original- the basic principles were handed down to us in various brochures and consultations and we improvised on the exact switches to find what worked for us. Of course, if you have any questions about any aspect of healthy eating, you should consult your family doctor.

Healthier Food Choice 1: Diet soda instead of regular soda. Every time I read a report about obesity in America, they really lower the boom on soda consumption. This apparently is especially a problem with kids who drink the stuff like crazy. If you're a track star running 5 miles a day, you can handle it. But if you're drinking hundreds of empty calories and not exercising...Thus, the problem. In my adult world, I actually gave up regular soda about a year ago for the diet stuff. Now, not only am I addicted to the crisp deliciosity that is diet, caffeine free cola (I just don't drink caffeine, that's not a diet thing...) but I find the regular stuff unpalatably sweet. I never thought I'd say that! Maybe you could give it a try too. Personally, if I drank regular soda, with it's 80-150 calories per glass calorie content, instead of diet soda now? Man, I'd either have to start running that five miles a day! Best bet of all would of course be to drink water, but, I'm not quite there yet. However, I highly recommend making the no cal soda switch. Save those calories for something better, like cake.