Some Quick Diet Tips
Having a few quick diet tips in your arsenal can make the difference sometimes between success and failure. When the going gets rough you will need all the help you can get, and here are some basics to keep in mind when it comes to diets that you can stick to that are quick and easy.
The first thing to keep in mind is that the closer to the natural state of food the better. Overly processed foods, and pre packaged foods often have lost most of the original nutrients they contained if they have any at all. Often times the healthiest foods are the most basic and simple foods there are.
Keeping balance means getting a healthy amount of each of the macro-nutrients, carbohydrates, protein, and fat. Yes you need fat, just the right kind. In fact this goes for all the macro-nutrients. Most diets and dieters fail because they either focus on one macro-nutrient too much or not enough. You need all of them in order to maintain any diet.
Protein – choose lean meats low in saturated fat.
Carbohydrates – complex carbohydrates like whole wheat pasta are much better than their refined counterparts like white pasta.
Fats – probably the most controversial of the three, fat gets a bad rap. If it were possible to eliminate all fat from your diet you would die. Obviously we need it, we just need the right type of fat at the right times, in moderation. Fat is the most calorie dense food there is, at 9 calories per gram it has more than twice as many calories per gram than carbs.
Let’s not forget vegetables and fruits. The average person needs from 8-9 servings per day, more if you are struggling with health. So how do we go about incorporating all of this into a quick diet that is easy to prepare and doesn’t cost a fortune?
Keep it simple – eating a serving of lean protein with most meals along with a vegetable and a serving of carbs is all you need. There are endless combinations with those three simple and easy macro-nutrients.
An example – one serving of salmon 5-6 ounces, a mixture of beans and rice and broccoli. All simple, healthy and easy to prepare, simply change the meat, the vegetable and the carb with variations. These are the basics of the quick diet – simple, healthy and cost effective.