Holiday Food Basics
During the holidays, there’s always an abundance of feasting with friends and family. By sticking with the following tips, you can curb the excess weight gain that always seems to crop up around this time of year.
Eat whole foods over processed foods, they are more nutrient dense.
Eat high quality protein with every meal.
Eat more healthy fats such as Omega 3’s. Eat less or better yet, no trans-fats.
Learn the difference between fibrous carbohydrates, complex carbohydrates and simple carbohydrates.
Get most of your carbohydrates from veggies and fruits (in that order).
Eat the right kind of carbohydrates at the right time (fibrous carbohydrates over all others when possible).
Ingest all other carbohydrates (simple or complex) post-workout; your body will use them better.
Eat more fiber.
Learn to read labels and critically analyze them.
Sound nutrition is the best method of losing body fat, increasing metabolism and buoying energy levels.
This is the best foundation for healthy living.
Educate yourself; it will go a long way.
To your health.
Dev Chengkalath
