{"id":1424,"date":"2019-01-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nice-cori.104-207-151-122.plesk.page\/?p=1424"},"modified":"2019-01-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T00:00:00","slug":"five-nutrition-tips-for-healthy-new-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/five-nutrition-tips-for-healthy-new-you","title":{"rendered":"Around Woodstock | Five Nutrition Tips for Healthy New You | Woodstock GA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Looking to start off 2019 focusing on a healthier way of eating? Here are five ways to get started.\u00a0<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"around woodstock chef-with-vegetables\" class=\"wp-image-7315 alignright\" height=\"235\" src=\"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/chef-with-vegetables.jpg\" width=\"351\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eat \u201creal\u201d food.<\/strong> There are dozens of diet\/meal plans out there, and it can be very confusing trying to pick the right one for you. Let me make this really simple by asking this question: What do all these diet plans have in common? They all teach you to stop eating highly processed pre-packaged foods and encourage eating \u201creal\u201d food. What is real food? Anything you can pick off a tree, a bush or shrub, dig out of the ground, kill with your bare hands, or fish out of the ocean. If the food you choose is in one of these categories, and your body doesn\u2019t have a nasty reaction to it, then eat it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Be aware.<\/strong> Pay attention to how food makes you feel when you eat it. Bloating, gas and heartburn are not normal ways for your body to react to food. If you have this type of reaction to a food (even a healthy food) STOP eating it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Track your food.<\/strong> Notice I didn\u2019t say track your calories. While calories can matter if your goal is weight loss, what is most important is to track if you are eating nutrient-dense food for health benefits and satiety. You can stay under calories eating a bunch of junk food, but your body, mind and soul will suffer from fatigue, hunger and more if you are not eating food with nutritional value. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myfitnesspal.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MyFitnessPal<\/a> is a great app for tracking food. Pay attention to the macronutrient goals (carbs, fat, protein) in addition to the sugar and sodium contents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read ingredient labels.<\/strong> Most people know how to read the nutrition facts, which can provide you with some information, but not the most pertinent information, which is \u2026 am I eating food? The ingredients determine if you are eating real food or not. Learn more about the ingredients you are putting in your body by using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fooducate.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fooducate app.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Create healthy environments.<\/strong> There are many hidden triggers all around us that will sabotage healthy eating habits, so create environments at home and work that will set you up for success. It is much easier to change your environment than your mind.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Suggestions<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Remove or place tempting foods in hard-to-reach spots and put healthier options at eye level in the pantry or refrigerator.<br \/>\n\u2022 Moving from a 12-inch to a 10-inch dinner plate leads people to serve and eat 22 percent less.<br \/>\n\u2022 Do not eat directly from the package. Serve yourself a portion and put the package away.<br \/>\n\u2022 In restaurants, choose half portions, or ask for the to-go box ahead of your meal, then portion half to take home with you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>\u2013 Health coach <span style=\"text-align: left;color: #333333;text-transform: none;text-indent: 0px;letter-spacing: normal;font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size: 16px;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;text-decoration: none;cursor: text;float: none;background-color: transparent\">Andrea Mathis<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&lt;!&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;&gt;\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking to start off 2019 focusing on a healthier way of eating? Here are five ways to get started.\u00a0 Eat \u201creal\u201d food. There are dozens of diet\/meal plans out there, and it can be very confusing trying to pick the right one for you. Let me make this really simple by asking this question: What [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"aroundwoodstoc","author_link":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/author\/aroundwoodstoc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1424\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}