Basic Facts to Eating Better

If you eat the right foods, you can actually still eat a lot. It's when you try to diet and eat the wrong things that you gain weight and interrupt the natural processes in your body from digesting efficiently. Create a good metabolism for youself by helping your system! :)

The LIVER's function...

1. Break Down Fats

2. Get Rid of Harmful Substances

If your body is too busy trying to do #2, it can't focus on #1.

Here are a few tips for where to start in the process of eating better...

A) Carbs

UNHEALTHY (they quickly turn to sugar in body and lead to added weight gain)
-certain breads
-crackers

-cereal

-pasta

HEALTHY (don't quickly turn to sugar, so less likely to gain weight)

-sprouted grain breads
-rice
-millet
-quinoa

-sweet potatoes

-any fruits and vegetables

B) Good fats

-olive oil
-coconut oil
-avocado

-butter (yes it isn't bad for you)

-whole eggs

C) Bad fats
-margarine and fake butters
-canola oil
 D) Processed Foods

AVOID

-hydrogenated oils

-processed soy products

-High Fructose Corn Syrup

-Artificial Sweeteners

USE
-Foods containing only one ingredient
-Not processed much