Tips and Facts

Tips

A multivitamin and fish oil will help to ward off the colds and keep you fighting fit this winter.

Hide fibre from your kids by grating vegetables into mince dishes and sauces or choosing high fibre white bread

If you have children, involve them in the cooking, shopping, and food preparation. They will learn where there food comes from and be more willing to try new tastes

Try at least one new recipe pre week and keep your favourite recipes in a scrapbook to impress friends and family when entertaining

Do you eat for emotional reasons? Explore other avenues to meet your emotional needs, like sport, friends, family or shopping!

Don’t like the taste of water? Try herbal tea, water with a squeeze of lemon juice or mineral water

Exercise in the morning. That way if you are tired in the evening you can just go home and fall in bed.

Instead of meeting friends at a restaurant or café, suggest catching up while walking along the river, cycling on a bike track or playing a friendly game of sport.

Don’t think you have time to prepare veggies? Buy pre-chopped or frozen vegetables to throw in to the meal at the last minute.

Thinking of losing weight? It won’t just happen because you want it to. It will happen if you plan for it. Write down exactly what you plan to do, why you plan to do it and when, and you will be more likely to stick to it.

Facts

Fibre not only keeps you regular, it also keeps you fuller for longer, and help you to manage your weight

The use of partially hydrogrenated (Trans) fats in food manufacture is much more common in the US than in Australia.

80% of the salt we eat comes from everyday foods, rather than the salt we choose to add to a meal

2.9g per day of the soluble fibre in oats (Beta-Glucan) can reduce cholesterol absorption – So have a bowl of porridge in the morning

Oats help to improve high cholesterol, high blood pressure and reduce inflammation. Just as well they taste great!!

30g of walnuts contain 1890mg of omega 3 fats! No wonder walnuts help to reduce cholesterol

Walnuts contain 60 times more omega-3 than hazelnuts and 10 times more than pecans.

Mashed potato has a GI of 91 : Sweet potato has a GI of 44. I think I’ll have sweet potato tonight

On average men eat around 26g of fibre per day while women only eat around 20g per day. We really should be eating at least 30g

When increasing fibre in your diet your may also increase the amount of wind you create: Try increasing gradually and eventually your digestive system will adjust.