Insights for me and hopefully you!

Well it has happened to me before.  I get to a place where I am eating the wrong foods.  I suddenly begin to crave healthy foods and find I feel so much better.  It usually follows a holiday when I have indulged in rich foods or eaten too much.

To reset my eating, I turn to green vegetables.   I love sauteed onions with spinach or escarole.  I find kale and other greens necessary to inch back into my diet.   I make a spend of celery, apple, and cucumber. I also find that a Bolthouse Farms Daily Greens drink of kale, spinach, and romaine hit the spot.  I’d like to know what works with you too.

I decided to start munching on crunchy fresh vegetables this week and bought some Anise (aka Fennel).   It is an Italian custom my husband’s family would eat after a large holiday dinner.   For me, it is just a refreshing snack cut up in the refrigerator! It resets my appetite for good things.  Anise

What are the foods you like to eat that are healthy?   Make a list of them and try to introduce them into your diet.  I also love vegetable broth and cooked veggies of many kinds.  Are you a confident eater?  Do you feel you are taking the eating part of your health with responsibility?

Sometimes I wish I had a personal chef to prepare them for me.  I feel foolish admitting that I can be too rushed or lazy to take the time to prepare the things I need to eat.

Today as I was listening to Sirius XM radio, Nutritionist Dr. Mary Flynn of the Miriam Hospital and Brown University was being interviewed.  She spoke of her many years of studying various eating patterns.  Patterns established in different cultures.  She works with food kitchens and patients to readjust their diets.  Diets that are designed to lower cholesterol, to control high blood pressure, and to lose weight.

Listening to her means of adjusting ones eating had such a common and sensible tone about it.   She was talking with a host of a show who kept asking her questions on how to adapt menus to his busy lifestyle.   She believes in vegetables and the use of olive oil.   I really liked her menu ideas and the cumulative effects of the Mediterranean diet.  She clarified why it worked.  Check her out on the Web.   It  is easy to find her.

So with that in mind I am off to do some grocery shopping.  Hope your day goes well, “Delight in Living”!