| It's all about variety! |
[07 Aug 2007|02:11pm] |
Picture it: You wake up, sip some green tea with breakfast, eat breakfast, have almonds for a snack, have lunch, have an orange for a snack, eat brown rice, chicken/salmon, and broccoli for dinner...pretty much....every...day. Sure, you eat great, but chances are you're bored, which just makes junk food more and more tempting.
Here are some super healthy substitutions to shake it up a bit:
*Instead of green tea, try white tea- it has a lighter taste and more antioxidants.
*Instead of almonds, try walnuts- they're also high in omega 3s and all that other good stuff.
*Instead of spinach, try swiss chard- it has fewer calories and more vitamin k, which is key for bone density. Plus, it cooks up the same! It's great in omlettes, soups, or anywhere else you'd use spinach.
*Instead of oranges, try kiwi fruit- more vitamin C and more lutein, which helps to keep eyes healthy.
*Instead of brown rice, try quinoa or aramanth- both have more fiber, more protein, more vitamins, and more amino acids than rice, and you cook it and use it very similarly to rice. Both of these are especially good for vegetarians because of the high iron content!
*Instead of salmon, try mackerel- it's super high in omega 3s, and it's lower in contaminants like mercury and PCBs. You can cook it just like you cook any other white fish.
*Instead of chicken, try lean pork-many cuts of pork are about as lean as skinless chicken, and it has more vitamins and minerals. Click here, and scroll to the bottom for more a nutritional comparison of chicken, pork, beef, and fish.
*Instead of broccoli, try broccolini or broccoli rabbe- super healthy, but different enough to provide some variety!
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