Fruit Bytes with Paula Mee - Cruciferous Vegetables
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It’s goal time, 2012! You know, the time we vow to eat well and exercise regularly. However our aspirations are often wooly and vague, and go unrealized.
The psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers wrote: "In each of us are places where we have never gone. Only by pressing the limits do you ever find them." Pressing the limits involves change which many, of us find difficult.
Helping and supporting people change is part of what I do every day. We make hundreds of food choices over and over, and often the smaller ones, while they may seem trivial, end up as deeply entrenched habits. Over time these habits define us - either protecting us or putting us at increased risk of disease.
Change is inevitable. Change can be positive and I will always endeavour to lead you and not mislead you on this journey.
As the saying goes ‘no diet is impossible, hopeless maybe, but not impossible!’ Of course most of us know a sensible sustainable approach is better than a short-term drastic attempt to shed those extra pounds that Santa gave us for Christmas. So try focusing on developing new habits for 2012, rather than deliberating on all the bad ones you might have developed along the way! Practice doesn’t make perfect, practice makes permanent!
Aim to eat wholegrain, high fibre carbohydrates instead of white processed ones. Wholegrains are prebiotics and help feed the good bacteria in the gut.
Aim to eat more peas, beans and lentils. They are naturally low in fat and are good sources of protein and phyto-oestrogens.
Aim to eat more peas, beans and lentils. They are naturally low in fat and are good sources of protein and phyto-oestrogens.
Keep in mind that research on these matters is on-going and is subject to change. The information presented is not intended as a substitute for medical treatment. It is intended to provide ongoing support of your healthy lifestyle practices.
