Healthy Eating Habits Biography
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More than 65 percent of U.S. adults are overweight, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If you're among them, you're probably already working on controlling your weight and anticipating the challenges of the holiday season. You've heard all the advice before: Skip the appetizers, watch those trimmings and avoid alcohol. But let's get real. Aren't these things what holiday fare is all about?
We need an attitude adjustment for the holiday season. After all, when you think about it, the holidays make up only a handful of days out of the year. There's nothing special about the calories we eat on these days — even though they seem to miraculously go right to "those parts" of our bodies. (A calorie is a calorie no matter when it's consumed.) It's just that so many holidays come at us in such a short space of time.
Why not embrace the holidays and use this compressed period of time as an "intense workout" to establish lifestyle changes shown to be most effective? Here's how to get started:
Keep it fresh. Choose and fill up on foods with fewer calories — think plant-based (veggies, fruit, whole grain) and fresh or lightly prepared.
Slow down. Take your time when you're eating and drinking. Between bites, put your fork down.
Limit alcohol. Skip the cocktails before meals — alcohol can stimulate your appetite. You'll also avoid extra calories from alcohol.
Move it. Keep physically active.
Most important, be "mindful" when eating (aware, nonjudgmental, appreciative) and not "mindless" (unaware, guilty, unmoved). Part of your workout should be to savor, appreciate and be thankful for favorite holiday fare in terms of quality — not quantity. Celebrate the holidays, and your successes. This workout may be just the thing you need to uncover the "new you."
Get ready, get set — get on with it! Let me know how it goes and what tips work for you.
Jennifer
CORAL GABLES, FL - OCTOBER 24: A copy of the newly released biography of Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs is displayed at the Books & Books store on October 24, 2011 in Coral Gables, Florida. The book written by Walter Isaacson was slated to be released next year by publisher Simon & Schuster but was pushed up after Jobs died on October 5. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
No matter your opinion on the legacy of Steve Jobs, we can likely all agree on this: Dude had some unconventional health habits. The new biography by Walter Isaacson details some of the weirder ones, from extremely restrictive diets to questionable personal hygiene. (A personal favorite: One of his go-to stress relievers during Apple's early days was soaking his bare feet in the company toilets.)
We asked some nutrition experts to weigh in on some of the stranger, stricter eating habits of the legendary tech tycoon.
Apples-and-carrots only diet
The book details his occasional tendency to eat only one or two foods, like carrots or apples, for weeks at a time. Besides developing a sunset-like hue -- which those who worked with him are quoted as remembering -- there are other health issues that can come from adhering to such a limited diet, says Elisa Zied, registered dietitian and msnbc.com contributor.
"Although apples and carrots are healthful and provide carbohydrates, they have very little protein -- unlike fat and carbohydrates, protein can’t be stored in the body, so it’s important to consume enough protein rich foods each day," explains Zied, who's the author of the book, "Nutrition at Your Fingertips."
Protein provides the body with energy and structural support -- it also helps preserve lean muscle tissue that keeps your metabolism raring to go, and it supports muscle function. But if you don't take in enough protein, your body will miss out on essential amino acids, Zied says. "These essential amino acids are used to make body proteins ... that support growth and maintenance of body tissues."
Another drawback of a carrots- or apples-only diet: You aren't getting enough fat.
"Without enough dietary fat, your body’s fat stores can become depleted," Zied explains. "Your skin may suffer, you may feel more cold more often, and your organs and body tissues may be more vulnerable against injury -- especially risky for those with chronic illness."
Flirting with fruitarianism
Jobs also spent some time as a fruitarian, a subset of veganism that means eating only fruits, nuts, seeds, vegetables and grains -- absolutely no animal products. "Basically, the reproductive parts of plants that can be consumed without doing any harm to the plant itself," TODAY nutritionist Joy Bauer explains. This kind of diet does contain some very healthy foods, and many vegans manage to keep extremely healthful diets. But experts caution that without a careful eating plan, essential nutrients may be missing.
"This type of diet is extremely restrictive as it eliminates dairy foods ... and probably doesn’t contain enough dietary fat unless you’re eating lots of nuts and seeds," Zied explains. "And because the foods you can eat (or beverages you can drink) are so limited, you only get the nutrients provided in the specific foods."
Plus, it's an expensive diet to adhere to for a long period of time, Bauer points out.
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