Here are the next 5 I promised yesterday…

• Use olive oil if you think the cooking need oil so badly
• Avoid eating charred food, the short cooking time reduces nutrient losses
• Avoid open-flame grilling of meats as it produces cancer-promoting compounds. Roasting, poaching or stir frying is a lot better
• Try using some soy flour in your home-made biscuits and breads
• Try more fruit desserts (fresh, stewed and cobblers) instead of cakes and cookies. Choose frozen yogurt, sherbet and sorbet instead of ice cream with whipped cream topping

Bon appetit!

These are so easy that you can even start right now…

• Cut the salth in half in your favorite recipes. After awhile you won’t even taste the difference
• Use non-stick pans for grilling or stir-frying, so you won’t even have to add oil
• Steam instead of boiling vegetables to avoid destroying or leaching out valuable nutrients
• More and more vegetables
• Always consume low fat ingredents

Try these 5 today, find the rest tomorrow!

Do you know that any liquid food such as smoothies, fruit juice or soup are good for your health?

They cut the toxin off your body. They also reduce the retention of liquid in your body.

How come?

The lesser the use of energy to digest food, the more energy left for your body to clean up and the result is that there’ll be more liquid out of your body.

Isn’t it easy to be healthy?

Recent study showed that the content of fat in fast food is varied from one country to another. The fat in US is higher than that in some countries in Europe.

However high or low the fat is, especially if it’s trans fat, it’s not good for your health. Trans fat raises bad cholesterol and lowers good cholesterol. Eating just 5 grams of it per day increases the risk of heart disease 25 percent.

What’s trans fat anyway?

It’s a kind of fat resulted from partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, cooking oil that has been injected with hydrogen to harden it and give it a longer shelf life.

It’s great for the industry but it’s harmful for our hearts and blood vessels.

Therefore, in Denmark, under a 2004 law, they allow only a minuscule amount of trans fat in foods. In US, the Department of Health and Human Services declared that as per January 1st, 2006, trans fat must be listed on food labels.

So, it’s easier for you to avoid trans fat now. Actually, by reducing the intake of fast food or any food containing trans fat, not only you can decrease your heart disease risk, but it also can help you lose weight.