Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. Hopefully you had a great day and didn't eat too much! I have been working on my website which is why you haven't seen any new posts here for awhile. I will let you know when things are ready to go.

I am going to northern California next week to learn from Dr John Gray more about enzymes and getting the right ones and right amounts in order to keep our bodies healthy. I will be sharing this information with you, so you will have the opportunity to learn about this as well.

I have been using some of his products and what I found for Thanksgiving is that sugars just don't make me feel as well and hence I don't want to eat them. I did have my pumpkin pie, but it did not make me feel so great, so I'm don't feel the need to have more of it! This is a good thing.

Meals and Foods to Eat

I am not a believer in the food pyramid. Balance is important, but there are certain things that you should be eating. First of all you should be eating some form of protein with every meal or snack. Now a snack could include something like 5-7 raw almonds and a piece of fruit.

Whole grains are also important, you should be getting 2-3 servings per day. I'll talk more about whole grains later.

You should strive to hit 8-10 servings per day of fruits and vegetables. Vegetables are often a great source of carbohydrate plus other nutrients such as vitamins and minerals.

Women require more fat than men. I'll get into this more later. Look for fats that are not dehydrogenated. Your best source is from fish or olive oil.

How often should you eat

Eating three meals a day is essential. The old adage that the most important meal is breakfast is absolutely true. Here is the reason why. Our bodies were designed to withstand famine. So when you haven't eaten since the night before and you don't eat in the morning, the body thinks it is in famine. It will then store as much as it can when you do eat into the fat depots so that if the famine continues it has something in the store house. What this relates to today, is that we see ourselves gaining weight and saying things like "I only eat once a day!" There in lies the problem.

So eat at least three meals a day. They don't have to be 7 course meals, but those of you who are attempting to lose weight will do much better if you eat 4-6 meals per day. The in-between meal snacks can be things like fruit, plain nuts such as almonds, or raw vegetables.