Originally published October 7 2005
Dietician challenges the attitude that healthy eating always means lack of flavor
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
The eating philosophy of Sanirose Orbeta, the famous dietician, is reported in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, and the emphasis of her advice is not restricting certain foods, but balancing your diet with the discipline of variety.
MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE that eating properly means boring and bland "health" food so they have to skip tasty treats.
Nothing could be farther from the truth according to nutritional experts like well-known dietician Sanirose Orbeta.
There are no "good" or "bad" foods, as long as amounts taken and frequency of eating are regulated.
In other words, lechon can be part of a healthy diet as long as you don't have too much of it and too often.
High-calorie, high-sugar, high-fat food will not make you unhealthy or overweight as long as you don't eat it everyday.
By knowing basic nutrition principles, you can resist fad diets and eat properly.
Successful weight management involves both diet and exercise (please note that "diet" simply means "way of eating"), according to Orbeta.
On the other hand, I also come across many people who "kill" themselves with exercise but cannot control their weight because they eat too much.
I usually advise people to take small portions of their cravings so they don't binge but the advice does not work for people who can't stop eating once they taste their trigger foods.
If this is your weak point, you need to do something about it because fruits and vegetables are vital to your health.
It can lead to overcompensation (skipping meals or eating only crackers for lunch), which in turn can result in overeating, setting into motion the whole vicious cycle.
We have all heard the advice to drink at least eight glasses of water a day.
Another formula is to consume one ounce of fluid for every two pounds of body weight.
For example, if you weigh 120 pounds, you would need 60 ounces or 7.5 cups of liquids a day.
Multi-vitamins and other health supplements, herbal or otherwise, will never take the place of a good diet.
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