How to approach Dieting

The good path to dieting is not to stop eating normally for a brief period of time, but the good path to dieting to is to follow a continuous healthy life style that is used throughout your day to day life. Cutting out fatty or sugary foods is a good habit to do, but the important factor in dieting is to stop and not revert back. The first step in creating a healthy life style is to look at the big picture. Bellow is the Australian guid to healthy eating, that outlines the basic essential nutrients a human needs.

The second step is to compare your current diet to this chart and check if your portions match that of this chart.

As seen from the above chart the majority of your diet should consist of carbohydrates and vegetables. These two categories fill in the most important sections of eating which are macro and micro nutrients. Macro means large quantity and micro means small quantity. Common examples of a macro nutrients are carbohydrates, proteins and fats as they are found in large quantities in food.  Common examples of micro nutrients are vitamins and minerals, as they in small proportions in food. lastly, the other half of the chart is covered by lean meats, dairy products and fruit. These three categories cover fats, proteins and healthy sugar.

Once your diet’s proportions matches the chart the third step is to ensure that all the foods you choose to fill in those categories are natural and are almost non processed.

To read more on distinguishing between processed and non processed click here

The fourth and final step is to once in a while, once a week or month, eat something you enjoy. Having a healthy life style is also about enjoying life. It is okay to have something unhealthy but only on rare occasions. It even says in Ecclesiastes 3:12-13 that “there is nothing better than to be happy and enjoy ourselves as long as we can. And people should eat and drink and enjoy the fruits of their labor”.