Breaking Free from Trendy Diets
52% of Americans went on a diet in 2022, according to the International Food Information Council (IFIC); this is up from 39% in 2021 (1). It’s time to stop the madness and use food as medicine! Let’s see how….
As a former fad diet fanatic, I know this stress way too well. I spent my teens and 20s following every diet under the sun to lose weight with no success. Luckily, in 2013 everything changed…..
Turning Injury into a Health Transformation
It was a beautiful spring day and as I walked to the local library, my foot got caught in a crack in the sidewalk and crashed into a tree. Ooh wee, my knee blew up like a balloon! Long story short, both my knees and back were injured in that accident, and it put me on intense bed rest (18+ hours a day!). Weight gain was not an option, so I had to learn how to use carbs, fats, and protein to my ADVANTAGE!! By the end of my recovery, I had LOST 30 pounds with NO EXERCISE!!
A Fresh Take on Nutrition for Busy Women
I am honored to share my first solo book with the Author’s Lounge community! It is titled, “Healthy Eating 101: A Busy Woman’s Guide to Optimizing Macronutrient Nutrition,” and it is a reverse diet manual. Most diet books I’ve read scare you on the dangers of fats or carbs. Here, you learn the benefits of carbs, fats, and protein; they all exist for a reason, so let’s make the most of them! Plus, I teach you how to use their nutrient profiles to figure out what time of day is best to make either carbs, fats, or protein the star of a meal!
Mastering Macronutrients for Optimal Health
Here’s a quick preview:
Carbs:
They fuel the brain and help the body keep the digestive tract moving!
The best time to eat carbohydrates, especially simple options like bagels, is early morning so you have the rest of the day to burn it off. The ideal version is complex options like multi-grain bread, oats, sweet potatoes, et cetera.
Fats:
This nutrient keeps your eyes healthy and maintains vital tissues like cartilage in the knees. The best time to eat this nutrient is for lunch. It has the calorie density to stave off caffeine crashes and keeps you full to be at peak performance while working the second half of your day. Ideal options are omega-3-based versions like fish, chia seeds, and walnuts. Other kinds found in red meat is good too, but be sure to eat them with leafy green vegetables so excess fat doesn’t stick to
your bones.
Protein:
Finally, the most important nutrient!! We cannot survive without the building blocks of life buried deep inside protein: amino acids. There’s a grand total of 20 and they combine to rebuild tissue, empower nutrient absorption, maintain hormone levels, stabilize blood sugar, and much more! The best time of day to eat protein is at dinner. You are winding down for the day, and the body can focus on making the most of what you ate.
Ideal options are complete sources that have all 9 essential amino acids, which can’t be made by the body. Meats, dairy, and plant-based iterations are rich in these.
Decoding Food Labels for Smarter Choices
One additional bonus in my book is a breakdown of how to read a food label. In the 1950s and 1960s, there weren’t as many processed foods so labels were straightforward. However, companies learned how to sneak in fake sugars and not inform the public. Chapter 4 of the book breaks down how to read various sections of the most recent food label design to make better choices.
Science-Backed Nutrition Made Simple
The last gem of this book is how each chapter that dives deep into a specific nutrient has a chapter summary at the end. Every point is backed up with scientific research to provide clarity and transparency.
Thank you for reading my summary and I look forward to connecting with y’all! Happy reading!
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