Jeff Novick’s plant centered guide to healthy eating placemat is an excellent resource for children and adults. At Slender For Life™ weight loss hypnosis I fully believe that the best way to describe the principles of a healthy diet is a plant centered, minimally processed, calorie dilute, low SOS and variety. I was recently certified by Dr. John McDougall in The Starch Solution program which is all about plant-centered eating so I urge you to print and post The Five Pillars of Healthy Eating and email it to your family and friends.
The Five Pillars of Healthy Eating:
“A Common Sense Approach To Nutrition”
1) Plant-Centered – Center your plate and your diet around minimally processed plant foods (fruits, vegetables, starchy vegetables, roots/tubers, intact whole grains, and legumes (beans, peas & lentils).
2) Minimally Processed – Enjoy foods as close to “as grown in nature” with minimal processing that does not detract from the nutritional value &/or add in any harmful components.
3) Calorie Dilute – Follow the principles of calorie density choosing foods that are calorie adequate, satiating and nutrient sufficient.
4) Low S-O-S – Avoid/minimize the use of added Salts/sodium, Oils/Fats and Sugars/sweeteners
5) Variety – Consume a variety of foods in each of the recommended food groups.
The Principles of Calorie Density:
How to Eat More, Weigh Less & Live Longer
1) Hunger & Satiety – Whenever hungry, eat until you are comfortably full. Don’t starve and don’t stuff yourself.
2) Sequence Your Meals – Start all meals with a salad, soup and/or fruit. This way, you fill up on the foods lowest in calorie density and less likely to overeat on foods higher in calorie density.
3) Don’t Drink Your Calories – Avoid liquid calories. Eat/chew your calories, don’t drink or liquefy them. Liquids have little if any satiety so they do not fill you up as much as solid foods of equal calories.
4) Dilution is the Solution – Dilute Out High Calorie Dense Foods/Meals (The 50/50 Rule) – Dilute the calorie density of your meals by filling 1/2 your plate (by visual volume) with intact whole grains, tubers, starchy vegetables and/or legumes and the other half with vegetables and/or fruit.
5) Be Aware of the Impact of Vegetables vs Fat/Oil – Vegetables are the lowest in calorie density while fat and oil are the highest. Therefore, adding vegetables to any dish will always lower the overall calorie density of a meal while adding fat and oil will always raise the overall calorie density of a meal
6) Limit High Calorie Dense Foods – Limit (or avoid) foods that are higher in calorie density. These include dried fruit, high fat plant foods (nuts, seeds, avocados), processed whole grains (breads, bagels, crackers, dry cereal, tortilla’s, popcorn, etc). If you use them, incorporate them into meals that are made up of low calorie dense foods and think of them as a condiment to the meal. For example, add a few slices of avocado added to a large salad, or a few walnuts or raisins added in a bowl of oatmeal and fruit.
Read The Healthy Eating Placemat:
A Visual Guide To Healthy Eating
Jeff Novick says, “It’s not just vegan, vegetarian or plant-based because one could have a pretty bad vegan, vegetarian or plant based diet. So I like to say “plant- centered” but I also add that it should be minimally processed.” Weight loss hypnosis at Slender For Life™ can help you make the lifestyle changes so that you desire a healthy plant centered diet. Giving up the meat and dairy and increasing activity really can be easy with hypnosis for weight loss. My book, Becoming Slender For Life and it hypnosis CD set can support you in achieving your weight loss goals. You deserve to show yourself love by feeding yourself and your family healthy foods.
Download The Healthy Eating Placemat
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Your Hypnosis Health Info Hypnotic Suggestion for today:
I show myself love by feeding myself healthy foods.
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