So, now your brain is full of health information and your wondering how you will ever be able to balance your diet. Don't worry, you don't have to count your calsium by the milligram. Here are a few simple rules that will asure you get a balanced diet.
1. Eat a variety- Each kind of food provides a variety of nutrients by eating a variety of different foods you will get all the nutrients you need. Now verity doesn't just mean different kinds of fruits and veggies. It also means different kinds of nuts and beans and herbs and grains. Try lots of new things!
2. Build your meals around legumes and grains- Legumes and grains together (or within the same day) provide high quality protien, carbohydrates and fiber as well as a wealth of micronutrients. If you build your meals areound them it will be retitively easy to meet your nutritional requirements.
3. Eat ethnically- America and western Europe are (generally) the only places where meat is the main source of protein. Other areas have relied on plant proteins for hundreds of years. When you cook ethnically it is easy to create a variety of yummy dishes that are meat free and good for you! Here are a few of my favorite cuisines and the grain/ legume combos their built around:
- Italian- Pastas and rice and beans and breads and pizzas! Yum!
- Latin American- Rice and beans and tortillas!
- India- chick peas and naan and rice and bean curries!
- Middle Eastern- Flat breads and hummus, and chickpeas, and rice!
- Oriental- rice and soy and beans!
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