I read the funniest newspaper article while waiting for my flight several weeks ago. The report cited the confusion of consumers over flip-flopping medical headlines on health/nutrition issues. Darla Carter of the Courier0-Journal believed that the tide of beliefs about issues such as the benefits of eating fish, whole eggs, vitamin D and on and on changes according to the yearly season.
Consumer’s who try to live healthy by eating well, follow advice they read only to see during the next season that they might have mercury poisoning because they increased their omega-3 intake and raised their cholesterol by eating whole eggs vs. egg whites. You need a score card!
What’s the solution? What I recommend is 1) the practice of moderation. Don’t go to the extreme in any direction. 2) work in conjunction with your internist, family doctor, or trusted physician (mine is my obgyn), 3) investigate from different sources when you read new studies and read them with a watchful eye.
There is no panacea. Live life fully and make healthy choices! Laugh, love and smell the roses (I got carried away with the greeting card phrases there. Sorry).
Wednesday 02/02/11 Workout Diary-
day of rest with P90X DVD
pilaties reformer class- 55 minutes
Wednesday 02/02/11 Food Diary:
Breakfast-
2 oz. Organic steel cut oats (187 cal)
1 small banana (90 cal)
1 cup egg whites (120 cal)
A.M. Snack
1/2 cup non fat cottage cheese (80 cal)
1/2 cup non fat vanilla yogurt ( 55 cal)
3/4 cup mixed berries (40 cal)
Lunch-
6 oz organic chicken( 210 cal)
salad- 2 cups organic spinach, 1/4 cup garbanzo beans, 1/4 cup broccoli, 1/4 cup beets, 2 tbls edamame(thawed), 1 tbls sunflower seeds (110 cal)
P.M. Snack-
whole wheat tortilla, 2 wedges, low calorie Laughing Cow cheese(160 cal)
Dinner-
6 oz Salmon (30 cal)
1 cup steamed broccoli, squirt of lemon (26 cal)
1/2 cup brown rice/peas/ onions (160 cal)
9pm food-
7 oz fat free cottage cheese (120 cal)
TOTAL CALORIES: 1578
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