4.04.2015

UW Health Column: Spring clean your diet

The snow has melted, the birds are singing and the flowers are in full bloom. Spring means a time of rebirth and renewal. One of the most popular rituals of spring is spring cleaning. Cool spring cleaning and reorganization of our homes, get rid of clutter to make them more comfortable. The same theory can be used to improve other temples - our bodies.

Spring is the perfect time to update and reorganize your diet today. Apply the basic principles of nutrition spring cleaning. First turn the dirt in the diet, free them from:

- Sugar during production to food and drinks added. They are not the natural and little or no nutritional value, even if they have calories, so-called "empty calories".

- Useless nibbling on unhealthy foods. Snacking correct when she is hungry, but may end up abusing amount or unhealthy food choices. Avoid guilt and purchase healthy snacks like veggies and hummus, fresh fruit and Greek yogurt.

- Fast food, mostly in high fat, added sugars and sodium, making it a triple threat to your health. Even if you do not completely eliminate fast food, try cutting the amount you eat two a week.

UW Health in Central America began openness for patients Madison East Side 17 August 2015 and have a variety of ways to clean up your diet, including a restaurant serving local cuisine options, seasonal and healthy.

Local farmers with UW Health at the American Center for help consumers connect connection to local sources of healthy food.

Much organized cleaning spring. Everything has its place, and these tips will help you to organize your diet:

- Do you have a specific time for meals. This will follow a rhythm for the body to help improve metabolism and satiety.

- Organize your disk: a quarter of the meal should consist of lean proteins, whole grains quarter and half of your plate should be filled with mixed vegetables. Low-fat dairy products and fruits can be added to create variety and nutritional needs round. Treat yourself, but remember that there is a time and a place for that too.

After working on Spring clean your house, want it to last. This requires a maintenance plan can be a list. The same should be done to clean what and how you eat. Without a plan, it is difficult to be successful. Here are some tips for planning:

- When your challenge is to eat healthy lunch, because his colleagues offered again from the level research on eating healthy food.

- When it is the time not on their side, plan and meals ahead of the same time every week.

Get involved in the family. Do you have a system in which each family member is responsible for a part of the meal, whether menu planning, shopping and cooking.

To sum it up, walking over to the living room this spring and clean their eating habits. Rid your usual intake of all foods that offer little nutritional value.

Eat regular meals at the same time each day and organize your disk to reach equilibrium. Finally, have a plan to prevent accidents and make the necessary changes.

More ideas soon on the UW Health Center, the cooking class family will feature in an exhibition kitchen. It is the only hospital in Madison show kitchen for patients, staff and visitors formation.

It is in the context of medical / hospital wellness are sports. UW Health at the American Center is located in the American Center Business Park, at the intersection of Interstate 90/94/39 and US Highway 151 near Sun Prairie.

When you meet with a nutrition UW Health to want to help with your plans and goals, please call (608) 265-5500 and do not worry, soon "in the neighborhood" in Central America to be finalized this summer.

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