Stress Reduction
How and what we eat affects our health both positively and negatively. Our diet can help to prevent and treat certain diseases and can affect our emotional well being.
Q: What factors affect our nutrition?
A: Numerous factors enter into our diets, such as our busy life-styles; high availability of fast foods; extensive marketing of the desirability of fast foods; our eating habits, whether regular meals or random eating; and the amount of stress in one's life. Higher stress often leads to increased comsumption of less helathy choices.
Q: How can one evaluate their diet?
A: The food pyramid. Keep a dietary record for several days, then compare it monthly to see any change in patterns, as well as the HEI (health eating index.)
Q: What is the food pyramid and HEI?
A: The food gyuide pyramid consists of five food groups to include 1) bread, cereal, rice, pasta; 2) vegetables; 3) meat, fish, poultry, nuts, eggs and beans; 4) fruit; 5) milk, yogurt, cheese.
The HEI is a single measure of the overall dietary quality based on the food pyramid and consumption of total fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium and a variety of other foods. The HEI can be found on USDA's Web site at www.usda.gov
Q: How do you go about changing your dietary habits?
A: Your ability to change your behavior is often related to the amount of stress in your life. The more stress, the harder it will be to change in a positive direction. So, stress reduction management is often the first step.
Other helpful tips include 1) making small changes and sticking to them long-term, as opposed to changing your whole diet at once; 2) if you go back to old eating habits for a day or week, it doesn't mean you've failed; 3) set goals and write them down. When you reach the first goal, reward yourself, then set a new goal; 4) make only one change at a time and start with an easy change; 5) add something new to your diet like fruit or vegetables, as opposed to taking something away; 6) choose more of the healthy foods you enjoy, like making your own pizza, using low-fat cheese and vegetables; 7) find out the nutritional content of fast foods, so if you do eat out, you will know what you are consuming; 8) read food labels and content of fast foods, so if you do eat out, you will know what you are consuming; 9) buy a new cookbook; 10) take a healthful cooking class; 11) involve a friend, co-worker or family member to help keep you motivated; 12) be adventurous and try new foods that are low in fat and sugar; 13) make it a habit and aim for at least three months.
Q: What are some healthful tips?
A: Drink more water and add lemon for a change; aim for a healthy weight by increasing exercise and decreasing calories; lose weight gradually and aim for no more than one pound a week; choose a variety of fruit and vegetables; increase fiber in your diet; choose a diet low in saturated fats and cholesterol; choose beverages and foods that limit your sugar intake; limit your amount of alcohol, which adds empty calories; eat breakfast and do not go longer than 4-5 hours without having a healthful snack; consult a dietician; plan your meals ahead; remember dietary supplements do not take the place of a poor diet; increase the amount of functional foods which include bran, oats, grapes, garlic and soy products; decrease the amount of sodium foods; follow your special diet if the doctor prescribes one. Some of these include cardiac, diabetic diets and gluten or lactose intolerance; and decrease the portion size.
Remember, you must want to change your eating patterns and the benefits of healthful eating are plentuful. The old saying, "You are what you eat," is so true.
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- Re: Military Stress...
- wHERE IN THE WORLD DO YOU GET THE GOOFY IDEAS ABOUT OFFICERS, THEIR CUSHY DEAL, AND THEIR ABILITY TO QUIT AT ANY TIME? HAVE YOU EVER BEEN AN OFFICER IN THE MILITARY? I HAVE!! - by: balarinagirl989
- Re: Military Stress...
- UPDATE - El Paso, Calif. in tentative settlement -sources Thursday March 20, 1:51 pm ET By C. Bryson Hull (Recasts, adds details, background. Adds byline, new dateline, previously SAN FRANCISCO) HOUSTON, March 20 (Reuters) - El Paso Corp. and California have reached a tentative deal to end the investigation of allegations the company manipulated natural gas prices to the tune of $3.3 billion during the state's energy crisis, sources close to the negotiations said on Thursday - by: cherryanl
- Re: Military Stress...
- Officers can declare themselves unfit and request the opportunity to resign their commission... It's even easier for fliers... they can just admit they've lost the edge and they'll be grounded immediately... They can't just walk away or quit as you put it... but if they want out there's a way... and it involves resigning a commission... Not now though, all out processing paperwork has been stopped for several weeks... I don't think anybodys being allowed to retire at this time... anyway, I was refering to more peaseful times... Officers do have it made compared to enlisted men... In my military experience, officers served because they chose to serve, much different from the majority of enlisted men who were draftees... - by: gottahitthecurveball
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- haha,,, you know exactly what he was charged with. He was charged, as an american citizen with trafficing Iranian oil during our embargo and funnelling the money into swiss bank accounts. He was also wanted on interpol for trafficing weapons to South Africa - by: cherryanl
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- wHERE IN THE WORLD DO YOU GET THE GOOFY IDEAS ABOUT OFFICERS, THEIR CUSHY DEAL, AND THEIR ABILITY TO QUIT AT ANY TIME? HAVE YOU EVER BEEN AN OFFICER IN THE MILITARY? I HAVE!! - by: ltjga
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- What has changed in 30 years? The pay of enlisted men is too low to support families... And the commissioned officers are the groups the military caters too, anyway... the camadrie and 'espirit de corp keeps many officers on active duty, at the expense of their wives and families... I completely sympathize with the plight of enlisted men, but an officer, in any branch of service, can resign his commission at any time and get a family-friendly job... being a former officer in the US military can be a bonus in seeking private sector employment... Your friends wife has a beef with her husband, not the navy... If he's a flier and an officer he could resign at anytime and come home... - by: gottahitthecurveball
- Military Stress...
- Contrary to the cheerleading of Rumsfeld there is growing dissatisfaction in the military. A friend of mine called last night to say her husband left her, the second friend this week and both for the same reason. You can't have a life when the military rufuses to let out you and gives you extended duty away from home. Though we all love to think of military families as Readers Digest characters, the truth is, these people are asking to make sacrafices the rest of us can't dream of. There are pilots that have been flying continious armed missions for ten years. In Kosovo and Bosnia, grunts patroll endlessly, and in Afganistan, the're are fighting a losing battle to control the countryside. A friend of mine in Virginia told me her husband is on a carrier and has no prospect of coming home. She told him not to bother... So we free Iraq and in the process, enslave our own people - by: empire2705
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- Empire if that is the price those brave souls must pay, so we can have .79 a gallon gas for our big as a house SUV's so we can drive to Starbucks, SO BE IT! Lets live the AnF lifstyle 3 SUV's for every family and a thong for ever child! - by: luckboxx
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- Re: Stress Reducers...
- I don't usually "rec" your posts sky, but here we agree on the bottom line. ;-) walt - by: walterstortoise
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- Tired of talking? I am. Enjoy!;-) http://www.eastcoastsurf.com/misc/reefcomp/index.html , got so excited I almost hit the 'buy' button. - by: skysoldier173us
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- WUO,let me stress it
- When it comes to contractors, hire good people with references. You stand a good chance of having your toilet soldered to the rim with a bunch of junk wood surrounding it, to name but one trick. Hiring crackheads also saves a ton of money from their side as well. It's the same as the cheap fairs. They have so many accidents because a lot of their help are burnt out chemical users. - by: AudienceWithTheDevil
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- "current news" huh? ;) - by: mrsapatite
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- I GOT NO STRESS. MY LIFE IS GREAT, PAL. - by: mintredhead
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- I'M IN PENN STATION, PAL. I GET OUT OF WORK AT 4 AND THEN I GOT STUFF TO DO. SORRY. - by: mintredhead
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- Im in NY too... Lets get together and discuss - by: outofpocketchange2002
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- Im in the 40's on fifth... - by: outofpocketchange2002
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