With the New Year now underway, many of you
may be looking at little things that you can do to improve the nutrition of
your diet. Constantly staying on the
lookout for the latest research regarding what works and what doesn’t when it
comes to your diet is important if you hope to see success.
Recently a study put out by Pollock
Communications listed a few key points that you should keep in mind. If you can
start to incorporate these into your very own diet program, you should see
progress coming your way.
Think
Green
The first trend is to think all natural.
The more natural you can make your diet, the better says dieticians of this
research group. Much focus in today’s
world will be placed on eating foods that come in their completely natural
state while turning away from all the processed foods that line the supermarket
shelves.
Use
Herbs More Often
The second trend that you’ll see being
mentioned more often in 2012 is using spices to add flavor to your foods rather
than condiments and sauces. Many spices
have their own unique benefits as well, so this further adds to the benefits
you’ll receive from having them in your diet plan.
Just be on the lookout for high-sodium
spices and make sure that you stay away from this variety.
Focus
On Micronutrients
Micronutrients will be another large focus
for many people moving into the coming year.
Rather than strictly looking at how many grams of protein, carbs, and
fats you’re consuming, more people will be looking at fiber, antioxidants,
vitamins and minerals.
More awareness is being raised about just
how important these nutrients are to form a healthy diet so people are starting
to make sure that their diet doesn’t have any weak spots where nutritional
density is low.
Seasonal
Produce Is Big
More focus is also going to be placed on
all the seasonal fruits and vegetables that you can buy. Far too many people are getting in the habit
of consuming the same foods day in and day out and this is having a very
negative impact on their nutritional standing.
Start experimenting with new options when
you see them at the supermarket.
Use
MyPlate As A Guide
The old food guide is now being replaced by
a new guide – the MyPlate guide, which has a brand new set-up to consider for
your food consumption. With this set-up,
you’ll be having half your plate divided between protein sand grains, with the
other half consisting of vegetables and fruits.
Dairy will be a small serving on the side to add extra protein and
calcium.
This much smaller dedication to grain
products is going to help to combat diabetes along with many other negative
health conditions associated with a very large carb intake.
So there you have the primary points to
consider as you move into 2012. Follow these and you can feel confident your
diet will be better because of them.
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