5 Easy Diet Tips That You Can Use Today
Written by Sean Barker, CPT
1. Smart Sandwichr
Hold the mayo in your next tuna or egg sandwich and use plain yogurt instead. With protein and probiotics, the yogurt is a lot better for you and you can hardly taste the difference.
2. Go Nutsr
Show your heart some love when snacking and reach for a handful of healthy mixed nuts instead of artery clogging potato chips. The protein, fiber and goods fats will keep you full longer and your hand out of the bag.
3. Check Your Oilr
Don't turn a good oil bad. Use extra virgin olive oil only for salad dressings, marinades or sauteing at low temperatures; to preserve the healthy fats. For high temperature cooking use grape-seed oil, coconut oil or even good old natural butter.
4. Perfect Pizzar
You don't have to pass on a slice of pizza if you prepare it yourself and make some smart choices. Use whole-wheat flour in place of white flour for the extra fiber and ditch the nitrite, fat laden pepperoni for extra-lean ground beef instead. Load up on veggies and a little cheese for great food that's great for you.
5. Sweet Treatr
With dark chocolate you can still satisfy your sweet tooth while giving your body something good. Dark chocolate containing 70-90% cocoa has a healthy mix of flavonoids and antioxidants. Even better, a piece of dark chocolate with a spoonful of natural peanut butter makes for a healthy recess peanut butter treat.
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Sean is a Certified Personal Trainer and a proud and busy Dad. Sean has been involved in the health and fitness industry for over 15 years and have appeared in High Performance Muscle Magazine, been on health and fitness radio shows and was selected as a sponsored athlete by one of the top supplement nutrition companies in the world. His popular Dad Fitness fat loss workouts have helped Dads around the world lose fat, gain muscle, and get lean in less than 3 hours per week. For more information on the Dad Fitness workouts that will help you burn fat without spending hours in the gym, visit http://www.dadfitness.com
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