--- castor <castor@...> wrote:

> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 00:40:24 +0300 (E. Europe
> Daylight Time)
> From: "castor" <castor@...>
> To: "HerbalCurier" <HerbalCurier@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: HerbalCurier
>
>
> Eat your Way to Health
>
> Experts tell us we are what we eat.
> A disturbing thought when we consider how much
> sugar, fat and white flour is
> consumed
> daily, hidden in ready meals and fast foods. It’s
> time to change the bad
> habits we
> have developed over the last three decades and start
> eating to improve
> health, not
> destroy it!
> There are two areas we all need to master to help
> optimise health.
> 1 Answer hunger pangs appropriately. 2 Get the right
> ‘fat’ ratio in the diet
>
> If we neglect these two key areas, weight can
> increase and well-being may
> suffer.
> Whether you need to lose weight, maintain weight or
> tone up your body;
> inappropriate eating habits can jeopardise your best
> efforts. The following
> pages will help you understand how to manage hunger
> in a busy lifestyle, and
> identify harmful fats versus those that your body
> needs. We’ve also included
> a useful list of Lifestyle products on the back
> page, to help optimise your
> body’s potential.
> If it’s sticky and sweet, made with sugar and
> saturated fat, then you must
> only eat it as a rare treat. Can the same be said
> for a delicious bowl of
> strawberries, or a juicy sweet orange? What is the
> problem here? Why do we
> choose cakes and chocolate over nature’s best
> offerings? If you do not have
> a genuine glucose imbalance, one cause perhaps is
> that sweet treats are
> deeply connected to our childhood, where
> ‘sweeteners’ were frequently given
> as a reward for good behaviour, or to placate or
> console the unhappy child.
> Our memory will automatically associate sweet foods
> as a reward or a comfort
>
> That bar of chocolate or sticky bun you devour
> mid-way through a stressful afternoon could be you
> rewarding yourself for hard work! If you think you
> may be using sweet treats as a ‘reward’ or comfort
> and want to kick the habit, simply remember that
> putting on weight is NOT a reward. Then think of a
> reward that doesn’t involve food!




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