| Barriers to healthy diets are placed into
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| | Two difficult external barriers are peer
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| four broad categories: External Barriers
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| | pressure and time. Our friends and
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| | family influence our lives more than we
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| Psychological Barriers
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| | like to admit. They affect our
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| | decisions, choices, moods, behavior, and
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| Physical Barriers
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| | weight.
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| | During medical school, I worked in a
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| Dieting Barriers
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| | weight loss clinic to make some money. I
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| This article examines only the most
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| | will never forget the level of influence
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| difficult barriers in each category.
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| | a spouse or friend could have on a
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| Let's remove the barriers to healthy
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| | patient. Several times, I saw first hand
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| diets...but first, "What is a Healthy
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| | someone, other than the patient, make the
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| Diet?"
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| | dieting decisions.
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| What is a Healthy Diet?
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| | At this level of influence, our peer
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| A healthy diet provides the recommended
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| | groups can make a big impact on eating a
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| daily allowance for vitamins, minerals,
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| | healthy diet. Just keep this influence
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| protein, carbohydrates, and fat. Any
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| | thing in mind. OR, should I say, "Keep
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| diet that fails to meet the minimum daily
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| | it in mind only if you have TIME."
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| allowance for any nutrient is unhealthy.
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| | Time is another rarely acknowledged
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| Of course, providing the daily allowance
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| | external barrier to healthy diets. We
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| for all nutrients is next to impossible
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| | live in world that seems to lose time.
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| given the poor nutritional value of
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| | The normal 24 hour day feels more like 15
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| today's diets.
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| | hours. All we do is rush from one event
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| We eat on average 1.5 meals a day (not
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| | or appointment to the next. Eating a
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| even close to the suggested 5-6 meals).
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| | healthy diet is next to impossible.
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| The one meal we manage to eat is usually
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| | Please, slow down. Who knows, by
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| late in the evening, high in calories,
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| | slowing down we might actually pay
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| high in fat, and is missing Group I Foods
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| | attention to the important things in our
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| (fresh vegetables and fruit).
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| | lives. I find that the more I rush the
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| The majority of young men between the
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| | less I get done. And what I do finish,
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| ages of 20-25 eat only 2 servings of
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| | really isn't all that important.
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| fruit and 1 serving of fresh vegetables
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| | Be serious about eating a healthy diet
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| throughout the week! The next generation
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| | and slow down.
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| is nutritionally starved.
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| | Removing Dieting Barriers to Healthy
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| A healthy diet is quite simple and easy
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| | Diets
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| to follow. Here are the steps to eating
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| | About two to three decades ago, while
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| a healthy diet: Eat 5-6 meals a day.
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| | watching repeats on TV, Americans changed
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| Every meal should have a serving of lean
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| | their diets and started eating lots of
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| protein, complex carbohydrate, and
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| | fat and processed foods. We have
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| unlimited amounts of Group I Foods.
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| | suffered ever since.
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| Eat approximately 40-50% protein, 30-40%
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| | Eating lots of fat created a
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| complex carbohydrates, and 30% fat
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| | macronutrient imbalance and has clogged
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| everyday. Limit sugars, saturated fats,
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| | our arteries. Then we fell in love with
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| and trans-fatty-acids.
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| | processed foods. This love affair
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| Maintain a slightly negative energy
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| | drained all of the vitamins and minerals
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| balance or perfectly balance it. How do
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| | from our bodies and resulted in a
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| you accomplish this? Read the next few
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| | micronutrient deficiency.
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| steps!
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| | Until we restore things to the pre-TV
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| Calculate your energy output everyday.
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| | Dinner diet, we will continue to suffer
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| Energy output is the Resting Metabolic
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| | heart attacks and weight gain.
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| Rate plus the number of calories burned
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| | It's really crazy...we stuff ourselves
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| through physical activity.
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| | with heavy fat and then starve for
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| Subtract your energy output from your
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| | vitamins and minerals.
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| energy input -- the number of calories
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| | Removing Physical Barriers to Healthy
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| you eat a day. The result is the
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| | Diets
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| remaining total energy and it determines
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| | Physically, our lack of exercise is the
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| your energy balance.
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| | greatest barrier to healthy diets. Start
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| If the result is a positive number, you
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| | exercising! Walk. Jog. Swim. Lift
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| have a Positive Energy Balance. Simply,
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| | weights. Sweat. Move. Breath. Live.
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| cut back on the amount you eat.
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| | Removing Psychological Barriers to
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| If the result is negative, you have a
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| | Healthy Diets
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| Negative Energy Balance. Increase the
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| | The mind can be tough to control,
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| amount you eat.
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| | especially when it comes to hunger. But
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| Make adjustments to energy input (the
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| | what can help is changing your food
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| number of calories you eat a day) so that
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| | perspective. Where do you place food in
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| you'll remain with a slightly negative
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| | your life? To help you through this
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| energy balance.
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| | important change in perspective, check
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| Some weight loss experts advocate a
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| | out...Weight Loss Psychology
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| strong negative energy balance at
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| | Conclusion
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| baseline. In theory, this makes sense
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| | Watch the influences in your life, slow
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| but in practice it's associated with
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| | down, reduce fat, eat raw vegetables and
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| weight regain.
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| | fruit, exercise, and change your food
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| I believe that energy should be balanced
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| | perspective.
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| or slightly negative at baseline. The
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| | Once you've done all that, then you can
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| closer to a balanced energy state, the
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| | focus on eating a healthy diet. I think
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| better the chance for avoiding weight
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| | we need to get back the 24 hour day, what
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| regain and maintaining your ideal weight
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| | do you think?
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| for a longer period of time.
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| | To Healthy Living!
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| Do not cut back, slow down, or stop
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| | Michael A. Smith, MD
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| exercising. If adjustments need to be
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| | Chief Medical Consultant
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| made, it's better to make dietary changes
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| than to make changes to your exercise
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