7 things you should be paying for when dining out
This is the second article in the series, “Don’t punish yourself with steamed vegetables: Dining out in moderation. Part 1 is here. These articles include a handful of specific techniques that you can use to your dietary advantage, but each discussion focuses primarily on the principles of healthy eating while dining out, which are targeted at lifelong goals of health and wellness. If you enjoy this article, please consider subscribing. Thanks.
Don’t punish yourself with steamed vegetables: Dining out in moderation, Part 2 of 7
One of the guiding principles of eating real food in moderation is the following: Eat the best you can afford, placing the value on the quality, not the quantity. In other words, buy a better quality meal, not a gargantuan serving of the cheap stuff.
One of roots of the health problems associated with a Western diet (diabetes, heart disease, and certain cancers) is that we have been trained to expect good things like real food at exceptionally cheap prices. As a result, we now produce food much in the same way that we manufacture dish soap. While you can get away with this concept with last year’s electronics or furniture to fill your dorm room, it is not a good practice to seek out the cheapest food to preserve our most precious personal commodity.
How do you afford to eat better?
If you are pursuing moderation, one of the side effects is that you will consume less, which means you need to buy less. Of course, to a degree the savings amount that is derived from reducing quantity is generally offset if you are buying quality. But it’s a good trade. Read the rest of this entry »
This weekend marked month 2 in my diet experiment: to lose weight and improve my health using only the basic concepts of eating real food in moderation. No low fat products, no low carb products, no paid plans or programs – in fact, as few “products” as possible, in favor of whole foods. My emphasis has been on eating more fruits and vegetables, but at the same time making sure to take in high quality meats, cheeses, nuts, grains, and so forth.
