Tbc Health

I recently read an article about how many whole foods have a pattern that resembles a body organ or physiological function.  The similarities between the food and organ signal the benefit that food provides.  Basically saying, you are what you eat.

I did a bit more research and found the similarities between different whole foods strikingly similar.  It may surprise you, and hopefully encourage you to continue eating those good-for-you foods.  Here are just a few examples.

A sliced carrot looks like the human eye. The lines inside the carrot resemble the pupil, iris and radiating lines in your eye.  Science shows that carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.

A tomato resembles the heart.  Tomatoes have four chambers and are red, just like the heart.  The lycopene in tomatoes are crucial in the fight against heart disease. 

Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell.  Research today shows that grapes are also a profound heart and blood vitalizing food.

A walnut is strikingly similar looking to the brain.  The shape of a walnut looks just like the left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds are on the nut just like the neo-cortex. We now know that walnuts help develop over 3 dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function.

Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys.

Celery, Bok Choy, and Rhubarb look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength and they replenish the skeletal needs of the body. 

Onions look like body cells. Today’s research shows that onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells.  They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes.

We all know that eating at fast food restaurants is terrible for our health. It makes us fat, lazy, bloated and sick. Just one cheeseburger will double your daily calorie requirement, and the salads, yogurts and diet sodas they sell are not really all that much healthier. They are the biggest reason for the obesity epidemic in America today, and there does not seem to be any way of making them disappear from our ever growing suburban landscapes.

If you are really serious about getting or staying in shape, fast food restaurants are not on your path to success. Sometimes, though, these restaurants may seem like the only option other than starvation. Long road trips, co-worker lunches, and other situations may force you into choosing between bad or worse. This can be devastating to anyone trying to lose weight or trying to change their bad eating habits to good.

Listed below are 7 tips that will help you make healthier choices if you are ever forced to eat fast food. It is inevitably going to happen in todays fast paced world. You might as well be prepared!

Fast Food Healthier Choice Tips #1: Get Less For Your Money

So-called value meals really only offer you extra calories, saturated fat, sugar, and other diet killers. The only way this could be beneficial is if you are saving up for bypass surgery. Getting twice as many fries for only 20 cents more is not a good deal. Fast food packs a lot of unhealthiness into a small package as it is, so super-sizing it is only adding fuel to the fire.

Think about it this way. Is 20 cents really worth eating an entire weeks worth of fat and calories in one sitting? Paying extra to ruin your health makes no sense. Ordering the small size may not be as cheap per pound of food, but it will save a fortune when working off pounds of fat later.

Fast Food Healthier Choice Tips #2: Discover Your Inner Child

Sadly, a reasonably sized portion for an adult is now only found on the children’s menu! Want to get healthy sides like fruit or carrots? Again, only on the childrens menu! It is great that kids are getting healthier options, but what about adults? We need good nutrition too! Don’t be ashamed to order the junior hamburger or even the kids’ meal. You are the only one who can control what you eat and how much of it.

Fast Food Healthier Choice Tips #3: No All Salads Are Created Equal

Just because it has lettuce does not mean it is healthy. A Big Mac has lettuce, and you know it would not be any healthier if it was called a Big Mac Salad. Don’t be fooled by clever naming tricks. Use common sense when selecting a salad, and make sure all the ingredients are vegetables, fruits, and lean proteins you recognize. Also, do not go through all that effort just to drown your healthy meal in a pool of fatty dressing! Ask for vinaigrette.

Fast Food Healthier Choice Tips #4: Have It Your Way

Most restaurants honor your requests if you ask them. Hold the mayo and high-corn-syrup ketchup, and ask for more pickles, tomatoes and lettuce. Substitute the breaded chicken breast for the grilled chicken breast. Ask for extra vegetables. Ask for wheat buns instead of white. And by all means, hold the cheese! Most of the time you can not savor the flavor when it is packed into a sandwich anyway.

Fast Food Healthier Choice Tips #5: You Are What You Drink

The most profitable menu items for restaurants are soft drinks. Costing almost nothing to make, they want you to get as big a size as possible and pay for it. What you’ll get is tons of sugar and chemicals. And maybe eventually, diabetes! Soda and diet soda will ruin your figure and your health. Order iced tea or water instead. If someone is holding a gun to your head and making you order a soda, get the small.

Of course the best advice I can give you is to make your own fast food at home in the form of a soy-based protein meal replacement. This is how I lost 70 pounds in 4 months and have kept it off for over 15 years. It usually takes me about 3 minutes to make, which is less time than it takes to wait in the drive-thru line at any McDonalds.

I rarely go to fast food restaurants anymore, but when I do I follow the tips listed above. Losing weight and keeping it off for good is about making healthy decisions about what you eat, no matter where you are eating.

Do you find yourself lacking energy throughout the day, despite getting 7-9 hours of sleep each night?  Many people report feeling fatigue, even though they do their best to get enough sleep.  In fact, about 25% of Americans complain about being tired.  One of the biggest culprits of fatigue is your diet – follow these three simple rules to invite more energy into your life.

#1 Never skip breakfast

When you wake up in the morning, your body has already gone for about 11 without eating.  Think of your body as a fuel tank running on empty.  Calories are the fuel needed to get you going, even if you do not feel like you need them.  Although the food you eat for breakfast is important for your body, it is even more important as fuel for your brain.  Most of the cells in your body store energy for those times when there is none coming in, but your brain cells need a constant supply of carbohydrates to function.  Although breakfast is one of the most important meals, do not skip lunch or dinner either.  When you start skipping meals, your body begins to conserve calories and your metabolism slows down – making you feel sluggish.  An added bonus for eating breakfast is that you tend to eat less throughout the day, which lends itself to weight loss. 

#2 Avoid large meals

Avoiding large meals is especially important at lunch time.  It requires a lot of energy from your body to digest huge meals.  Blood rushes to your gut, depleting the rest of your body of oxygen and nutrients.  By eating several small meals more frequently, you can keep your energy level consistent.  Try eating small meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, with two snacks in between.

#3 Choose snacks wisely

When people feel sluggish they may think that they need a quick afternoon snack, and turn to pretzels and crackers that tend to be convenient and low-fat.  The reason these are not wise choices is because they are carbohydrates that are broken down almost instantly, which gives you the same brief blood sugar spike that candy does.  Choosing snacks wisely means eating those things that are high in fiber, protein, and healthy fats because they take longer to digest.  When this happens, your metabolism evens out, which protects you from energy highs and lows.  Great snack choices include nuts, fruit, yogurt, whole-wheat crackers with cheese, or vegetables with peanut butter. 

One last tip is to stay away from caffeine and candy.  Both of these things provide only a brief pick-me-up.  While the answer to feeling fatigued may not lie solely in your diet, these tips are a great start.