Eating healthier doesn't always mean you have to sacrifice your favourite foods. There are many ways to still eat the foods you crave, without sacrificing the taste.
If you love to bake, one quick way to cut down on calories but not on flavour is to bake with Splenda rather than sugar. Splenda is a zero calorie sweetener that tastes great and doesn't leave you with that sugar rush that we all know so well!
Although diet beverages are not the best option (water, water, water) they are certainly better than a regular can of pop/ soda (depending on whether you're Canadian or American), which, on average, runs you about 39 grams of sugar. 39.
That makes me think of a quote I read from Kim Kardashian's interview the other day, "A moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips". Thanks Kim, you say it well.
If you are trying to cut down on Carbs, there are many ways to go about this without eating only spinach for the rest of your life. For example, if you usually order a sandwich at lunch, why not order a salad with all of the same ingredients? Hot chicken and a ton of veggies or fruit over a salad with a light dressing is definitely not a bland, boring lunch in my books.
Another tip: if you love Mexican food but are trying to limit your overall calorie and carb intake, why not prepare the chicken fajitas or tacos, and wrap them in a large, crisp romaine lettuce leaf? It tastes great and allows to have more chicken, veggies and salsa, since you've cut out the bread.
Cheese is a big factor to adding calories on our daily foods. For example, if you order a sandwich or burger and skip the cheese, you are saving a whopping 113 calories and 9.3 grams of fat. It may seem tough at first to skip the cheese, but trust me, you'll be thanking me in the long run!
Keep on Shining,
Carolyn Fauteux
Once Splenda is digested & gets to the gut, sucralose goes largely unrecognized in the body as food — that’s why it has no calories. The majority of people don’t absorb a significant amount of Splenda in their small intestine — about 15% by some accounts. The irony is that your body tries to clear unrecognizable substances by digesting them, so it’s not unlikely that the healthier your gastrointestinal system is, the more you’ll absorb the chlorinated molecules of Splenda.
ReplyDeleteLeading scientists say that Splenda has more in common with pesticides than it does with table salt or sugar. That’s because the bonds holding the carbon and chlorine atoms together are more characteristic of a chlorocarbon than a salt — and most pesticides are chlorocarbons. Which puts it in a catagory of endocrine disruptors. Do you think Splenda is better in the long-run?