Having finished one
adventure in continuing education, I have embarked on the next: fitness nutrition! I have acquired an enormous textbook
(qualifies as weight lifting!) and am busily importing the information into my
wetware, so to speak.
I chose fitness nutrition
as my next focus because there is need.
While we are bombarded with headlines about miracle foods or the latest
food of doom, we remain confused about how to choose our foods wisely. I want to eat better and I know my clients
do, too.
Consider this list of top
ten calorie sources for Americans over age 2 from 2005 to 2006, as compiled by
the US Department of Agriculture and the US Department of Health and Human
Services, as seen in my text:
1.
Grain-based
desserts (e.g., pies, cakes, cookies)
2.
Yeast breads
3.
Chicken and
chicken mixed dishes (e.g., chicken strips, casseroles, stir fries)
4.
Soda/energy/sports
drinks
5.
Pizza
6.
Alcoholic
beverages
7.
Pasta and
pasta dishes (e.g., mac and cheese, spaghetti, ravioli)
8.
Tortillas,
burritos, and tacos
9.
Beef and beef
mixed dishes (e.g., meatloaf, beef stew)
10.
Dairy
desserts (e.g., ice cream, frozen yogurt, pudding)
That’s a lot of sugar,
people, and a big pile of fat to go with it.
We can do better.
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