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Strategies for Healthy Eating

Grains
  • Make half your grains whole
  • Look for the words "whole grain" before you buy breads or cereals.  Beware of those products that advertise "mult-grain" because that's not the same as "whole grains."
  • Examples include:
    • Whole wheat flour
    • Brown rice
    • Buckwheat
    • Bulgur                                                                  
    • Muesli
    • Whole grain barley
    • Amaranth
    • Millet
    • Quinoa
    • Sorghum 
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 Breakfast


  • Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
  • Start your day with a cup of oatmeal for breakfast.
  • Look for cereals with at least 3 grams of fiber per serving.  Some has as much as 13 grams in a single serving.

 

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 Brown-bag It
  • Bring a baggie of whole grain crackers to snack-on.
  • Brown-bag your lunch with a sandwich made of whole grain bread or a whole wheat wrap.
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 Pack a Snack
  • Munch on dry popcorn or dry cereal for a snack.
  • Replace plain bagels with whole wheat bagels.
  • Whole wheat snack crackers are tasty treats at staff meetings.
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 Portion Distortion
  •  A large bagel is typically two or more servings.  Try a smaller version or only eat one half of a larger bagel.
  • Read your cereal box nutrition label.  Serving sizes range from 1/2 cup to 1 cup.  Not all cereals are the same serving size.
  • How big are your buns?  When choosing sandwich buns, choose smaller options with fewer calories.