Is healthy eating a problem in your home?

It can be difficult to encourage your partner and kids to make healthier choices.

But, having the right attitude can make a huge difference in how your family reacts, and subsequently whether they choose to eat healthy food, or not.

Here are 5 tips for getting your family to eat healthier:

#1 Ask them what they want

Find out what foods your family enjoys or what new recipes they would like to try, and then offer these often. If the suggestions are somewhat unhealthy, simply find out how to make a healthier version.

#2 Make gradual changes

Making small changes, one step at a time, is much more effective in the long run than trying to change everything at once.

#3 Make healthy food easily accessible

If chocolate chip cookies are the only ‘easy’ food available, that’s what they’re going to choose. So, if you want your family to eat healthy food make sure they have a supply of wholesome, ready-to-eat foods, for example:



Healthy granola bars

Fresh fruit salad

Frozen fruit, such as bananas, grapes or berries

Fresh fruit smoothies

Raw veg such as carrots, celery, broccoli, cherry tomatoes, and red peppers served with reduced fat hummus, or peanut butter.

Mixed, unsalted nuts



#4 Subtly add healthier ingredients

Try these suggestions:



Add cinnamon, chopped apples, and raisins to oatmeal.

Puree vegetables, finely chop, or grate them to disguise in baked goods, curries, stews, sauces etc.

Choose whole grain breads, muffins, and pasta where possible.

Try using wild rice rather than white.

Add peas, beans and lentils to soups, stews, and curries.

Serve leaner meats such as turkey, chicken, beef, and fresh fish such as salmon, mackerel, and tuna regularly.



#5 Be their role model

You can have a huge impact on your partner and kids by simply following your own advice, but be careful not to aggravate them in the process! Leading by example, is much better than preaching at them constantly.

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The talented and accomplished Dr. Perricone is frequently a guest on the Oprah Winfrey show and is a bestselling author. He writes about weight loss, anti-aging and other issues on the forefront of nutrition and health. His shows have an audence of millions; and his latest diet book has been selling like hotcakes.

Famous for the Dr. Perricone diet; he is proud of what he calls his list of Top 10 Super Foods, part of his prescription for good health. Acai berry is at the top of the list, because its one of the few that contains a strong combination of fibers, essential fatty acids, antioxidants and more.

Writing in his recent book “The Perricone Weight Loss Diet”,  one of the doctor’s observations about this wonderful plant is very interesting. He says:

“Acai is helpful for weight loss because it has Cyanidin, an antioxidant phytochemical. A Japanese study found evidence that cyanidins work by reducing the formation of fat and burning off existing fat.”

Who knew that some antioxidants had fat burning qualities? It’s a wonderful discovery. But its incredible considering the other nutritional benefits of the plant. Aside from the compounds mentioned already, it also have a broad spectrum of vitamins and minerals.

He has expressed his admiration frequently for the performance of this fruit extract from the amazon rainforest - especially on Oprah; and it has become very popular. You can find juice and supplements everywhere these days. But buying online is a good idea since you can get free trials from some companies.

For more information about Acai Berries; and for help in separating the quality brands from the dubious ones - just see the links below.

It’s quite natural in everyone’s life for a little bit of better, healthier eating. Choosing a healthy diet may begin with changing our eating habits when we eat out, but that is only one facet of a large endeavor. Healthier eating habits can also easily begin at home, simply by some of the ways that food is prepared. Healthy food does not ever have to mean that your meals will be boring, either because there are many healthy cooking techniques which will actually enhance the flavors while improving your health!

Our Healthy cooking can improve your overall health by reducing fat in the arteries which could lead to blockage. Reducing this fat will help keep arteries clean and will keep the blood flowing at a high rate. Reducing fat also helps to promote a lean body physique instead of a fat one. People who are lean will generally feel better, look better, and have more energy than people who are carrying excess pounds.

Never think about giving dessert up, simply by choosing to eat healthily! There are many wonderful things that you can do with fruit, such as mixing a bowl of berries and low fat or fat free vanilla yogurt for a sweet treat at your home. Another favorite involves sautéed bananas which are sprinkled with a little bit of vanilla extract and cinnamon. There are so many things that you can do with healthy, fresh fruit that you will not even have to think about sugar-packed treats like candies and ice cream to make your life healthy.

In today’s society there is a lot more emphasis placed on health than in many years past. People are well educated about what is, and what is not, good for their everyday health. Healthy recipes is one way to provide optimum health for you and those family and friends you love. Knowing what foods are good for you is only the first step. You must also know how to prepare those foods in the healthiest way possible.

Contrary to popular belief, taking acai berry supplements is not technically a diet in the general sense of the word. Since the fruit has been sweeping the globe, a lot of people are taking it incorrectly in that they think it’s a dietary replacement. While the acai berry will help curb your appetite and boost your metabolism, it is meant to be taken as a dietary supplement instead of completely replacing the need to eat at all.

It is in this way that the acai berry has been so successful. It is different from all of the other weight loss systems in that it encourages healthy weight loss by curbing your appetite and enhancing your desire to become more active. You’ll still be eating and you’ll be up and active and really just need to make sure you eat healthy. Stay away from the junk food and the acai berry dietary supplement can very well help you finally shed those unwanted pounds you’ve been carrying for far too long.

In addition to all of this and to further distance the acai berry weight loss system from its competitors is all of the extra health benefits it offers you. While you’re losing weight you’ll also be boosting your natural energy levels, helping to lower your blood pressure and cholesterol, strengthening your immune system with the help of nutrients, minerals and antioxidants and even boosting your *** drive! If you can think of a certain area of your life that needs improving, the chances are high that the acai berry weight loss system will be able to help you accomplish this.

If you think things can’t any better than that then you’d be incorrect my friend! Most of the top, high quality acai berry product vendors are offering a free trial of the product so that anyone who wants to try it out can do so with barely any risk (a $2 shipping and handling fee is hardly even worth mentioning) involved at all! The best part is that the product has also been endorsed by some of the most well respected consumer review watchdogs in the world such as Oprah Winfrey and Rachel Raye.

If you’re looking to turn your life around to start this new year in 2009 than there’s really no better way to do it than by going and getting your free trial of the acai berry weight loss system. There’s nothing to lose unless you wait too long and the free trial is discontinued! So get going!

Eat fish 5 times a week
Have 5 fruit and Veg portions a day
Have at least 2 litres (8 cups) of water a day (which a lot of can come from the fruit and veg you eat).
What other ‘requirements’ are there to achieving the optimum healthy eating?

I think it’s very important because of flexibility and stamina. It’s one of the many benefits to fitness.

Since top celebrities like Oprah and Rachael Ray have come out praising Acai Berry products as the number one weight loss food many people have begun searching for these products. And many have fallen victim to Acai Berry Scams. Here’s how to protect yourself from such scams.

Firstly, Acai berries do help you lose weight. That’s a fact. If you want Acai berry based products then you should make sure you get them from trusted sources.

The first of the two Acai Berry Scams or perhaps deceptive advertising schemes is a pyramid scheme. This scheme requires you to pay a lot of money up front in order to own a franchise to sell Acai berry juice, pills or extracts. Don’t fall for this! The only way you’ll make any money from the scheme is by referring other people and not by selling products. And that’s a recipe for disaster and the makings of a pyramid scheme. If any program wants you to refer other people to it in order for you to make money it’s very possible that it’s a scam.

The second most prominent scam is a bunch of sites that promise Free Acai Berry Pills where you “only” have to pay a small shipping and handling fee. If you don’t read the fine print your credit card will be billed for the entire product which can run you up to $90.00 dollars a month. So be careful and read the fine print. Not all free Acai berry pill sites are Acai berry scams though. There are some legitimate ones but if you visit them make sure that you read the fine print before you order.

Acai berry based products are very helpful in helping you lose weight. The key to finding the best products is to read lots of reviews on the Acai products and read what others are saying about them.

As I watched the entire “A New Earth Webinar” with Oprah and Eckhart Tolle, I often thought of the similarities between Tolle and Byron Katie. They were both clinically depressed before their parallel awakenings which changed both of them forever.

For most of us, if we are fortunate enough to have a spiritual experience, the effects may last several hours or several days at which time the effects recede and we return to normal everyday consciousness.

For both Eckhart and Katie, the effects of their awakening seemed to stay with them. Katie told Oprah, for instance, that she has never had a bad or depressed day, or even a moment of sadness in twenty-two years.

Tolle said the same thing in Oprah’s webinar.

Katie explains that to the extent that any of us believe our thoughts, we suffer accordingly.

When we learn to question our thoughts, we experience immediate release and freedom.

She calls this level of questioning, “The Work.”

If I love myself and love my experience and everyone in my life, these thoughts work for me, and do not need to be changed or questioned.

Katie said that love is the highest standard of a balanced mind.

But thoughts like, “He doesn’t love me,” or “I should lose weight,” or “I am a bad person,” or “You are a bad person,” are thoughts that when held up to the light of Inquiry, simply lose their strength and meaning.

These are the four questions that Byron Katie uses for her process of Inquiry, to each thought that brings suffering:

1) Is it true?

2) Can I absolutely know without doubt that it is true?

3) How do I react when I think that thought?

4) Who would I be without the thought?

Then the thought is turned around.

Katie said that defense is the first act of war. When we ask these questions of our thoughts, a shift occurs, a liberation.

No longer am I concentrating on what other people think, what they are doing, or saying.

In other words, according to Katie, I am focused on minding my own business, not anyone else’s business, not even God’s business. Figuring out what is right for me is a full time job. Minding my own business takes tremendous focus and concentrate.

Katie said she did not suffer at the time of her mother’s death. She dropped her schedule and stayed by her mother’s side. As she was dying, Katie looked into her mother’s eyes and saw her leave this plane of existence. She did not feel sad, she felt only love. She was fully present for her mother in those last moments, and she said she felt very grateful for the experience.

Oprah went through a mini-session with Byron Katie.

Oprah said she has always struggled with her weight. She had gotten her weight down to where she was comfortable, was exercising and maintaining her weight.

Then she was diagnosed with a thyroid condition and her doctor told her she may as well get used to always being heavy.

Oprah said she believed the doctor, stopped working out, and in retrospect, realized she gave her power over to the doctor when he said those words, “You will always be heavy,” instead of defining what it is she wanted for herself and her body.

So Oprah’s thought for Inquiry was: “I am sick and tired of always struggling with my weight.”

Is this true? Yes.

Can you absolutely know without doubt that this is true? After some thought she said, Well not absolutely.

How do you react when you think the thought, “I am sick and tired of always struggling with my weight?”

Oprah said she was frustrated, always thinking about what she is going to eat, whether she should or shouldn’t drink alcohol at a party, feeling obsessed about food.

She says she wants to be a size 10, not size 14.

Is it true that your body is too large? Yes.

Can you absolutely know that it is too large? No can’t be absolutely sure because it is large (and that is the reality).

What happens when you believe the thought, “My body is too large?” Oprah said she felt frustration as she compared her body to other bodies, just was frustrated and is sick of it.

How do you react when you believe the thought “My body is too large?” I eat more and am at war with myself.

Who would you be without the thought, “My body is too large?” I go to my closet and put on comfortable cloths that fit and go about my day. I’ll eat when I eat. Only one person can be Oprah right here, right now.

Apply this Inquiry to every stressful thought, on paper, to achieve real freedom. Sit with these questions in a state of contemplation. As soon as you argue with it you miss the beauty of the process.

The inner war that arises from resisting what is- is fought on paper, going thoughtfully and honestly through the four questions and the turn around.

My body is too large? What is the turn around?

My body is perfect just the size it is. It serves me. It is not who I really am, the changeless “I,” the soul. But I love it exactly as it is.

Another difficult thing for most people is learning to say “No.” When people in Oprah’s family ask her for money, she may give it to them but doesn’t really want to. Katie said there are two parts to saying “no.”

I care about you. I see that you may be in trouble. And I have to say, “no.”

No one can take advantage of you without your permission. You must take responsibility for your life. You must decide who you want to please: Please yourself and mind your own business.

There is a difference between a prisoner screaming in his cell and the Buddhist monk who, when placed behind the bars of incarceration says, “Thank you.”

Our birth right is freedom. Love is the new paradigm.

Self-realization, if lived, is “The Work.”

Suggest a marketing strategy for a range of healthy eating products targeted at adult males. Justify your suggested approach to the market and explain how you suggest that the makers of these products should target population and position the product using the marketing mix.