| Every year the holiday brings with it | | | | plan. It's a matter of loading your |
| parties, festivities and temptations. | | | | grocery cart with more vegetables, |
| Plates of tasty goodies seem to appear | | | | especially the dark green and dark |
| at every turn. So much food sure can | | | | yellow ones. |
| make it hard to stick to any kind of | | | | These vegetables are the especially |
| diet, including a heartburn diet. But, | | | | healthy ones. Use these as the |
| at home you do have control over what | | | | foundation for a 60-40 meal plan. Try |
| you eat. Even if routines fly out the | | | | for 60 percent plant foods and carbs, |
| window there are things you can do to | | | | and 40 percent animal products. This |
| help the family lean toward a healthy | | | | could really lessen heartburn, eight |
| diet. | | | | gain and do a lot to ward off winter |
| Here are a few tips, that you can use to | | | | illnesses. |
| lessen the odds of heartburn mishaps or | | | | Putting this ratio of greenery into the |
| calorie overload. Those delicious little | | | | system ensures a good measure of |
| cookies can be a special treat rather | | | | calcium, magnesium and potassium - the |
| than a snack, by storing them away, out | | | | gatekeepers for a healthy system. They |
| of sight. Instead, offer up some healthy | | | | do this by turning the system into an |
| snacks, in plain view. Offering a | | | | alkaline environment unsuitable to many |
| decorative bowel of assorted fruit will | | | | harmful bacteria, the kind that causes |
| look very inviting on the kitchen table. | | | | colds, flu and other illnesses. |
| An option to opening the bag of chips, | | | | There is something else just as |
| is to go with string beans and ranch | | | | important. That's a daily workout that |
| dipping sauce. Or for the younger set | | | | tones muscles and strengthens the heart |
| try some graham cracker squares with | | | | and lungs also improves bones and |
| peanut butter and banana slices. One way | | | | improves digestion. |
| to make it more interesting to your | | | | A low impact workout and sunshine are |
| 'customers' is to have choices. A | | | | the keys to turning calcium into bone |
| selection of two or three snacks can be | | | | mass. The skeleton and digestive system |
| more appealing. "Some assembly required" | | | | share this need for calcium. This is a |
| can make snacks a time for creativity as | | | | problem easily solved, with a daily walk |
| well as healthy eating. | | | | and three servings of vegetables. |
| The holiday gift giving season offers | | | | In another approach to heartburn |
| the opportunity for some healthy giving. | | | | treatment there is the use of natural |
| For yourself, a good gift would be a | | | | remedies as way to cure heartburn. These |
| plan for a healthier body. The healthy | | | | usually overlooked herbs and fruits, so |
| body that comes from exercise and diet | | | | simple in their effectiveness, should be |
| adds up to an important gift.. All it | | | | a real consideration. They are the |
| takes to get this rolling is a little | | | | reliable means of giving what the body |
| 'can do' attitude. | | | | needs. It's a way you can add to your |
| With this attitude comes the need for a | | | | health plan, and for dealing with |
| little planning. A remedy for heartburn | | | | heartburn. Start to improve the body's |
| can easily be a part of this health | | | | natural balance. |