| It's Thursday afternoon, you have thirty | | | | |
| minutes to get from work, go by the house and | | | | Fresh fruits and vegetables are usually |
| pickup Heath, Jamie's already at basketball | | | | always available on food bars, along with |
| practice, oh, and what about dinner? Does | | | | broiled or steamed vegetables. Meats are just |
| this scenario seem familiar? If you're a | | | | about as varied, with many of the choices |
| working Mom, I can promise that it is a | | | | being offered in a fried and baked option. |
| familiar scene. | | | | And if you're up for dessert, watermelons and |
| | | | grapes are just as satisfying as the Boston |
| So how do you make healthy food choices, when | | | | cream pie. |
| you only have fifteen minutes to prepare your | | | | |
| meals? Well, the first thing you should | | | | You can always throw up objections when it |
| realize is that quite often, healthy choices | | | | comes to healthy eating, the real trick is in |
| do not necessarily equate to two hour meals. | | | | realizing it's your body that will suffer. Or |
| You can make healthy food choices that are as | | | | your children that will suffer from the |
| quick to prepare or pickup as the unhealthy | | | | unhealthy choices you make. Why not start |
| ones. | | | | with healthy options, set the right example, |
| | | | and you will have children that make health |
| For example, sub sandwiches are a healthier | | | | conscious intelligent decisions about their |
| alternative than pizza or burger and fries, | | | | eating. |
| but do not really take any longer to pickup. | | | | |
| Salads can be prepared in just a few short | | | | Okay, now back to our Thursday afternoon |
| minutes, and provide for the necessary | | | | juggling act. You've dropped Heath at |
| vegetable daily requirement. Don' care for | | | | baseball practice, picked Jamie up from |
| the usual salad? Make a Waldorf or fruit | | | | basketball, and you have exactly fifteen |
| salad, either way you've changed it up a bit, | | | | minutes to make a decision about dinner. As |
| and still provided a health choice. As for | | | | you sit at the red-light contemplating your |
| the dressing, oil based or vinegar based | | | | options, there is a Subway, a Pizza Hut, and |
| dressings are much better for you than the | | | | a grocery store with a deli in the same |
| cream based, and are really more tasteful. | | | | shopping center. How can this still be a |
| | | | difficult choice to make? |
| Okay, suppose salads aren't what your kids | | | | |
| like. What about other prepared foods that | | | | DISCLAIMER: This information is not presented |
| are also healthy foods? Healthy Choice is a | | | | by a medical practitioner and is for |
| brand of frozen entrees or meals that take | | | | educational and informational purposes only. |
| only a few minutes in the microwave to | | | | The content is not intended to be a |
| prepare, and are still healthy alternatives. | | | | substitute for professional medical advice, |
| Baked rather than fried is always a better | | | | diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the |
| choice, and many supermarkets today offer | | | | advice of your physician or other qualified |
| baked products fresh from their bakery, ready | | | | health care provider with any questions you |
| to go. | | | | may have regarding a medical condition. Never |
| | | | disregard professional medical advice or |
| Still aren't satisfied? You want a place to | | | | delay in seeking it because of something you |
| go and actually sit down and eat. There are | | | | have read. Since natural and/or dietary |
| still many healthy alternatives for a family | | | | supplements are not FDA approved they must be |
| when going to eat at a restaurant. | | | | accompanied by a two-part disclaimer on the |
| Restaurants that offer buffet style meals are | | | | product label: that the statement has not |
| great choices. Thanks to many of the health | | | | been evaluated by FDA and that the product is |
| conscious consumers out there, buffets have | | | | not intended to "diagnose, treat, cure or |
| added baked, broiled, and fresh food choices | | | | prevent any disease. |
| to the display. | | | | |