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