Hello To Healthy Eating

Archive for March, 2010

Healthy eating starts at birth, and that means that you should be sure that your infant is getting all of the nutrients he or she needs to grow properly.

One of the largest debates in the health community is whether it is better to breast-feed or formula-feed your child, and there are many schools of though on this issue. Whatever you choose, remember that your child is too innocent to make good food choices.

It is up to you to do that for him or her, and so learning about infant nutrition is very important.

Breast-feeding is by far the advantageous way to make sure your infant is getting all of the nutrients he or she needs. No matter how advanced formulas become, they are still not as good as the natural option, breast-feeding.

When you breast-feed, you are allowing your baby to naturally build some of the same antibodies that you got from your mother. These antibodies fight things such as ear infections, meningitis, and other medical conditions.

If you don’t breast-feed, your child will have to build these antibodies on his or her own. Breast milk can also help protect a baby from allergies, asthma, diabetes, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

Breast milk is also free. When you have to purchase formula for your baby, you must invest in high-quality brands that will be as close to breast milk as possible.

Breast milk is called by some the perfect food, because it has all of the great nutrients a child needs without additional foods. To get as close to this as possible, you may be spending thousands of dollars in formula every single year.

It also helps to pay the bills because women who breastfeed have to take off less time from work to deal with a sick infant.

However, there are also disadvantages to breast-feeding.

Of course, many women feel a bit uncomfortable with the breast-feeding process. Physically, this can be a bit demanding, especially when a child is teething or when your own hormones cause your breasts to be sore.

For many, breast-feeding can also be uncomfortable in the sense that you must breast-feed at all times of day, which includes in public in some cases.

Timing can also throw a woman off. If your child is breast-fed, you’ll have to wake up many times during the night to allow your child to eat, especially during the first few months, instead of trading this time with daddy, who can prepare formula just as well as you can.

The solution for many women is to get a breast pump, but these can be expensive and breast milk still cannot be stored for long periods of time.

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“Temporary or permanent?” of course the latter would be the most popular answer unless you are the type who is strangely inclined with quick-constant-changes in your life.

In whatever field it is, people find security and stability in permanence. It is funny to think that in dieting however, they give in to short-term solutions.

These short-term solutions come in different ways such as skipping meals, working out with an empty stomach and so forth.

What are the most common metabolism malpractices?

Dieters only think of one factor affecting metabolism. There are different factors that lower or heightens metabolic rate like age, sex, sleeping habits, amount of muscle mass.

The tendency for most of us wanting to lose weight is to get carried away with just one area of consideration. The most typical example is that he focuses on building muscles but neglect sleep. This is not a good way because it will not give positive outcomes.

Dieters just exercise for the fat zone. This thing does not sound new to us. Even gym instructors give this as an advice.

So, the dieters think that doing this would really shape them up. The truth is, they need an over-all work out to maintain weight or even improve it to the level you want to.

Another big malpractice is when dieters restrict calories too much. For experts, when food goes down too low, metabolism slows down to create a balance inside for bodily activities.

There is a big possibility that you lose weight, but this may come from wrong portions of the body like the muscles or organs. You just lose weight temporarily but in the long run, you will lose muscle mass, and eventually gain weight.

The worst malpractice is the use of diet pills to lose weight. Metabolism is greatly affected by this wrongdoing. They think that taking these pills would tame their appetite and lose weight.

This is just for short-term results, you have to think of long-term wellness over a temporary rejoice.

You must put in mind that health will always be the most important one not only for diet-conscious individuals but for all people.

Therefore, we must not be blinded with these glittering diet malpractices.

When it comes to weight loss, Oprah trainer and BIGGEST LOSER coach Bob Greene knows that nutrition is just as important as exercise. Bob recently practiced what he preached and picked some great easy-to-find items that you should eat.

Neeta Shah, MD, Vice President of Women’s Health at the North Shore-LIJ Health System discusses critical topics on the health of women. In episode #9 Dr. Shah discusses lifestyle changes and wellness concepts that can reduce health risks, promote longevity and increase quality of life. Her guest is Lyle Leipziger, MD, Chief of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at North Shore-LIJ.