STOP EATING FAST FOOD

STOP EATING FAST FOOD  

What does work? What’s the REAL way to stop eating fast food?



The results of a new survey from the behavior and psychology section of the journal, OBESITY provide some answers:

Researchers at the University of Minnesota School of Public health surveyed 530 adults about their attitudes towards fast foods.

They found that people already know fast food is unhealthy.(like, no kidding!)

The primary reasons they eat it anyway are because of the perceived convenience and a dislike for cooking!(I’d add another: they think fast food is always cheaper than healthy food).

So, said the authors of this research paper, nagging people to eat more health food and warning them that “fast food is going to make us fat and kill us” is not the best approach.


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What’s the right approach?

Focus on teaching people how to make healthy eating fast, convenient and easy, because those are the reasons people are choosing fast food in the first place.

So what’s holding us back from implementing or taking this healthier eating advice?

Well, I think that most people can’t get over the ideas that they “just cant cook” or that cooking is “too time consuming” or that healthy food “tastes like dirt” (as if 
Mcdonalds is gourmet food!)

That said, I’m not going to nag you, scold you ortry to scare you out of eating fast food. I’m not going to lecture you about health food (not today, anyway). Nor am I going to bad-mouth the fast food restaurants.

I’m going to lead the new charge by showing you just how easy and convenient it is to eat healthy and nutritious food and make it delicious.

Here’s a few meal ideas (for starters) to provemy point.


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3-MINUTE APPLE CINNAMON OATMEAL

* natural oatmeal (like Quaker old fashioned rolled oats)

* natural (unsweetened) applesauce

* cinnamon

* for protein stir 1-2 scoops of vanilla protein powder into the oats for 3 minute meal (scramble eggs on the side when you have more time)

I eat this almost every morning. It’s faster, easier and cheaper than going to the donut place or getting sausage,cheese, bacon breakfast muffins at the fast food joint! (you don’t have to wait in line, either!)

10-MINUTE LAZY PERSON’S CHINESE STIR FRY

* Brown rice (I like basmati)

* frozen oriental vegetables

* chicken breast, grilled (try foreman grill)

* bragg’s “liquid aminos” (or light/lo-sodium soy sauce)

This takes 30 minutes, however, if you get a rice cooker and make a giant batch, you can have your rice on standby for instant eats and this will take less than 10 minutes.

It doesn’t get much easier than that. (I like those Chinese veggies that come with the little mini-corn-on-the-cobs… reminds me of that Tom Hanks Movie, BIG)

2-MINUTE BLACK BEANS AND SPICY SALSA

* black beans (15 oz can)

* Medium or hot salsa

* 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

* 2 cloves garlic or chopped garlic to taste

* salt and pepper to taste

This one takes you all of 2 minutes to make. No cooking required! And it’s good! It’s vegetarian as listed above, but if you’re a high-protein muscle-head like me, just add chicken breast or lean ground turkey.


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1-MINUTE CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER YOGURT “PUDDING”

* 1 Plain Greek yogurt

* 1 tbsp natural peanut butter

* 1 scoop chocolate protein powder

* 1 packet noncal sweetener (stevia, etc)

I apologize in advance for getting you addicted to this “chocolate peanut butter heaven.” It’s spot-on fat-burning, muscle-building nutrition, but it tastes like dessert!

Best part: this is all inexpensive food! Oats, rice, beans… doesn’t get much cheaper than that – buy your healthy staples in bulk and the cost per serving is probably less than mickey D’s! (yes, even the “Value” meals)

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