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Food Secrets of the World's Slimmest, Healthiest PeopleThese slimming secrets from around the globe will help you drop pounds easily and for good |
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While there are differences in each diet, Katz says they have one major similarity: Their diet focuses on whole foods, without any "glow-in-the-dark junk food." Eating wholesome foods in sensible combinations is fundamental to having a healthy diet, says Katz. For example: While broccoli is healthy, a diet of only broccoli isn't healthy. Variety is key.
To adopt a more "Blue Zones" way of eating, don't get caught up in slashing one specific thing from your diet (like sugar, carbs, fat or gluten). After all, a gluten-free cookie is still a cookie.
Instead, Katz says to make better choices with the foods you are already eating. If you're eating Cap'n Crunch for breakfast, switch to a cereal with more whole grains, less sugar and fewer ingredients. Short ingredient lists help you avoid tons of added sugar and salt, and eventually you come to prefer simpler foods that, ideally, don't need an ingredient list at all. This is essentially rehab for your taste buds. "When you prefer it, that makes it sustainable for a lifetime," says Katz.
Food is some of the best medicine. Eating well, in addition to not smoking and exercising regularly, eliminates 80 percent of chronic disease, says Katz. We'll let that sink in for a minute.
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