Choose Premium Fuel for your body

By John McCain

How do you look at the food you eat? Do you look at food as a reward, a central part of every celebration or fuel for your body? Whenever you look at the food that you put into your body, be sure to ask yourself this important question: Am I eating the proper food that fuels my body and allows me to have a positive attitude, do the work I need to do and have the energy I need to make the most of each day? If you answered yes, congratulations. Give yourself a well deserved pat on the back!

Treat yourself like a high performance machine. If we were to build your body, it would cost a billion dollars. If you had a million dollar race horse, would you give it fast food, sodas and chips? Or, would you give it the best food money can buy? You need to treat yourself like that million dollar race horse. It’s all about how you look at food. Do a mental self check and ask if you’re eating that because it tastes good but you know that it’s not good for you. Do I drink the soda pops just because I like the taste? Is there something I can replace it with? Remember this: Food equals fuel for the body.

If you are not getting the proper nutrition from your current diet, don’t beat yourself up with negative thinking. Instead, make a healthy choice the next time you fuel up your body and choose the premium quality foods that are high in nutrition. Stay away from the mental and physical filler foods, foods that just fill up space in your stomach that really have little to no nutritional value. Some common filler foods include potatoes, corn and white rice. Instead, choose foods that are rich in fiber, vitamins and lean proteins.

Here are a few tips to help you replace low nutritional filler foods with high octane foods loaded with nutrition and flavor. 1. Replace white rice with wild rice. 2. Reduce the amount of potatoes and eat more salad with vegetables. 3. Replace the high fat greasy hamburger and get the lean hamburger that is 4% in fat. It may taste even better than the high fat burger when you add the right spices for your pallet. 4. Eat more chicken, tuna, fish and ground turkey. 5. You can still enjoy Mexican cuisine and savor all the seasonings by choosing vegetarian re-fried fat free beans with no tortillas. You can have a few chips (5-6) with some healthy dip; just don’t overdo it with a basket full!

There are several celebrity chefs on television today who offer great cooking tips that will help you enjoy a healthier diet that’s high in nutrition. They will show you how you make healthy food taste great. Finally, you don’t have to starve when you’re eating the right stuff. If you don’t like the way you look or feel, you can change that by the food you eat, so don’t put it off until tomorrow. Go for it today!