We are responsible for
our own preventive medicine and that includes nutrition. This is a trial and
error deal and doesn’t work with one-size-fits-all. Your nutrition plan is
unique to you.
If you take vitamin
supplements, you will notice the list of what vitamins and minerals are
included in these pills and what percent of “daily requirements” is attached to
each. You should take particular note of those vitamins and minerals where the
percentage is low. These are called supplements, because they know that you get
these vitamins and minerals from food and they are assuming that you are eating
the foods with these vitamins and minerals. I use a daily multivitamin plus a
magnesium supplement to lessen my reliance on food to maintain a healthy weight.
With a multi-vitamin and supplements, I’m just not hungry.
There are a lot of
variables at play and a lot of factors that are not addressed. The biggest
variable is that no two human beings are alike and we are free to eat anything
we want. Others have tried my magnesium
supplement, but it doesn’t work for them.
One way to get a
handle on this is to look up what vitamins and minerals are available in
specific foods. You will find that most foods you eat are loaded with vitamins
and minerals.
I like granola or
oatmeal, a banana for one meal and 2 eggs and a sausage biscuit for lunch. I
eat a small dinner with meat or fish, potatoes and a vegetable, usually
broccoli, asparagus, Brussel sprouts, or string beans. I also substitute soups
and salads. We eat a lot of baked chicken and salmon, but vary this with steak
and shrimp.
Portions for each of 3
meals should not be larger than your fist. I drink coffee, orange juice and
water. My weight is under control, so I
can eat other things as well.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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