Healthy Recipes
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To avoid misunderstandings and to ensure that we, you the reader and I the writer, are both on the same page, quite literally on the same page, before proceeding with this articles I would like to clarify some of the semantics of the top at hand—healthy recipes.
With your permission and for the duration of this article let us agree that “healthy” pertains to the characteristics of good health as well as the vitality and vigor of both the body and the mind. In addition, let us please further agree that “recipes” are sets of directions that also include lists of ingredients for preparing or cooking food. The two (healthy and recipes) in concert (healthy recipes), therefore, are sets of instructions and lists of health conscious ingredients for preparing food that is primarily focused on good health as well as vitality and vigor of the body and the mind.
With health issues being so unique to every individual and the approach to them is so subjective and heavily dependent on so many other aspects of the individual’s life and circumstances, it is virtually impossible to come up with healthy recipes that will be a good fit for everyone at all times. There are, however, a few basic features of healthy recipes that have been globally agreed upon by most health and fitness experts and those are as follows:
1. A healthy recipe must list ingredients that are conducive to the overall good health of the body as well as the mind of an otherwise relatively healthy individual.
- Using little to no animal fats but more non-saturated vegetable based oils
- Using much less red meats and more poultry, fish and seafood
- Keeping sodium levels down to minimum
- Reducing simple sugars while increasing complex carbohydrates
- Avoiding preservatives and other food colorings as well as chemicals
- Focusing more on the natural and less on the processed
- Utilizing fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables and minimizing on the canned and the pre-packaged
- Using whole grains, nuts, seeds, beans and legumes
- Containing more dietary fiber
2. A healthy recipe that list ingredients which are conducive to the overall good health of the body as well as the mind of an otherwise relatively healthy individual must not have them corrupted by incorrect preparations.
- Frying, especially deep frying should be avoided as much as is possible. Healthy recipes will inevitably suggest stir frying instead.
- The potential health benefits in fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables can easily be destroyed when overcooking. Healthy recipes will call for steaming, grilling or baking rather than for boiling in water, broth or heated fats.
3. A healthy recipe will be rich in good flavors, high in valuable nutrition and an eye pleasing presentation for a totally pleasurable eating experience for the well-being of the mind and the body.
4. A healthy recipe will encourage a wide dietary range of variety but in smaller yet completely satisfying portions per serving.
For countless great in-depth articles on dietary health and well-being issues, healthy recipes and food suggestions, I would like to persuade you to view the dozens of websites available to you on the Internet. There is a wealth of information and with a little self-examining, soul and mind searching and the best use of your own common sense you will soon discover that you are your own best expert at selecting the most fitting healthy recipes for you and your particular lifestyle.
In conclusion, enjoy, eat healthy and live well.
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