This document provides tips for maintaining a healthy diet, including focusing on fruits and vegetables, being mindful of hunger cues before eating, choosing healthier nighttime snacks, enjoying favorite foods in moderation, and establishing balanced eating habits. It emphasizes adding healthier options rather than restricting foods and notes that dieting should mean eating lower fat, sugar and calorie options compared to regular products.
26. "Hunger is your body's way of
telling you that you need fuel, so
when a craving doesn't
come from hunger,
eating will never satisfy
it," Says Michelle May, MD,
author of Am I Hungry?
30. "Sitting down with a
bag of chips or
cookies in front
of the television
is an example of eating
amnesia, where you
mindlessly eat without
being hungry, but out of
habit," says American
Dietetic Association
spokesperson Malena
Perdomo, RD.