Healthy food is food that is healthy. Now that might sound oversimplified but that is what it is. You can generally tell what food is healthy and what food is not. Fruit and vegetables are the obvious choice. The problem is that every corner seems to be filled with a fast food joint. This makes making the healthy choices a little bit harder.

Fruits and Vegetables

Fruits and vegetables contain all the vitamins that your body needs on a daily basis. This includes vitamins A, B, C, D and E. They all serve different areas of the body. On top of this they are also very low in fat. So you are eating food but not storing anything. The low quantity of carbohydrates that they are made of is burnt of quickly throughout the day. Celery for example is in fact considered a negative calorie food. You actually lose weight eating it.

Eating Fats

The right kind of fats in the right quantities is absolutely essential. Sweets and fried food generally do not fit in to this category. Fish oil and nuts are rich a source of healthy fats including Omega-3.

So, let's talk about some good fat to eat, OK? First off, we need to discuss the composition of fat, briefly, of course. A major building block of fat is fatty acids, which are composed of chains of carbon atoms. The length of these chains determines how your body uses the fat. Shorter chains of fatty acids are absorbed quicker than longer chains of fatty acids are absorbed, which tend to be stored as fat. Attached to these chains of fatty acids (or carbon atoms) you will find hydrogen atoms. The more of these, the more saturated the fat is. If the chain is missing some hydrogen atoms, the fatty acid is unsaturated. One missing point of hydrogen atoms is referred to a monosaturated fat (found in olives, cashews, and salmon). When there are two or more missing points the fat is called polysaturated.

This fat is found in fish and vegetable oils. EFA or Essential Fatty Acid is present in polysaturated fat and is very important for normal cell growth and development. Now, let's talk more about the good fat to eat. EFA's are not produced by the human body. Hence, EFA's are solely provided by your diet. Essential Fatty Acids are extremely beneficial to our bodies. It even has the ability to treat many health conditions. Being that the fats we eat are altered by chemical means, they have been striped of their EFA's. They are now synthetic fats such as trans-fatty fats found in fast foods, stick margarine and packaged snacks, i.e. cookies. Lastly, EFA's are classified into 2 omega fats more commonly known as omega 3 and omega 6.

These fats are both essential and must be included in your diet. Omega 3 fatty acid is known for preventing and/or treating heart disease, arthritis, cancer, high blood pressure, and diabetes. Omega 3 fats are present in the following foods: Walnuts, wheat germ oil, salmon, sardines, tuna and other cold water fish. Also, flax seeds, purslane, perilla oil are all high in omega 3 fats. Omega 6 fatty acids regulate reproduction and metabolism, and are good for both skin and hair and important for normal growth. Foods high in omega 6 fats include but not limited to almonds, peanut butter, Brazil nuts, soybean oil, cotton seed oil, corn oil, sunflower seeds and walnuts. Now that we have touched on some very basic facts about fat, hopefully we now are more comfortable with the consumption of fats. Now let's go out there and find some good fat to eat!

Eating Meats

There are many fad diets these days that recommend that you eat a lot of meat. This is especially true with the low-carb diets. A good example of this is the Atkins Diet which is a high fat and low carbohydrate diet. The theory that these diets follow is that high protein intake will help you to lose weight and meat is a top level protein source. The question is, is this actually true? This article will examine how much meat consumption can help you with weight loss.

Many fad diets such as the Atkins diet play on the lack of knowledge of the general public. The actual truth is not always the same as what some fad diets will propose. Quite simply, the only way to lose weight is by burning off more calories than you take in. Upping your protein consumption won't help you with this.

Additionally, some types of meat are bad for you and some will make you put on weight, for sure. Examples of meat types that are bad for you and also very high in calories include pepperoni, bacon, ham, deep fried chicken, salami and things like that. The problem with prepared meats like pepperoni and bacon is that they are loaded with preservatives and nitrates, all of which are unhealthy.

If you eat too much of the bad meat mentioned above, you can eventually damage your kidneys, digestive system and colon. Also, these preservative loaded meats can accelerate diseases such as cancer, renal colic, gall stones and others. So you see, when you eat meat, you should balance it out with vegetables and other healthy foods. Also, try as much as possible to avoid the meats which have preservatives and are high in calories.

As we all know, meat is high in protein and many meat types are also high in iron. Pick out leaner cuts of meat to minimize your saturated fat intake and also cut away any visible fat portions. Animals do store toxins in their fat so you want to minimize as much as possible, the amount of saturated fat within the meat.

Many studies have shown that if you eat spicy food, you will be satisfied with eating a lesser amount. Therefore, if you like spicy food, then add things like chili peppers or hot sauce to your meat and you will likely want to eat less overall.

Remember too that meat doesn't have to be your only protein source. You can derive protein from sources such as seeds, nuts, beans and tofu, just to name a few. So the bottom line is, if you want to eat meat during your diet, then eat the non-processed kind, balance it out with other healthy foods and don't eat too much as it is fairly high in calories.

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