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How to Eat Healthier When You’re Picky

By GHCL

Trying to eat healthy can be a challenge when you’re a picky eater, but it doesn’t have to be.

In the mid 2000’s, my diet consisted of mostly of uncooked plant-based foods. And while I grew to like things I didn’t before, my food choices were very limited because I was finicky.

When I began eating a cooked food and animal products again, I still wanted to keep things healthy, for the most part.

I’m guessing that you’re in a similar boat, right?

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So, how do you eat healthy when you’re picky?

The first thing you’ll want to do is…

1. Identify What Foods You Like

Make a list.

And from that list, pick out the healthy items and write those into a separate category.

Really think about this now.  Don’t limit your healthy choices to just fruits and veggies.

Think about other foods such as:

chicken, fish, turkey
beans & legumes
eggs
yogurt
oatmeal
nuts or nut butters

Stuff like that.

Once you have your complete list of healthy foods you like, decide if they are truly healthy.

What I mean is… if you eat oatmeal, for example; do you buy plain old fashioned oats, or the instant kind in the box of little packets in various flavors?

If it’s the latter, then try finding ways to make it healthier such as buying the old fashioned kind and putting your own sweetener – preferably something like raw honey, real maple syrup, or even unrefined evaporated cane juice [sugar] as opposed to white sugar – and other healthy add-ins like apples, cinnamon, real butter, etc.

So, look over your healthy items and decide if you can make ’em a little bit healthier.

2. Identify What Healthy Foods You Dislike

Now I want you to look over the foods you don’t like and think about WHY you don’t like them.

The reason for doing this is to see if there is something that can be done differently that would cause you to like them.

For example: I used to hate broccoli.

I tried it boiled, I tried it raw, and neither appealed to me.

Boiled was too mushy, and raw was too tough and hard to digest; and I just didn’t like the flavor of it, even with ranch dressing.

However, later down the road I tried it again; this time sautéed in butter with sea salt, garlic, a little soy sauce, and ginger.  Also, it wasn’t cooked as long so it wasn’t too soft and still had a nice “bite” to it.

I LOVED it!

I also tried it roasted on a baking sheet in the oven, with similar seasonings, and I LOVED that as well.

Sometimes it’s just a matter of first impressions, based on how it was prepared; so try the foods again, prepared differently.

Another thing you can do, if doable, is to try something you don’t like IN something you do like.

For example: I find that bell peppers in an omelet, on a pizza, or in chili are much more appealing to me than eating them alone, as a side dish, or stuffed.

You may find yourself the feeling the same with one or more of the foods YOU don’t like if you try it mixed in with something you like.

3. Don’t be scared… Try something new!

I know, I know. It can be scary venturing out and trying new foods, ESPECIALLY if you have preconceived notions about them.

One year, we had our annual family camping trip and my brother-in-law and his girlfriend roasted oysters over the fire pit.

Needless to say, I was reluctant as hell to try them (slimy, gross, disgusting OYSTERS?? *bleh*)

But I DID try one and guess what?

It wasn’t slimy!  At least, not the way she prepared them. They were actually pretty good.

Now, I haven’t added them to my not-so-vast list of foods I regularly eat (and probably won’t) but I can say I’ve tried them and “sorta, kinda” liked them.

So, be willing to at least give (healthy) foods you “think” you don’t like a try… you just never know!

As a picky eater, be sure to cover your butt

One of the main issues I ran into when my family and I were raw fooders was, because we were super-picky eaters, we suffered nutritional deficiencies that COULD have been avoided, had we known better.

“Oh you don’t need supplementation, you can get it from the fresh, raw foods you’re eating.“, they said.

HA! Yeah right.

When you’re eating a very LIMITED variety of fruits, veggies, etc, you simply cannot rely on food alone. Some argue you shouldn’t rely on food alone anyway due to soil being depleted.

But all-in-all, just know that if you’re super picky, you definitely need a good multi-vitamin supplement to fill in any gaps, due to your limited choices of healthy foods, especially if you’re not eating enough vegetables!

Here is the one I use: My personal pick for daily dietary supplement

I hope these tips on how to eat healthier when you’re picky have been helpful to you.  If so, please share this article with others who can also benefit from the information.


More Health-Related Resources For Picky Eaters:

How To Eat Vegetables When You Hate Them

How To Drink More Water Even If You Hate It

The Picky People’s Guide to Taking Liquid Vitamins

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Are Meal Replacement Shakes Good For You?

By GHCL

are meal replacement shakes good for you

I’m sure you’ve heard all sorts of things both good AND bad about meal replacement shakes.

As with anything else, everyone has an opinion… everyone has a theory… everyone has an agenda.

Realizing that both arguments can have their valid points, I want to weigh in on this discussion as well and possibly give you some things to consider that others may NOT have pointed out.

So, to answer your question…

Are Meal Replacement Shakes Good For You?

It really all depends.

On what?

On a number of things such as:

[Read more…] about Are Meal Replacement Shakes Good For You?

Filed Under: Get Healthy, Get Lean, Q & A Tagged With: are meal replacement shakes good for you, are meal replacement shakes healthy, are meal replacement shakes safe, meal replacement shakes, meal replacements

How to Eat Vegetables When You Hate Them

By GHCL

Inside: How on earth can you eat vegetables when you HATE them? This article will give you some surefire ways to get ’em in, even if you think you can’t!

Vegetables… YUCK!

Most times kids are the ones who feel that way, but some adults feel that way too. I know, I used to be one of ’em and I assume you are too.

I hated (most) vegetables as a kid and well into my adult years.

Yeah, I ate corn, the occasional carrot, and “salad” made with iceberg lettuce and French dressing – but not much else.

But I’ve grown to love quite a few vegetables I used to hate, although there are still some I won’t eat – squash being one of them; but I definitely eat more veggies than I used to.

I’d like to help you do the same. [Read more…] about How to Eat Vegetables When You Hate Them

Filed Under: Baby Steps, Get Healthy, How-To, Wellness Tips Tagged With: hate vegetables, how to eat healthy when you hate vegetables, how to eat vegetables when you hate them, I hate vegetables

How to Eat A Healthy Diet When Your Family Doesn’t

By GHCL

how to eat a healthy diet when your family doesn't

One of the major challenges that many people face when trying to change their eating habits, is getting the family on board.

And it’s not always about trying to get them on board; especially if you and your family have been accustomed to eating less-than-optimally and NOW, all of a sudden, you want to change that.

b-please memeYeah okay… your family’s gonna be lookin’ at you like… [Read more…] about How to Eat A Healthy Diet When Your Family Doesn’t

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Should Children Drink Meal Replacement Shakes?

By GHCL

As parents, we want the BEST for our children.

And sometimes, we go to some pretty far extremes to make that happen.

I know because I’ve been that parent.
(Boy oh BOY, was I! lol smh)

My poor kids were actually ‘sneaking’ snack foods from their friends because they felt so deprived back in the early to mid 2000’s when my family and I were eating a raw (nothing cooked), plant-based diet!

And don’t get me wrong. I don’t regret that decision, as it had it’s pros & cons… mostly pros, I would say. I just wish we had done things a little differently, such as supplementation – in which case a good vitamin supplement or healthy meal replacement shake would have been ideal.

Since there was a very limited amount of foods the kids were WILLING to eat (without a battle) coupled with the fact that we were led to believe that we didn’t need to supplement our diet; they (we) ended up with nutritional deficiencies.

Now, at the OTHER end of the spectrum…

There are parents who allow the kids to eat ANY and EVERY thing: soda pop, candy, cookies, chips… you name it, they can have it.

Before the raw food lifestyle thing happened, we’d been there too. :/

And it’s that latter category that makes me a little bit salty at the fact that we’re even sitting here questioning whether or not kids can or should drink meal replacement shakes because I feel that there are way worse things they could be consuming.

In hindsight, a (healthy) meal replacement shake would have been beneficial for our kids during the raw food days.

Should You Give YOUR Child Meal Replacement Shakes?

Before we firmly plant our flag on a “yay” or “nay”, let’s dig a little bit into this matter.
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