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HEALTHFUL EATING
ON THE GO
By Marlene
R. Fedin, The Wellness Concierge®
If you want the energy and
stamina to survive life on the road, you'll need to do one crucial
thing: Make Eating a Priority!
That's advice that many frequent travelers fail to heed, often with
unexpectedly unpleasant results. (Trust me. You don't want to find
yourself begging for bagels from a closed airport-shop vendor or a
fellow traveler. I've done it and it's just one of the uglier things you
could find yourself doing when you realize that 1) you are, to your
horror, ravenously hungry despite being totally disinterested as you
passed numerous shops laden with food just ten minutes ago (the same
restaurants that are now either out of food or closed) and 2) due to
circumstances beyond your control, it appears that you are not
going to be eating in the air, at your destination, or, alas, in the
airport.
"Healthy eating" on the road is not, despite the protests of many, an
oxymoron. It is possible to eat well and as needed—provided you plan
ahead.
This page will
feature survival strategies, dining options, and more to encourage
regular and healthy food breaks!
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EATING ON THE GO: IT'S IN YOUR HANDS
Nutrition advocate Robyn
Landis shares the secret to staying healthy and feeling good on the
road. Can you guess what it is? Get the 411 on healthy eating habits
in this Road-Ready column.
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Avoid High-Fat, Sugar-Laden Snacks
Power Bar Ratings The Cincinnati Enquirer's
Christine Oliva and Peggy O'Farrell don't waste time on the highly
subjective issue of taste testing for the 39 bars they reviewed.
Instead, they compared calories, fat, carbs, fiber, sugars, and
protein to identify the low-cal, low-fat, low-sugar, and high-carb,
high-protein options.
Need Real-Life Role Models?
In the "Roots
of Good Health" (California CEO Magazine) writer
Francesca Dolan profiles high-powered, hard-traveling execs and how
they've managed to overcome the hurdles to healthy eating. Their
strategies can work for you—or at least minimize your resistance and
excuses for not embracing healthy changes.
Want to Decrease Your Risk of In-Flight
Health Problems?
Find out how eating a simple, light
pre-flight meal can
reduce
your risk of fainting and cardiopulmonary emergencies.
Learn Savvy Strategies for Surviving a
Salad Bar
Writing for Men'sHealth.com, Jennifer
Haigh helps you
avoid the
dietary landmines hidden among the iceberg lettuce and assorted
offerings of the seemingly healthy salad bar.
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HEALTHY DINING OPTIONS |
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Find Healthy Eateries at U.S.
Airports
Every year the Physicians Committee
for Responsible Medicine rates the availability of healthy food
options at airports around the country.
Click here to see how your airports fared.
Locate Healthy Restaurants
You don't have to be a vegetarian to
appreciate the menu offerings of these specialty eateries. These
restaurant finders and books can help you pinpoint local
options.
►Vegetarian
Journal's Guide to Natural Food Restaurants in the U.S.
and Canada
►VegDining.com's
Online Restaurant
Guide lists over 1,000 fully vegetarian restaurants around
the world and includes mini-reviews
And keep your eyes peeled for these
eateries.
►Healthy
Express (Minneapolis)
►Healthy
Grill Bites (Fort Lauderdale, Florida)
►O'Naturals
(Falmouth, Maine) |
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BOOKSHELF |
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Keep Tabs on Calories, Carbs and
More
The Doctors Pocket Calorie, Fat & Carbohydrate Counter: 2002
Edition, Plus 101 Fast Food Chains and Restaurants
(Allan Borushek, Health
Pub.)
Identify Favorites Tend to
dine in the same type of restaurants? Like a particular cuisine?
 Dining
Lean (Joanne V. Lichten, RD, PhD; Nutrifit Publishing)
makes it easy to eat well at your favorite eateries by breaking
out healthy choices by appetizer, accompaniments, sauces, and
entrées in a variety of ethnic and chain restaurants.
Check out Dr. Jo's savvy tips in
the
Defensive Dining and
Fit Fast Food
online excerpts from Dining Lean.
The 411 on Healthy Eating
Wanna know one of the real secrets to staying healthy and
feeling good on the road? Make eating a priority.
As nutrition advocate Robyn
Landis, author of
BodyFueling (iUniverse) notes, "Healthy eating means
eating!"
If anyone can help you understand
the importance of food as fuel for your body and life, it's
Landis, who eschews dieting and fasting in favor of a healthy,
direct, and real-life approach to everyday eating.
Choose the Best Fast-Food
Options
 Check
out
Fast Food Facts (Marion J. Franz, IDC
Publishing), a handy, pocket-size book that details over 1,000
menu items from 20 national fast-food outlets and includes Smart
Choices (most healthful items) plus Smart Meal menu
recommendations.
Take a Crash-Course in Healthy
Eating
Nutritional Healing: A Step-by-Step Guide (Denise
Mortimore, Element Books)
This small, 60-page book is like a
Cliff Notes for Healthy Eating and Living. Sections include
essential nutrient requirements, proper use of supplements,
details on the new food pyramid, diets for health, and most
important, details
on how individual foods enhance
health and well being.
Expand Your Options People
eat what they know. Evelyn Tribole’s
Eating on the Run (Human Kinetics),
 an
easy primer for the nutritionally choice-challenged, will expand
your culinary horizons. Note the "one-minute wrap-up" section
that targets healthy foods.
Copy the "Nutrition Countdown"
info (a quick-take on suggested foods/servings) onto a card or
into your organizer and use it as a handy checklist to ensure
you’re eating well. |
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OTHER RESOURCES |
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all the so-called "healthy" foods? Food advocate Robyn Landis
provides a list of
recommended
food brands
and products at her BodyFueling.com site.
After reviewing her list, which
includes cookies, juices, soups, salsas, snack & power bars, and
more, you'll have no excuse for not having low-fat, low-sugar,
healthy food choices. |
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