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M Cranford

Posted Cranford M

I can start as if I forgot the title of this article, but bear with me. All will become clear .

A few years ago I saw a program about pioneer life in America , people who came from Europe , then packed their families and essential goods and trigger across the continent to a new life on the border. The program is based on the inclusion of people in the form and put it in the pioneer life for a year . None of the participants was particularly important, and the most beautiful setting for modern standards would be considered.

At the end of the experiment , everyone was slimmer , trimmer and fitter , having lost something like 20 pounds each. Nobody was in a calorie controlled diet deliberately , and in fact most of them ate more food energy they could get .

The difference between then and now is that people could not eat the food they had prepared , on a day without refrigeration and without comfort or processed foods. They brought with them the basic foods such as oats , flour and maybe a ham, and had cows and chickens for milk and eggs. They also had seeds to start your own farm and orchard , and could collect food environment . With food is limited to what they had , they had to reduce the size of the meal ration shops so they last . Not return for the second .

There were no snacks between meals - there is no cookies or cakes in the closet , no ice cream in the fridge. Not much in the way of sugar is . A place only in fruit, and a little honey too.

And everyone was busy - busy physically - throughout the day. They were there put fences , construction of the barn, mobile wood , plowing and digging or making bread , washing by hand, carrying water from the river , or just walk they were busy from morning to night .

Hunger was the common condition. While everyone was healthy enough to withstand once had enough to be satisfied , and that was the big party they enjoyed during the celebration of the harvest. Otherwise, people usually go to bed hungry .

All this is very different from the common experience of today that we tend to overlook the obvious . Easier and healthier for most people in the West about how to lose weight is to eat less and do more. If we can reduce our portions and avoid snacking between meals , we'll go a long way to develop a healthy lifestyle . Although for many , it is not practical to cook meals at home instead of buying more home cooked meals we do best. We can be aware of the amount of salt , sugar and fat in our diet, and make small reductions in these foods "danger" in many recipes are included.

Keep sugary foods, snacks and drinks for treats and reducing alcohol handles many calories invisible , ignored and completely useless.

Finally, if we eat and drink less spend less of our hard earned money on food that we are just fat.

HIGH - Eat less, exercise more . Worth thinking about .

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