motd Thursday Aug 25, 2011

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RUNNING ON

EMPTY

Thursday, 25 August 2011

No,

I'm not talking about your car. I'm talking about how

so many Americans run their bodies on empty...empty

calories! I'm sure you've all heard that

expression before, right? But have you ever stopped to

consider what empty calories are?

Well, they come from eating foods that provide

practically NO nutritional value to our bodies.

Many

years ago, we didn't see so many of the foods that now

line our supermarket shelves. Way back when, people ate

in a "simpler" way. And you know what else? They

weren't in such a hurry to eat, the way so many

people are today. (Unless they were Bonnie &

Clyde. LOL.)

But somewhere along the way, things changed. Americans

got on the fast track. Now we want everything in an

instant and we demand it of our foods, too. To

fill our demands, the food companies came up with ways

to feed us fast so we could literally eat-on-the-run.

Oh-oh, here come the processed foods with all of their

empty calories. And let me tell you, our bodies really

don't like them very much.

Okay,

there's no need to lie about it. These foods can taste

delicious. That's because they contain high amounts of

sugar, salt, unhealthy transfats and a bunch of other

ingredients they didn't come by naturally. Many of the

ingredients they contain are manmade and have no

business filling up our bodies. These manmade

ingredients are added to enhance the flavor of many of

the foods we eat. And, to tell you the truth, those

additives actually make some processed foods addictive.

So if you're not eating a healthy mix of foods from the

six food groups, you're probably spending lots of your

daily food consumption running your body on

empty calories. And, in time, those empty calories are

going to do your body a lot more harm than good. That's

right, eating too many of these foods will end up

causing you to gain weight and lead to a number of

medical problems. You don't need that and I know you

don't want that for your body either.

Look,

if you don't give your body what it wants and needs,

then your body won't give you what you want

and need. Good health! (It's a two-way

street, you know.) When you're eating healthy foods,

you have more energy, more stamina and vitality. But

when you fill your body with unhealthy processed foods,

you find yourself tired, lethargic and there always

seems to be something hurting on you.

So, would you say you're running your body on

empty? Well, if you are, let's change that,

shall we? Fill your body's tank with premium

foods. Fill it with fresh fruits and vegetables, lean

proteins, smart fats, healthy carbohydrates and low-fat

dairy products. And boy, when you do, you're gonna feel

like a brand new Cadillac as you drive that fit and

good-looking body of yours down...The Freeway of

Good Health!

Love,