Healthy Balance While balancing food and exer-


cise choices can not be ignored in any weight management plan, they appear to be only one piece of a far more com- plex puzzle. The likelihood of maintain- ing a desirable weight can be enhanced with some simple lifestyle changes.


• Eat a mostly plant based diet, with 7-9 servings of fruits and vegetables daily.


• Choose organic food, free of arti- ficial additives, preservatives, sweet- eners, high fructose corn syrup, chemicals, pesticides, hormones and antibiotics. • When eating animal protein, select wild fish, pasture fed animals and eggs from cage free birds. Avoid plastic- wrapped meat.


• Use small amounts of natural sweet- eners instead of those made in a lab. • Opt for fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables instead of canned. • Use a reverse osmosis or carbon filter on the water system to remove chemicals.


• Drink from a reusable stainless steel water bottle instead of a plastic one containing BPA.


• Store food in glass containers and never microwave in plastic. • Avoid non-stick coatings on cook- ware. • Enjoy 20 minutes of unprotected sun in summer and supplement Vitamin D3 in winter.


• Maintain a good balance of intestinal bacteria. • Choose to breast feed babies when possible. • Use non-toxic cleaning, personal and lawn care products. • Participate in pleasurable physical activity on a regular basis.


It is possible that by incorporating all these tools into a weight management


plan, you will be sliding into some new jeans well before you can wear that new Vitamin D-boosting bikini!


Vicki Kobliner MS, RD, CD-N is a Registered Dietitian and owner of Holcare Nu- trition (www.holcarenutrition.com). Vicki works with infants, children and adults with digestive disorders, food allergies, ADHD, autism and other chronic ill- ness, and provides fertility and prenatal nutrition counseling. Vicki has exten- sive experience in using dietary modification, appropriate supplementation and functional lab testing to achieve optimal wellness. She has contributed her ex- pertise to www.gfcfdiet.com and is a contributing author to A Compromised Generation: The Epidemic of Chronic Illness in Americas Children. She can be reached at 203-834-9949 or vicki@holcarenutrition.com. See ad page 17.


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