Dieting, Grain Group Tips

Written by Sky Taylor, Diet Bites

 


Bread Tips

Breads and like-grains are generally part of a meal when they are served on the side - or as the main feature, such as in a sandwich, bun, tortilla shell or gourmet type sandwich such as a panini.

Sandwich Tips

1. Forego toasting using any type of oil - whether it is extra virgin olive oil, butter, margarine or reduced margarine.

They don't generally add any fats to the buns or sandwiches at restaurants - and you don't need all of those greasy additives.

2. Search for lower calorie breads. Rather than enjoying a flour tortilla that may contain almost 200 calories, opt for a corn tortilla which contains 40 to 50 kcals.

Bread Served on the Side

1. If it is the star of the appetizer basket at a restaurant, wait until your meal arrives. While grains are essential to optimum health, so are vegetables, proteins, dairy and fruits.

2. Do you really need to add butter or sauces such as gravy to your bread? If so - do such sparingly and allow for such in your daily set total for caloric intake.

Whole Grains - Rice, Wheat Pasta

1. Look for those that are rich in whole grains - such as wheat pasta and brown rice. These offer the most nutritional values over the white varieties.

2. When pasta is the star of the meal, opting for red sauce rather than white or yellow is the wiser choice, and a lot less fatty.

 


3. Can you enjoy your whole grains without adding foods to them - the fattier sauces, spreads and so forth? If not, what about adding steamed vegetables and lean proteins instead?

A bowl that consists of 1 cup of sauteed vegetables and a cup of pasta sprinkled with a dash of salt and cracked black pepper is eons more healthful than a cup of pasta drowning in Alfredo sauce.

Breakfast Grains

1. Add whole grains to the mix when making healthy choices.

2. Check the nutrition label; look at the fat distribution as well as the sodium content. You may be shocked. A good example: that salty tasty serving of chips may contain half the sodium as a serving of some cereals - which can be more than double of the amount of salt contained in a dill pickle. Seriously, do you want a dill pickle in your cereal bowl?

3. Enjoy a serving - and only a serving. Don't just pour the box into the bowl; use a measuring cup until you have a great idea of how much a serving size equals.

4. Opt for reduced fat milk which equals reduced lipid intake as well as lower caloric intake.  More Dieting Tips

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