Healthy B.P.M.

There is a lot of speculation about how blogging is unintelligent and is the cult of amateur. But I have learnt a lot from my blogging experience. I’ve enjoyed reading a whole lot of blogs and you can watch out for this space to see some posts that I’ve really enjoyed.

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There are a whole lot of diet gurus who lay out the rules of eating. And there are some people who follow these teachers to the tee. The others wonder what all the fuss is about and do not like to listen to nutritional experts with diet advise that is hard to swallow. I liked what Happy Medium had to say about her dilemma with handling restaurant food. Being a health writer myself, I’m torn between these two points of view.

See what she has to say:

Eating healthy while eating out can be difficult. For me, it’s always been about finding something healthy that tastes good enough to make me forego all the unhealthy (but oh-so-tasty) crap on the menu. I’m sick of condescending and totally unrealistic magazine articles on “healthy eating in restaurants�? tips. Order salad without dressing. Blech - I’d just as soon go graze in the backyard. Order fruit instead of dessert. Just when was the last time you were in a restaurant that offered an apple on the menu next to the chocolate cake? My all-time eye-rolling favorite was one I read recently. A nutritionist said, “If you can’t stop yourself at one or two slices of pizza, do what I do. Just order a big plate of steamed veggies instead!�? Seriously. I wanted to magically reach through the magazine pages to ***** slap her. Let’s take this one apart, shall we? First, I don’t know anyone - except children and possibly my size 2 petite mother - who fills up on 1 or 2 average sized pizza slices.
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Since I’m interested in yoga, this post caught my fancy.Nita writes about how dangerous it is to do yoga with a teacher who can go wrong. Never do yoga looking at DVDs or under an instructor you haven’t really heard of. The best way to find a teacher would be through word of mouth.

Says Nita:

Yoga is supposed to be gentle on the body, at least that is how I see it. But the teachers may not be gentle. The worst part of it is that a student may not understand his or her limits because the teacher herself doesn’t. She may not have asked you if you have blood pressure…or menstrual problems…or back problems. Who will then judge whether you are not already stretched to the limit?

obesity, yoga