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| Subject: How to change your bad eating habits Wed Oct 14, 2015 4:22 am | |
| The rules for healthy eating aren't a closely guarded secret. We've been told repeatedly that eating more whole foods and fewer convenience foods is the way to better health. So if we know it, why don't we just do it?
Because the road to better eating can be littered with obstacles. Habits hardwired from childhood, genes that can affect taste preferences, even the people you share food with, are just some of the influences that can affect food choices. And let's not forget the marketing messages aimed at persuading us to eat food that can make us sicker not healthier.
"For every dollar the World Health Organisation spends on initiatives to better the nutrition of the world's population, the food industry spends $500 promoting processed food."
"People know that an apple is healthier than a lamington – it's sticking with the apple that's difficult," says nutritionist Leanne Cooper. "The gap in our nutrition education isn't lack of knowledge about which foods are healthy but about how to change our behaviour."
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/diet-and-fitness/how-to-change-your-bad-eating-habits-20141015-113myz.html?utm_source=FD&utm_medium=rainbow&utm_campaign=eating-habits#ixzz3oWpjho1Q |
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