Friday, September 30, 2011

A healthy diet coming your habit

Healthy weight loss diet plans only aim to give participants a better quality of life.Healthy eating means choosing foods with a good nutritional content, and with a lower sugar/saturated-fat content.Healthy weight loss diet plans also include at least 3 and up to 7 servings of protein and dairy.Healthy Dieting Guidelines Healthy diet plans should incorporate a wide variety of foods such as breads and cereals, legumes (beans), dairy products, fruits and vegetables, meat, fish, eggs, good fats and oils.When it comes to a healthy diet, women do require additional attention then let's say a man or even a child. Children (in most cases) are blessed with a high metabolism so they can stray from a healthy diet now and again without any worries.

Due to the muscle structure of men, if they gain a little extra weight they can usually do some extra exercises and the fat just seems to disappear. Women are not as lucky. It does require some additional effort on their part to make the weight go away with or without a healthy diet. Women of today have very busy schedules and do so much more than even their mothers before them. It is no surprise that there isn't much time to think of a healthy diet. Women need to take the time as a healthy diet will not only benefit her but the family as well.

A healthy diet is not as difficult as many would lead you to believe or as restrictive. A healthy diet will allow you to burn access fat, maintain your body and give you additional energy that you did not realize was there. Healthy diet plans create a balance between nutriment and flavor variety.Healthy weight loss diet plans have a different focus than many of the commercial programs. Healthy Diet will introduce you how to eat healthy, live healthy, and even save money.Healthy diet plan starts with understanding proper portion control.

Healthy diet plan for women on pregnancy and diet plans for the kids and teenagers will also include healthy kids snacks calorie intake guide. Healthy diets don't mean you can eat the foods you love.Healthy diets aren't that hard to follow, but it does take a desire to make some changes to your eating habits.The key to staying on track is to eat healthy, and to not restrict too many items.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Start living life to the fullest

You owe it to yourself, your body and your family to stick to a healthy diet plan and routine. Isn't it time for you to take control of your weight and start living life to the fullest?

You need a healthy diet women! Where do you find a healthy diet plan? Some weight loss programs are actually healthy diet plans in disguise. Why? This is because they understand that the best way to lose weight is through a healthy diet and lifestyle. Now, if the weight loss program teaches you how to eat in real world situations (including restaurants or family gatherings), is flexible/customizable by you, is designed for the whole family and suggests foods that can be purchased from your local grocery store, then you might actually be looking at a healthy diet plan.
  • A healthy diet is not all about counting calories, measuring your meal portions, cutting out carbs or fats.
  • A healthy diet is not found on a lite or low fat menu at your favourite restaurant.
  • A healthy diet is not even about losing weight but weight loss is a positive side effect for those who are overweight.
  • A healthy diet is more about eating the correct foods rather than the amount of food you eat.
  • A healthy diet will work quicker and is easier to sustain weight loss than the "quick fix with the latest fad diet".
  • Reduce the risk of disease with a healthy diet. Women, the risks of some forms of cancers (breast & cervical) have been found to be greatly reduced when on a healthy diet.
A healthy diet is not just about losing weight nor is it just a temporary solution. It is about a long-term lifestyle choice for you and your family. It is about keeping yourself healthy for the rest of your life while being able to eat the foods you like at every meal.

Finding a proper healthy diet plan can be difficult. If you have a friend that is in good shape, ask what they are doing. Many of my clients are currently on an excellent weight loss program that promotes a healthy diet. Women clients suggest the program called Strip That Fat and it shows excellent results. The healthy diet plan allows for personal customization of over 40,000 meal combinations giving as many unique diets as you want. It prints grocery lists and you go shopping, it could not be any easier. It is a professionally designed program that allows you to become accustomed to healthy eating making it a complete healthy diet program.

Food operations under third party standards

The challenges for the fresh produce industry are in identifying the risks in the growing, harvesting, packing and shipping of these items, and then taking a combination of preventive measures that reduces those risks to the next user to some measurable level. The new research pointed out in Bill Marler's blog found below, is useful, but the industry response will take some time, given the nature of the industry and what it has traditionally seen as risk.
Operations under third party standards are required to monitor for these hazards and not harvest areas with obvious signs of animal intrusion. That procedure if rigorously done limits the wide scale fecal contamination problem but does not eliminate it. Handling thereafter must be sanitary. Packers that do not wash melons can do little to remove contamination. Buyers drive this model, and many will accept raw agricultural products that have not had a washing step, leaving the consumer hard pressed to defend themselves.
Farmers know that wild animals are a major concern in melon operations; they consume and destroy a significant amount of crops. Deer, pigs, raccoons, as well as birds are attracted to these growing and harvesting areas. While growers may not have absolute control over access to the growing areas, harvesting methods must account for contamination found. However, washing in a large packinghouse is itself hazardous. During washing, if antimicrobial quality of wash water is not maintained, water becomes a vehicle to further spread contamination between lots. Diligent control of wash water quality is often a critical control in a food safety program for this reason.
We may not be able to eliminate the pathogens in melons at any one stage of the production system, thus calling for a coordinated effort between growers, handlers, shippers and end users. We need to strengthen the weak links in this chain to the extent we can, and combine that effort with effective microbiological testing, recall procedures and oversight.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Fight Bag, Keep Safe

There is a serious backlash to regulation, we still hear about how backyard farmers are going to impacted by the FSMA when all those concerns are simply bogus. Some writers just want to exploit fear to sell copy. We are making some progress with primary production, maybe. Based on no major outbreaks in a while with produce, but after the fiasco in the EU, and several recalls in the last few months of produce, I can only say that I am "cautiously optomistic."

Writers continue to say that the local movement is the safe route, its so misleading, yet there may be a grain of truth in some of the argument, and it's a definite trend to watch; a trend that will likely have good and bad effects. Riding the coatails of this movement are the so called "good for you but dangerous foods" like sprouts and raw milk. With advocates again appealing to the anti-regulatory backlash people. Consumers continue to sue the food industry, which is expected after so many injuries. Litigation is becoming a real thorn for companies and we seem not to be able to prevent the hits.

The anti-regulatory climate is getting uglier with legislatures and industry teaming up to dismantle monitoring and control orf the food supply by government. We hear industry saying recalling products when pathogens are found, but no outbreak is occurring, is unnecessary.

Yet, the "voluntary" private sector food safety initiates push on and we may be making some headway with suppliers. Third party auditors can carry almost the same clout as regulators, and our ranks are growing. But we don't have the police powers needed to truly protect and we only go when we are invited. In addition, we make recommendations, not requirements.

Monday, September 26, 2011

The anti-regulatory climate

Food safety, probably more so than any other public health problem, must be solved in and by the global food safety community, and the resources to do this work are shrinking.What we know is wherever the reservoir is of EHEC, the bug seems to be able to exploit a pathway and they do not respect borders at all. As we see this spring and summer in the Mystery in the South, this ability applies to states, counties, etc. within borders. And we have done a less than good job of identifying the vectors, vehicles and reservoirs, and controlling them. I don't think we have the capacity to completely stop EHEC at this point in time.

Well publicized outbreaks can taint an entire industry, sector, commodity and not just the brand, it's all too clear.There is a serious backlash to regulation, we still hear about how backyard farmers are going to impacted by the FSMA when all those concerns are simply bogus. Some writers just want to exploit fear to sell copy. Writers continue to say that the local movement is the safe route, its so misleading, yet there may be a grain of truth in some of the argument, and it's a definite trend to watch; a trend that will likely have good and bad effects. Riding the coatails of this movement are the so called "good for you but dangerous foods" like sprouts and raw milk. With advocates again appealing to the anti-regulatory backlash people.Consumers continue to sue the food industry, which is expected after so many injuries. Litigation is becoming a real thorn for companies and we seem not to be able to prevent the hits.

The anti-regulatory climate is getting uglier with legislatures and industry teaming up to dismantle monitoring and control orf the food supply by government. We hear industry saying recalling products when pathogens are found, but no outbreak is occurring, is unnecessary. Yet, the "voluntary" private sector food safety initiates push on and we may be making some headway with suppliers. Third party auditors can carry almost the same clout as regulators, and our ranks are growing.

But we don't have the police powers needed to truly protect and we only go when we are invited. In addition, we make recommendations, not requirements.We are making some progress with primary production, maybe. Based on no major outbreaks in a while with produce, but after the fiasco in the EU, and several recalls in the last few months of produce, I can only say that I am "cautiously optomistic."

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Old Healthy People

Dr. Bernard Jensen devoted fifteen years of his life to seeking out and visiting with the world’s oldest people to learn what he could about their healthy lifestyles. His travels took him to Russia, Asia, China, India, the Middle East, Europe, New Zealand, Tahiti and even to one of our southern states here in America. His goal was to discover the secrets to their healthy lifestyles and bring back to the ‘civilized’ world the keys to living a long, productive, healthy and happy life. What Doctor Jensen found out was not at all what he was expecting.
  
Far from the space-age, super food formulations and expensive exercise programs that were gaining popularity in western countries at that time, these healthy, happy old people had long ago adopted simple, healthy lifestyles that carried over into every corner of their lives. They apparently knew nothing about vitamins or minerals and never engaged in any ‘special’ exercise programs during their entire lives.
  
This came as a shock to Jensen. Popular scientific wisdom of the day insisted that anyone wanting to reach advanced age - in good health - had to walk a narrow path in life. Among many other considerations, this supposedly consisted of taking specially formulated food supplements every day, getting annual physical examinations, walking at least three miles daily, exercising eternally and adhering, fastidiously, to a the framework of a healthy lifestyle. Not to mention keeping up on all the wonderful research being conducted by the health and longevity gurus prevalent throughout most western countries.
  
While visiting with these old people Jensen made a few startling observations:
  •   None of the old people had any kind of Arthritis - not one of them
  •   Arthritis was not a disease of old age
  •   None of them ever took any food supplements of any kind
  •   All of the centenarians he met did some kind of physical activity everyday
  •   Most of them had a garden to grow some of their own foods
  •   Almost all of them were actively involved with their communities
  •   They ate whole, organically grown grains, seeds, legumes, berries, fruits and vegetables
  •   The small amounts of flesh products consumed were chemical-free
  •   They consumed some form of raw or clabbered milk product almost daily
  •   They expelled waste daily without signs of constipation or incontinence
  •   They were happy and content with their lot in life
  •   They were invariably compassionate, altruistic and spiritual
  
This was not at all what Jensen expected to find. He was certain that the world’s oldest and healthiest people took some form of super foods and supplements, engaged in special exercise programs geared for the elderly, were cared for by others and that they were careful not to over exert themselves physically, mentally or emotionally.

Friday, September 23, 2011

Former ranking Republican Jack Kingston

As the result of political and economic pressures, FDA will likely not have the resources it needs to carry out its responsibilities under the FSMA. What this means is that more responsibility will be placed on the food industry to self-govern. The various industry initiatives will need to expand to make up the difference.
Some of the things industry can do in cooperation with FDA include:
  • Expand education
  • Create transparency of food safety systems and risk assessments to the consumer level
  • Continue the research, development and application of food safety technology
  • Expand testing of products
  • Foster a Watchdog/Sentinel role
  • Outreach and assistance to the mid sized and small operations
  • Expand and apply traceability systems
Former ranking Republican Jack Kingston has called the U.S. food supply “99.99 percent” safe. He goes on to say “We challenge anyone to find a function of government that has a success rate better than 99.99% which the food supply, based on the Obama Administration’s own estimates, currently maintains,” said Kingston spokesman Chris Crawford.

In contrast, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said last month that about one in six Americans gets sick, and 3,000 die, from foodborne diseases each year. If .01 % of the food supply is unsafe, as Mr. Crawford explains, this would mean about 1 million meals a day eaten in the US are unsafe.The impact to public health aside, the food industry suffers anytime there is a food recall or an outbreak, and there are political and economic outcomes, as we see today in Europe.

Regardless, industry must step forward in an even greater way than currently. I believe we are up to the challenge, but we need coordination and strengthening of the scientific basis for risk assessments and a better way to measure risk-reductions.

If FDA cannot fully apply its powers, it makes sense for industry and FDA to work together in new ways. Lets spend the money that is available in ways that will have a beneficial effect. Creating more bureaucracy is not the answer. We need a leader that both industry and FDA can trust, that can forge the type of cooperative spirit needed. That person has not emerged, yet.