This Weekend: Go For Sweets!

It goes without saying that sweets are among the foods that dieters miss most. While cutting out sweets is often the fastest way to slash calories from your diet, it’s a tough process and can discourage even the most iron-willed among us. Cutting out sweets completely is hard: we want them, we crave them, and not being allowed to have them is downright dispiriting.

Fortunately, you actually can have your sweets and eat them too…if, of course, you choose the right kinds of sweets. Making healthy decisions isn’t about restricting your diet, it’s about expanding your options. Fruits and sweet vegetables can add natural, healthy sweetness to your diet, helping to keep your sweet tooth in check while providing an abundance of vitamins, minerals, fiber and antioxidants. Sweet vegetables include carrots, corn, beets, winter squash, and yams. And the fruit selection at your local grocery store or farmer’s market is the dieter’s candy store: a dazzling variety of options that are delicious, nutritious and oh-so-sweet!

So the next time you’re craving sweets remember: don’t eliminate, expand! Try a new kind of apple or pear—the Honeycrisp and Lady Alice varieties of apples are delightfully sweet; poached Bosc pears are an especially amazing treat. On the run? Toss a handful of fresh raspberries or blueberries into a small, portable food storage container or sandwich bag and enjoy the delicious bursts of flavor and natural sugars that will tickle your taste buds and satisfy your sweet tooth. How about serving sides of sweet corn with dinner, or for an easy treat, quarter a yam lengthwise, brush with heart-healthy olive oil and a sprinkle of salt, and roast in the oven at 400 degrees for 40 minutes. Enjoy!

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