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I want to give you this interesting yet disturbing fact to you today: For the first time ever, there are more overweight than underweight people in the world.

Health and Fitness are more vital than ever becasue of this fact. Eating right, exercising, feeling and staying healthy are keys to not letting you become a statistic.

Today I want to give you a nutrition tip about what breakfast food to avoid. 

McDonald’s Deluxe Breakfast
With such breakfast items as scrambled eggs, hash browns, sausages, pancakes and dressing and syrup, this deluxe breakfast contains a shocking 1,120 cal and 61 grams of fat! With that much fat, it is like swallowing 13 teaspoons of vegetable oil in one setting! What is more shocking is that this breakfast item at McDonalds contains 11 g of trans fat, that is is 5 times more than the daily recommended amount of trans fat!

Eat Frequently and Eat Slowly

It is important to understand what happens when you skip a meal or go on a crash diet. When you skip a meal your metabolism slows to conserve your energy. And when you lose weight too quickly for a few days, your body thinks it is threatened with starvation and goes into survival mode. It fights to conserve your fat stores, and any weight loss comes mostly from water and muscle.

Never skip a meal, especially breakfast, and eat healthy snacks between meals. Eating frequently prevents hunger pangs and the binges that follow, provides consistent energy, and may be the single most effective way to maintain metabolism efficiency.

Eating slowly gives our bodies time to tell us they are full before we’ve eaten more than we need.

Knowing yourself and your limits may be the most important way to manage stress effectively.

1. Dare to say no. One more little thing may be the “straw that breaks the camel’s back”. It’s okay to say “No”, “I can’t”, or “Later”.
2. Acquit yourself. Sometimes events really are out of control and you really are “Not Guilty”. Quit blaming yourself.
3. Be pro-active in finding peace. Those who unsuccessfully use the crutches of drugs and/or alcohol to alleviate stress often find themselves in a twelve-step program like A.A. where one of the mainstays is the Serenity Prayer:“God grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change; The Courage to change the things I can; and the Wisdom to know the difference.”

Although American women are living healthier and longer lives, too many women across the country still suffer and die of serious illnesses. The number-one killer of American women—in fact, more women die of this disease each year than do men—is heart disease.

Healthy food habits can help to reduce three risk factors for heart attack and stroke-high blood cholesterol, high blood pressure, and excess body weight,” Horton says. 

Here are some healthy dietary suggestions:

Eat a balanced diet that emphasizes fruits, vegetables, cereal and grain products, fat-free and low-fat dairy products, beans, nuts, fish, poultry, and lean meats. 

Eat foods low in saturated fat and cholesterol.

Eat with other people-you’ll eat less than if you eat alone.

Eat chocolate bars.

Why it’s good for you: Cocoa is rich in flavonoids — the same heart-healthy compounds found in red wine and green tea. Its most potent form is dark chocolate. In a recent study, Greek researchers found that consuming dark chocolate containing 100 milligrams (mg) of flavonoids relaxes your blood vessels, improving bloodflow to your heart. What about the fat? It’s mostly stearic and oleic acids.

Eat this: CocoaVia chocolate bars. Each 100-calorie bar is guaranteed to contain 100 mg flavonoids. As an added benefit, the chocolate has been beefed up with phytosterols, compounds that have been shown to help reduce cholesterol.