Is my diet healthy?

Question

I'm in college and trying to become more health conscious, so I've been forcing myself to aquire a stronger taste for fruits and vegetables. With every meal, I pile my plate with a large serving of cooked vegetables, a large helping of raw vegetables with a little low fat or non-fat dressing to dip them in, a cup of fruit in syrup for dessert (but I leave most of the syrup behind), and then two small portions each of a carb and a meat. If the carb or meat I have a real craving for is fried or cooked in an otherwise unhealthy manner, I make my portion much smaller. If I order out, I get either a veggie burger, a turkey burger, or a sub with only vegetables (no meat, no cheese, with a little mayo or oil, never both). I have a lowfat drinkable yogurt or soymilk smoothie for breakfast, and half a handful of cashews or macadamia nuts if I need a snack. Is this diet healthy enough? Often times the veggies are cooked with butter, and I wonder if they're really that much healther than fries...

Also: I eat red meats sparingly, replacing them with turkey or some other substitute whenever possible.

Question: Does cooking vegetables lower or remove their nutritional value?

Answer 1

Seems you're doing just fine with your diet. Just make sure you've got a great balanced on protein, healthy carbs, and fibers in your diet. Also make sure you know your recommended daily caloric intake. You don't wanna damange your body by eating too little or too much.

Also check out www.fitday.com. This keeps a track record of your diet, your activities(workouts), and how many calories you've eaten and burned. Try it out, it's great! This helped me really keep watch of what I'm eating:).

Answer 2

Eat nourishing food with plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables being part of it. Chew each morsel at least 32 times. This will activate signal to the brain as soon as u have had enough. Besides this change in eating style, take regular light exercises and brisk walks every day. U will be able to gain/shed all extra weight gracefully and in a reasonable time span. No food or drink in between the food and not more than three meals a day, unless u r diabetic.