Eat Healthy, Feel Great!

Year One is talking about what kinds of food we should eat often (green light food), just once in a while (yellow light), or avoid and substitute for a green or yellow light choice.(red light), in order to feel great and grow strong and healthy.

Some examples of each category of food:

GREEN LIGHT: vegetables, fruits, fish, nuts, eggs, yogurt, grains, low fat meat, chicken, whole grain bread, roots, homemade popcorn, honey, olive oil.

YELLOW LIGHT: cake, white bread, hamburgers, pizza, pasta, ice-cream, butter, cookies, industrialized juices, doritos, "sloppy joes", chocolate (dark is better), microwaved popcorn, brown sugar

RED LIGHT: soda (soft drinks), candies, french fries, chips, cotton candy, hot dogs, frozen pizza, white sugar.

Let´s continue researching, discussing, and finding out why some foods can be better than others and why we should avoid the red light foods.

O Year One está discutindo sobre quais os tipos de alimentos nós devemos comer com frequência (sinal verde); quais devemos consumir apenas esporadicamente (sinal amarelo), ou quais devemos evitar (sinal vermelho) a fim de nos sentirmos ótimos e crescermos fortes e saudáveis.

Alguns exemplos de alimentos de cada categoria:

SINAL VERDE: Legumes, frutas, peixe, nozes, ovos, iogurte, grãos, carne magra, frango, pão integral, raízes, pipoca caseira, mel.

SINAL AMARELO: bolo, pão branco, hamburger. pizza, massas, sorvete, manteiga, biscoitos, sucos industrializados. doritos, cahorro-quente de carne moída,chocolate (meio-amargo é melhor), pipoca de micro-ondas, açúcar mascavo.

SINAL VERMELHO: refrigerantes, bombons, batata-frita, salgadinhos, cachorro-quente de salsicha, algodão doce, pizza congelada, açúcar refinado.