Diet Secrets Of The Hollywood Stars

So what do you do if you don't have the benefits of personal chef and a personal trainer? Simple. Teach yourself how to cook, and learn how to exercise.

Personal chefs help Hollywood stars maintain amazing eating habits. If you've ever wondered how your favorite actor, actress or performing artist looks so good for so long, you can bet that a professional chef had something to with it. Imagine if healthy food consumption operated by request. If you've ever uttered the phrase, "I'd like to eat a healthy meal, please have one prepared for me," then you know how easy it can be for a personal chef to provide you with a steady supply of balanced eating options.

Most of us don't have the benefit of a personal chef. Instead, the vast majority of us have to learn how to prepare our own healthy meals. Before you start over-analyzing a celebrity diet, realize that you too can achieve the level of conscious eating that celebs maintain. You have to plan ahead for balanced meals. You have to by healthy ingredients and develop food preparation skills. Before you look for another secret diet solution, try opening up a cook book and teaching yourself the basics. The more you know about cooking, the easier it'll be to have healthy eating options to choose from.

The personal trainer is another key ingredient to any celebrity diet plan. Hollywood stars receive professional-grade assistance when it comes to keeping in shape. These professional trainers are well-versed in the latest exercise techniques. They serve as guides, motivators, counselors and quality control experts.

In the absence of a personal trainer, you can always teach yourself how to exercise. Often time we place a certain mystical mystery on exercise. We don't like to admit that exercise isn't enigmatic. It's actually pretty straight forward. You can do yoga, Pilates or weight lifting. You can run around your block or join a gym. If you are totally clueless when it comes to exercising properly, then use the Internet for research. Do your homework. Find a friend who's gym-obsessed and ask them about their workout program.

Natural supplements like UnDiet do not work without balanced eating and frequent exercise. The UnDiet system can help you achieve a healthy lifestyle, but it cannot cook your food and it will not teach you yoga. Forget about the diet secrets of Hollywood stars. Hollywood celebs have the benefits of personal chefs and personal trainers. Teach yourself how to exercise properly, and learn how to cook balanced, healthy meals. It won't be easy learning how to cook and exercise like a professional, but you will see a nice return on your knowledge investments in these two subjects.


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Nutrition Pyramid Clarified

The nutrition pyramid is now called USDA's My Plate. It's a huge improvement over the confusing and hard to understand pyramid from before.

My Plate
My Plate looks just how it sounds, like a plate. The plate is split in half down the middle. The left hand side is half vegetables and fruit, and the right hand side is half grains and protein. There is a small cup of dairy to the top right corner of the plate.
It's a simple update to its predecessor, My Pyramid. And, it utilizes something that we use on a daily basis, the plate, to show exactly how it needs to look.
The Advantages
The one great advantage of My Plate is that it clearly defines how you need to select your food groups. One half is vegetables and fruit. The other half is grains and proteins.

There aren't any measurements to take, or needing to weigh any portions. You see the relationship of the different food groups, and know what to put on your plate.
Also, it's easy to remember. With My Pyramid, I couldn't recall how many servings of each food group to incorporate into my meals. There was just too much information to remember.
The Disadvantages
The picture may be a little too simple. Let's say I was presented with the My Plate visual.
Okay, I can see how my plate needs to look like. But what kind of fruits and vegetables? Do fried pickles and caramel apples count? (Of course not.)
What about white rice and a fatty porterhouse steak? I can make my plate look like the picture, but with what kinds of foods?
When you go to USDA's website, they give more information as to what kind of foods to eat for each category, but that information is not found in the picture. As with any food nutrition guide, it's very useful to use common sense.
Foods that are fried or soaked in butter are not the healthiest for you, even if there is some glimmer of a vegetable hidden behind the breading. Sticking with foods that are lean, fresh, and wholesome are your best bets.
Another disadvantage I find with the My Plate visual is that there is no account for exercise and activity. Maybe the USDA could add a stick figure walking after the meal? Or, running towards the plate?

Nutrition is 75% of the equation to lose weight, but exercise plays a role too. When you include exercise into your daily routine, you'll find it easy to lose pregnancy weight and keep it off too.
All in all the My Plate is a huge improvement over the My Pyramid. The nutrition pyramid had too much information to process.
Use the My Plate picture to build your meals, and remember to stick with the fundamentals of sound nutrition. Lean protein, vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and low fat dairy are the building blocks to any meal.

 Source: by Kristine Kay