The Right Foods

We can increase our life expectancy, and we can improve the quality of our lives, with a few simple diet changes. This idea seems too good to be true. It is absolutely true, though. Every year it seems we learn more about diet content and its corrolation with longer life and better health. The problem is not one of lack of knowledge. The problem is lack of will to use the knowledge we have gained for the desired results.

Let’s start with a summary of the most important facts we know about diet and its effect on fitness and health. In the most simplistic terms, the items that we should bring into or increase in our diet are vegetables, fruits, nuts, fish, fiber and green tea. The items that we should eliminate or firmly restrict from our diet are red meat, cooking oil, fried foods, non-whole wheat bread and sweets. We will expand on these thoughts in different posts.

To get the the right foods coming and get the wrong foods going, you will follow an easy 30 day plan. For 30 days you will eat the right foods, avoid the wrong foods and report your progress. You must do this 30 day plan with discipline. In other words, do not give in to temptation. You must be strong in following this plan for the full 30 days in order to see its results. Do not shirk from it or cheat “a little” on it.

If you rigorously hold to the plan you will see some vivid results within the 30 days. Your efforts and your resistance to temptation will then be validated. You will then use the plan as a source of pride, a motivational tool, a foundation of faith to move toward better fitness and health.

The plan is simple, and you can do it. This plan is only the first step, but you can stick strictly to it. You can carry the 30 day plan through to the next phase of changing your life for the better by starting with a few simple diet changes. We will teach you how to get remarkable results by learning behavior that will turn into habits. See The Long Life Diet Plan for details.