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Originally Posted by Runningwater
So would it be safe to say I should be eating more chicken/turkey/fish. instead of hamburger and steaks...and yeah shying away from the fast food places - and the vender "Wheel o' Death" at work?
I'm assuming I should stay away from noodles and stuff like that too? I suppose I could get the all natural "whole wheat" noodles or whatever...what do y'all think?
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Yes, chicken, turkey, and fish are all better protein choices than eating hamburger and steaks.
Regular noodles are fine in moderation. White bread is fine once in a while. Think about it this way--you want to make sure that most of your carbs also have fiber. You don't need to go overboard in getting on the whole grain bandwagon; going to extremes often backfires. And be sure to read labels--right now, everything out there says it's a "good source of whole grain" when most of those foods don't have much fiber as you could be getting if you read labels and make good decisions.
An easy way to work more fiber into your diet is 1) choosing a bread that's packed with it, and 2) eating a bowl of high-fiber cereal for breakfast. I can get half my day's fiber (15g worth) from 2 slices of bread and a bowl of cereal.