Do you like wild rice or a parboiled rice?

yes I usually check the ingredients but since I rarely go out to eat sometimes I just endulge,but still do not eat fried food or sweets
I have a question: what can I et instead of brown rice wich I really,really dislike
thanks

Greek yogurt falls into that gray area of which category it goes in. For most circumstances I would probably count it as a protein.

Flax seed is good for you, but it has to convert the ALA into DHA which makes it less efficient and if your body is needing ALA for other reactions taking place in the body than it won’t convert to DHA so fish such as salmon or krill oil are still your most complete methods of consuming EPA and DHA.

If we are going out to eat, I usually go online and try to look at their nutritional facts. This way I know ahead of time what I should order for my meal. It really helps alot. At home I try to stick to the whole foods, veggies, fruit, nuts and lean protein.

Question:
Would you consider greek yogurt a protein and not a carbohydrate, since it has more protein than reg yogurt??

And could consuming ground flax seed be just as good of an omega-3 as salmon or krill oil?? And how much flax seed do you recommend to eat daily?

That is the million dollar question. What will it take to get people to take personal responsibility for their actions. It is too easy to blame others and you feel better about yourself. That isn’t the answer though. I don’t know how many times I had veterans at my internship at a VA hospital tell me they wish they had taken better care of their health as the doctor was cutting off part of their foot because their diabetes was so bad.

You have to take action now and you can’t wait until they are cutting off toes because your blood sugars have been so high for years or when your kidney’s start to fail and you are going blind because you didn’t feel it was important to take care of your health when you were younger.

The time is now because there is no turning back later.

Jayson

I always read the nutritional information. But most Americans just don’t care. That’s why most are overweight or obese. Until people want to take care of themselves, the problem will not go away.

My question is: “How do we get people to care about themselves and take the personal responsibility to make positive changes?”

And I like how Jayson holds individuals personally accountable for their lack of wellness (which is very politically incorrect these days).

I do not look at the nutritional facts when i go to the resturant – cause i want to enjoy myself and i do not care what i eat at that time.

But the next day i am back on 6 meals , workouts and lean protein and complex carbs.

Jayson you are doing a great job, keep up the good work. Yes I always look at the nutritional information if available. If it happens to be one of my treat (cheat) meals, which is roughly 10-15% of my meals per week I wouldn’t really sweat it too much.

By the way, yes I do. I recently stopped at an IHOP in Morgantown, WV and on the menu was a list of different ways to have your food cooked, list of nutritional labels for each item, and a list of food without THC. That was a total shock to me. It was nice to see that you could have your meal prepared the way you want it. They offered fruit bowls for people who didn’t want pancakes. My daughter and I got blueberries, strawberries, and bananas. It was really nice.

I did not used to but now I am realizing what I put into my mouth was causing me to gain weight and some of the foods was not good for me. I think it was a true awakening when I was in ill health and at a unhealthy weight. I decided to do somthing about it.
I think people don’t bother to look because they are in denial or not willing to make changes to promote better health