Thanks for these great tips. You should also mention about preparing your meals. Stay away from too many oils and try and cook vegetables quickly so you do not kill the vitamins in them. Many people do not realize that they overcook vegetables by boiling them too long or frying and they have no nutrition. You should steam or saute with only a small amount of oil. Much better tasting and better for you too. Keep up the great work!
Yes, you are absolutely right! I forgot to mention this, thank you for this addition to my post!
My pleasure @katherinalive. I really like your healthy ideas though they are great. Keep up the great work my dear.
Hi David, what would you say of the Chinese? The take more oil, a good number of their foods are fried with vegetable oil. yet we have the Chinese living much longer and healthier than many who run away from the consumption of oil. What do you think? Many thanks.
The Chinese who use lots of oil are not healthy. The poor Chinese who live in the city and are consuming Chinese fast food and the wealthy ones too are having the same health issues as those in the West. When I was there last year you can see many overweight Chinese now (this is a worldwide problem). But if you go to the provinces you see lots of healthy people.
It is the same where I live in Thailand. The Thais in Bangkok now have KFC and McDonalds and their health is suffering. But if you go up country where they eat fresh vegetables and fish all grilled or raw, they are much healthier. And remember, it does not matter what oil you use if you cook with it. Coconut oil and Olive oil are great until you heat it for frying. At that point, all oil becomes toxic and cancer causing. So use as little as you can for the best health benefits from eating your food and do not heat for long and definitely no deep frying. NO no no. Hopefully this helps.