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Women's Health Daily Fix: Your Guide to Healthy Habits for Good Nutrition

Women's Health Daily Fix: Your Guide to Healthy Habits for Good Nutrition
By Alexa L Fishback MS RD

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One thing that women know about healthy eating is that the healthy habits keep changing. Who has the time or the patience to keep up? After all, today’s on-the-go working girl can barely pause to count the change from her morning coffee, much less count carbs, fat grams, or calories.
At last, there’s a guide to good eating, created just for women, that helps them navigate the dietary temptations they face every day and still enjoy the foods they love—no complex nutritional calculations or abandonment of entire food groups required! In The Daily Fix, nutritionist Alexa Fishback distills the fundamentals of good nutrition into 12 distinct, easy-to-adopt daily habits targeting “trouble zones” in which women tend to make unhealthy food choices, and includes on-the-spot strategies for staying on track.
For example:
-Healthy Habit #1: Need a cuppa to start the day? Drink up! Coffee is an excellent source of antioxidants. Just be wary of the add-ons—including artificial sweeteners, which can ramp up appetite
-Healthy Habit #5: Stuck in a lunchtime eat-and-meet? Learn how to healthfully navigate the conference room spread. (Hint: Discreetly peel away the cheese slice from the pre-made turkey sandwich, and save 100 calories)
-Healthy Habit #9: Socializing with colleagues after work? A margarita may be hip, but it also pads the hips. Order red wine instead; it’s up to 400 calories lighter—and it has health benefits as well
These are dietary habits for the real world, patterned after a woman’s typical daily routine. Fishback teaches women to “eat clean”—establish healthy dietary habits through habit management—rather than fear certain foods. With a few slight adjustments, they'll be on the path to lifetime weight control and well-being.

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #104041 in Books
  • Published on: 2008-12-09
  • Released on: 2008-12-09
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 227 pages

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About the Author

ALEXA L. FISHBACK, MS, RD, maintains a private practice in Manhattan, specializing in both individual and group nutrition counseling for weight loss as well as for general health and wellness. She lives in New York City.

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Very Useful for a Working Woman5
The Daily Fix by Alexa Fishback is a guide aimed at working women to finding a system of healthy eating, healthy activity and healthy mental relaxation. The book has many good tips in it for women in all situations - not just working outside the home.

It's funny how some of the tips would have horrified women of 20 years ago, that they could even be brought into question. Alexa suggests we cook dinner at home at least ONCE a week. Our parents and grandparents would have taken this for granted! She says to get 7-9 hours of sleep a day, to walk at least 30 minutes each day, and to incorporate regular water drinking into your habits.

Alexa recommends we get 25-35g of fiber every DAY from food sources, not from pills. Most women don't even get half of this amount! Keep a daily food log for a few days. Just how much fiber are you getting?

She explains that while a food journal might seem tedious at first, by writing down your emotions and activities you can quickly discover ties between your emotions and what you eat - and find solutions which are less fattening. She tells you how to do this, and provides samples.

Remove all unhealthy snacks from your desk and home. Put out healthy snacks, so they're easy to see and eat. Add soups and salads into your meals - they fill you up without adding a lot of calories. For sweet treats, find things like sugar-free jello and ginger tea so you can soothe those cravings.

I'm a little suspicious of a book that says "the best part of every working day is getting out of the office". What kind of an attitude is that? I know MANY women who love their jobs and thrive in them. A job should be something you enjoy - not something you hate. How can hating your job be part of her recipe for a healthy lifestyle?

She has advice for late night cravings - don't sit in front of the TV! Distract yourself with yoga stretches, a bubble bath, a phone call with a friend. Boredom often triggers "comfort food" cravings to fill that emotional hole.

Lack of sleep releases ghrelin, a hormone linked to hunger. If you can get more sleep, you can reduce your appetite! Even just lying in darkness can help your body rest. Avoid caffeine, and get gentle exercise to help your body's sleep cycle work better.

Did you know stressed people are 13% more likely to be overweight? It is well worth it to journal, do yoga, and take other steps to relax your mind. It can help your overall health!

The book steps you through a wide variety of healthy tips, with actual examples and easy to follow advice. While I wish it did not focus so heavily just on working women, I think any woman who is juggling work and home will find this quite useful.

Excellent read and reference5
This is a very useful book. While many of the tips and guidelines appear to be common sense during an initial read through, I find myself returning to specific chapters to answer health questions; every time I do, I learn something that is helpful and, more to the point, practical. Her writing is elegant and easy to read.

A common-sense approach!5
I applaud this little nutritional gem of a book - it is filled with accessible, interesting and wise guidelines, in a concise format.The authors words are encouraging and knowledgeable, without the additional baggage of so many "diet" books out there that espouse esoteric theories and their own personal "only" way to lose weight. This common sense, easily applied, nugget of a book would be so helpful to you. I am excited to have it by my side as I attempt to lose weight in a healthy and sane manner. Magic bullets are illusionary - buy this book and you'll find that good things come in small packages.