Guide to Wellness – July 2019

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HEALTHY

EATING

FOR LIFE

A nutritious diet can give you more energy,

fight disease, help you live longer—and

taste great, too. Try these easy tweaks to

supercharge your menu.

Giving your eating plan

a healthy makeover is

a worthy goal that can

feel like a big, difficult

sacrifice. But it doesn’t

have to, especially if

you start small. “People

set unrealistic goals

and attempt to make

wholesale changes,”

says Lesley Lutes, Ph.D.,

an associate professor

of psychology at the

University of British

Columbia. “That all-

or-nothing behavior

becomes overwhelming,

leaves you feeling

deprived, and sets you

up for failure.” For

a more manageable

approach, read on.