Easy Changes For Healthier Living

Should we be eating butter? How much coffee is too much? At what time of day should we eat our last meal? It seems like new health findings and solutions emerge every day. But in fact, mom’s traditional, no nonsense advice to cook healthy, fulsome meals from scratch was right all along.

Rose Reisman, author of The Best of Rose Reisman, knows that small modifications can make a big difference to your health. “Little changes add up, whether it’s making smarter choices in an effort to lose weight or if you’re simply trying to improve your overall health and wellbeing,” she explains. “Parking further away from the entrance of your office, swapping water for soda, or committing to making meals at home using pantry favourites, all have long term benefits.”

To increase the health factor in your diet, try:

• Serving brown rice as a side dish instead of white rice. Not only is brown rice more flavorful, it’s also high in fiber.
• Swapping oatmeal for your regular breakfast cereal. Oatmeal contains plant sterols and keeps you feeling full longer which means you won’t be reaching for those mid-morning snacks.
• Replacing your regular cooking oil with Mazola corn oil. Corn oil contains naturally-occurring plant sterols, which can benefit heart health.
• Dressing up your salads with foods containing plant sterols. These include avocado, almonds and chickpeas.

Getting the daily recommended 1,500 mg to 3,000 mg of plant sterols in your diet can be achieved through simple updates to your current meals. Experimenting with new ingredients and flavor combinations has never been so fun – and good for you.

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