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How To Avoid Junk Food At Work?

November 11th, 2010

vending machineKnowing how to avoid junk food at work has got to be the million dollar question because let’s be honest – the good old vending machine can be your best friend when you feel like something quick and easy to eat.

And as it stands there all alone in the hallway, overflowing with different types of goodies to tempt you in, it can be VERY hard to walk past it and not fall under its hypnotic spell.

In fact avoiding junk food altogether for most people can be a really hard thing to do.

So many of us today are walking around like zombies because we’re so darn tired all of the time, that sugar fix from a can of soda or chocolate bar can be just what you need to help get you through the day.

Well ‘need’ may not be the right word to use because we definitely do not need junk food!

So if you want to know how to avoid junk food at work then try the following:

1. Leave your wallet at home so you don’t have any money to buy junk food. This is by far the best tip because if you don’t have any money, then you quite simply cannot buy the junk food in the first place.

2. Always bring your own meals into work and have some healthy snacks on hand so that you are not tempted to fill up on chocolate, lollies and crisps.

Just like Yuri explains in his book ‘Eating for Energy’ - you need to feed your body with food that is going to energize you, not take it away.

Things like almonds, dates and fruit are a great snack food because they are whole foods – foods that have undergone little or no processing. They will also fill you up so that you’re not tempted to eat the sugary, nutrient-starved junk food.

So avoiding junk food at work can be a hard thing to do – but the good news is that you don’t have to have Superman-like strength and willpower!

If you come into work every day prepared, and keep a stash of healthy snacks in your bag or locker, then you’re less likely to fall under the hypnotic spell of that vending machine …

To your good health …

Audra Starkey
[The Healthy Shift Worker]

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October 31st, 2010

I often wondered what Halloween had to do with eating, candy, fun,children… What a great time of year. So many fond memories of getting all dressed up and trick-or-treating around the neighborhood.

This time is for all children. They await this great event with a passion only paralleled with Christmas. Let you kids be kids. Eating for Energy is all about teaching values to our kids. What can we teach them about foods and food products during this festive time of the year?

  • Reward is a great way to teach kids the value of  food. Food that taste great is a part of our lives and teaching them has much to do with how they will feed themselves in the future.
  • Having a treat is great as long as they understand that “treat” means special occasions only.
  • Sugar will be a big part of their lives. Take this opportunity to explain the benefits of sugar and how important it is as part of a wholesome dietary plan. Accentuate the positives, always.
  • Let Halloween be the treat they await as “one” of the special moments in their lives.
  • Please, do not replace candy with “a healthy choice”. Chances are that healthy choice is not much better for their overall health.

Being in Perfect Health simply means to do the best you can with what is “all” around you. Teaching kids that candy is bad for them is an open invitation to eat as much of this “evil” as possible.

Remember that all foods are not bad for them but, not all foods are good for them.

Halloween can be part of a well balanced diet if you let it. Food comes in many forms and the mind processes all these foods as well as the stomach. Teach your kids something they can believe in, not just what you believe.

Letting Halloween be the festive part of your life it should be, will always give you an opportunity to talk about the reasons we need to Eat for Energy. Sugar has a huge part to play in our overall health.

Happy Halloween kids of the world.

Pierre & Pierrette Trudel: from http://www.theequest.com

Thee Quest For Perfect health

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Eating For Energy-Don’t Give Up-Try,Try Again

October 18th, 2010

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Changing your lifestyle can be more complicated than it seems. Being discouraged and dumbfounded at the taste of fruit and vegetable juices will seem weird at first. Your taste buds will adjust.

Listen to the Yuri videos as he talks a lot about this subject. The beauty of Eating For Energy is that you have a whole staff of people ready to answer all your questions. Where else can you find all this info in a package like this?

Apples and carrots help to sweeten most drinks and will help in the transition. Try beets also in your vegetable juices. Combined with apples, carrots, Bok Choy(Chinese cabbage)  and other incredible ingredients,the taste will amaze you.

Attitude is the #1 ingredient

More than anything I believe your attitude towards being in Perfect Health is the most important ingredient. Fruits and vegetables cost a fraction of what processed foods do. If you do not believe that, then your mind is not focused on being healthy. Being positive about how important you are worth make many foods taste better. Assume that foods taste awful and you know what, they usually do.

I often had to fight with Pierrette about buying certain fruits and vegetables. Bananas at 69 cents a pound seemed incredible. How much are you paying for a pound of steak? All the health questions are in your mind. What price is “health” at today? Any idea what your health is worth?

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Desire is the #2 ingredient

  • How badly do you want this?
  • How many times have you tried to gain control and failed?
  • What are the benefits of being in Perfect health, just for you, not your family and friends?

Taking action is the #3 ingredient

  1. How often have you visited this blog and not taken action?
  2. How often have you pulled out the juicer, and just put it back in the box or hidden it in the cupboard?
  3. How often have you told yourself you are “sick and tired” and just melted back to your old ways?

Eating For Energy is just a beginning. Try, try again is the key that opens your mind to new heights.Give it a try for real. Leave nothing on the table. Play this health game till you feel the best you ever have.

Become Passionate about “You”. I did and I am so Passionate about sharing it with you all.

Pierre & Pierrette: from http://www.theequest.com

Thee Quest For Perfect Health

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Why You Must Be Selective When Seeking Help To Improve Your Health.

October 16th, 2010

unwellNow this might sound like a funny question, but would you take financial advice from somebody who is broke?

I’m thinking your answer is “no”, but so often we take health advice from people who aren’t really qualified to do so.

What do I mean by this? Well if your doctor doesn’t look healthy – then run the opposite direction!

Because unfortunately there are many medical practitioners out there that aren’t healthy themselves and a lot of it has to do with the fact that they haven’t really studied nutrition.

Unlike Yuri Elkaim – author of ‘Eating for Energy’, not only does Yuri know his stuff when it comes to health and nutrition, but he RADIATES good health. He quite simply ‘walks the talk’.

Now I don’t know about you but I would much rather take health advice from Yuri than a tired, overweight doctor. ‘Success leaves clues’ – and this is definitely a big one.

Of course you should also become an avid reader of health and nutrition yourself. Keep up-to-date with the latest information and educate yourself.

But for many people, health advice is often sought from the wrong people.

And here’s another important point. Where else do you seek information on health? From the TV, magazines, from companies selling you a product?

Because if a company is going to tell you that their product is good for you, then you have to ask yourself – is this a public service announcement or is this company just trying to sell me their product?

Any time a company is selling you a product, and telling you how great it is – you really should be putting those critical thinking glasses on.

So when it comes to finding ways to improve your health, don’t take advice from people who aren’t healthy. And certainly don’t take advice from anybody who is trying to sell you a product without asking them a lot of questions first!

Look for people like Yuri. If they look and feel healthy, then I think we can all learn a thing or two from them.

Kind regards,

Audra Starkey
[The Healthy Shift Worker]

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Eating For Energy-Defining My Passion

October 13th, 2010

When I was just a boy I loved to play Hockey. You all know that Canadians are all about Hockey?

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I suffered from asthma and my abilities to play the game were never diminished because of my asthma but the pain I had, was always there. If you suffer from asthma, you know what I am talking about.

From the age of 6 or 7 my Passion for hockey followed me everywhere. I would get up at 2 am to get ready, would put on my uniform  and  skate the one mile to get to the arena. I would leave before the sun came up just to go and play my favorite game. Some mornings the wind would howl and the snow would fall but my Passion never  wavered. I remember those days like they were yesterday.

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All through high school I played my favorite game and only gave up on my dream to play any longer because of  the poor condition of my lungs. Little did my family or I know that eating was so important for my health.

Yesterday, I spent 1.5 hours on the ice playing hockey with 20 year olds and never got off the ice once. I had tremendous energy. The feelings of exhilaration rushed through my veins.I wish you could of all been there. For me, it was like being in the Olympics. I had never dreamed of ever being able to relive the childhood passion I always had in my heart. Have you ever had that feeling? The Passion I am talking about?

Eating For Energy-Defining My Passion: Having Passion in your heart is the only element you need to motivate you to get healthy. Passion for your life.

Today I am 58 years young and because of Eating For Energy, changing my lifestyle, and believing in me, I am able to live those Dreams I never thought possible, up until just a few years ago.

Yuri talks about his love of soccer and you can feel the emotions in his heart when he talks about it. Having found the solutions to his health problems made him determined to never let his dreams waiver.

Pierrette & I decided to follow his advice. Having followed Eating For Energy principles, I urge you all to read and follow the principles covered in Eating For Energy and to find that Passion I talk about with such zest. It is in you I am sure. Follow us and live the life you have always dreamed Passionately about.

Are you ready to find the Passion in your life?

Are you willing to give yourself that chance?

How important is your life? Important enough to never give up?

Pierre & Pierrette: from http://www.theequest.com

Thee Quest For Perfect Health

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