Challenge (Week 8): Try one new healthy recipe each day of the week, or one recipe you have not made in a long time. Baseline Goal: 5 of 7 Days.
- Trying new recipes can help you stick to new healthy diets and getting outside your typical diet.
- Discovering new flavors or methods to cook meals can help expand nutritional knowledge.
- Experimenting with different foods can influence metabolic, mental, and physical function of the body.
- Eating a variety of foods, including red meats, white meats, seafood, fruits, vegetables, and healthy carbs and fats each have health benefits that vary from one another. Having a diet that includes a wide variety of food types can keep the body function balanced in that you are supplying all parts of the body with adequate levels of the different types of nutrients.
- This week you will be encouraged to avoid sugar, alcoholic beverages, refined foods, LDL foods (doughnuts, French fries, ice cream, etc.), and high levels of sodium.
