A new year offers new beginnings and an opportunity to reset your eating habits after the holidays.<\/p>\n
Mayo Clinic dietitian Andrea Delgado says it\u2019s best to eliminate what you don\u2019t need, including party food leftovers.<\/p>\n
If your refrigerator is holding onto less-than-healthy holiday leftovers into the new year, it is okay to let them go.<\/p>\n
Dispose of leftovers or eat them gradually and in smaller portions, Delgado advises.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou want to slowly regress back to your old healthier habits or establish new ones.<\/p>\n
\u201cStart introducing vegetables and fruits with most meals,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
And pay attention to portion sizes.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t necessarily have to go on a diet.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t necessarily have to eliminate treats.<\/p>\n
\u201cInstead, look at the portion sizes and how often you have those foods,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
Opt for lean protein, whole grains and fresh produce in your diet, still allowing for an occasional treat.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith nutrition, there is no all-or-nothing.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can still enjoy those nice treats, those good desserts, those savoury beverages.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s all in how much and how often we are having them,\u201d Delgado says.<\/p>\n
Simplify your portion control by dividing your plate into three sections following the \u201cQuarter, Quarter, Half\u201d guideline:<\/p>\n
> One-half: fruit and non-starchy vegetables<\/p>\n
> One-quarter: whole grains<\/p>\n
> One-quarter: protein-rich foods, such as legumes, fish or lean meats.<\/p>\n
This can assist you in making healthier food choices and managing your portions more effectively. \u2013 Mayo Clinic News Network\/Tribune News Service<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new year offers new beginnings and an opportunity to reset your eating habits after the holidays. Mayo…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[64,63,137,205832,532,1543,205831],"class_list":{"0":"post-382741","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nutrition","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-lean-meat","12":"tag-nutrition","13":"tag-protein","14":"tag-quarter-quarter-half"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}