{"id":1862,"date":"2013-02-27T18:53:48","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T18:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skinnygeneproject.dreamhosters.com\/?p=1862"},"modified":"2013-02-27T18:53:48","modified_gmt":"2013-02-27T18:53:48","slug":"feed-your-family-with-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skinnygeneproject.org\/feed-your-family-with-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Feed Your Family With Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/skinnygeneproject.dreamhosters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/family-love.-paid.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1863 alignright\" alt=\"family love. paid\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/skinnygeneproject.dreamhosters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/family-love.-paid.jpg?resize=264%2C176\" width=\"264\" height=\"176\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/skinnygeneproject.dreamhosters.com\/about\/meet-our-team\/meet-emily-barr-registered-dietitian\/\" target=\"_blank\">Emily Barr, MS,RD,CNSC &#8211;\u00a0<\/a>V.P of\u00a0Nutritional Services\u00a0and Co-creator of Ignite Your Skinny Gene Program<\/p>\n<h3><b>Love your mate<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Our instinctive nature tells us to shower our loved one with sweet treats or rich decadent meals, all of which are loaded with an unimaginable number of calories, heart stopping saturated fats, and sweetened with sugar that could turn our blood into syrup!\u00a0 Our goal is to show them our undying love, not poison them with unhealthy, non-nutritive foods!<\/p>\n<p>Ideally we show our love through food every day, not just that special day in February.\u00a0 In order to love our mates the right way, we need to take a look at the big picture.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at our special someone\u2019s family history, generations before can provide us with a lot of information of their possible health risks.\u00a0 Heart disease, cancer, and diabetes all travel down family blood lines.\u00a0 Identifying the risk is the first step; next we need to modify their diet to help reduce their risk of carrying on the family disease.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Heart disease \u2013 limit saturated fat, sodium, and cholesterol<\/li>\n<li>Cancer \u2013 limit saturated fat, alcohol, tobacco, and sun exposure<\/li>\n<li>Diabetes \u2013 limit intake of concentrated sweets and extra calories and fat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Love our mate\u2019s body.\u00a0 Over the years, extra weight may have snuck its way onto our bodies, extra pounds that may not have been present early on in our relationship.\u00a0 Weight gain is an indicator that the current diet situation may not quite be on target.\u00a0 Of course, that doesn\u2019t change the love we have, but we do want to live long healthy lives together, so a change in lifestyle may be necessary!<\/p>\n<p>If you are showing your love in a healthy way every day, then the special occasion splurge is a-okay!<\/p>\n<h3><b>Love your kids<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Our instinctive nature with our children is to feed them kid foods, peppy little animal sugary shape snacks, juices in fun containers, chocolaty flavored cereals, and cartoon character endorsed cookies.\u00a0 As much fun as these foods are, they are not the healthy choices that our little ones need.\u00a0 Our kids have the same health risks as adults (like you and your spouse), and not to mention the additional risk for obesity and type 2 diabetes growing up in this generation of excesses.<\/p>\n<p>Our goal as parents is to teach our children about healthy food choices and the importance of eating them at every meal and snack time.\u00a0 This can be a challenging venture, but over time, it only gets easier and easier as it becomes routine.\u00a0 We need to make healthy habits mandatory in our homes, leaving the junk foods out of the house and filling the refrigerator and your child\u2019s plate with the healthy ones.\u00a0 Don\u2019t forget that we need to model healthy eating habits.\u00a0 That means that everyone in the home is eating the same healthy foods, no exceptions.\u00a0 Of course, it seems harsh, but we are only doing this out of love.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Love your dog<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>How can we forget to show our four legged companion some love?\u00a0 Walking the dog is the best reward they need, which is great because it benefits us, as well!<\/p>\n<p>Oh yes, and don\u2019t forget to <b>love ourselves<\/b>.\u00a0 Surrounding ourselves with our loved ones is the greatest gift of all.\u00a0 Knowing we are teaching and providing our families with healthy, nourishing foods will definitely allow us to sleep well at night.\u00a0\u00a0 Which isn\u2019t that what we all want anyway?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Emily Barr, MS,RD,CNSC &#8211;\u00a0V.P of\u00a0Nutritional Services\u00a0and Co-creator of Ignite Your Skinny Gene Program Love your mate Our instinctive nature tells us to shower our loved one with sweet treats or rich decadent meals, all of which are loaded with an unimaginable number of calories, heart stopping saturated fats, and sweetened with sugar that could&#8230; 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