Dr. Oz Fridge Makeover Tips

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***I also talk about YOU: On A Diet Revised 2009 Edition: The Owner’s Manual for Waist Management a little later in this post****

On Monday, January 4^th, 2010, Dr. Oz kicked off the New Year with a room filled with 200 people wanting to lose weight in the New Year (does this sound familiar?).

It was an interesting show and I always like it when Dr. Oz includes his partners Dr. Roizen.

Yesterday’s ‘The 14-day You Diet’ was filled with loads of information to help a lot of people struggling with their weight get themselves on the right path.

There was a lot of information to digest in Dr. Oz’s show, but I think that one of the segments was a quick-start that anyone can start applying today to start seeing some serious changes in their diet, weight and overall health in a short period of time.

Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen helped Alyssa and Gerard understand how to become better food shoppers. Alyssa is 45 and a nurse and a new mom, while Gerard is 55 and a doctor and he also happens to have had a heart attack one year ago. Despite the new baby (at a late age) and the heart attack both Alyssa and Gerard depend on the convenience of fast food, frozen foods and take-away/take-out food to help them with the weekly meal planning.

It’s true that juggling a busy career and parenthood is not an easy task, but there are ways to plan in advance and make better foods choices at the grocery market level to ensure that you and your family are eating healthy.

>>>> Here are Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen’s Fridge Makeover tips:

1. Eliminate sugar: Replace them with natural fruits that won’t spike your sugar levels so much.

2. Eliminate syrup: Syrup is one of the major ingredients of soda. Did you know that if you were to give up one 12 oz bottle of soda per day, you can easily lose 12 lbs per year effortlessly? Just replace that soda bottle with the water or green tea!

3. Eliminate white flour: When Dr. Oz looked inside Alyssa and Gerard’s fridge, he found pepperoni pizza rolls (the couple’s favourite). Of course the whole idea of pepperoni pizza rolls is about convenience and it’s not about quality or health. The dough is all refined white sugar and that’s just not a good idea for people who are overweight and struggling to gain a healthy weight. You can buy whole wheat pizza dough and make your own homemade pizza and that will make a huge difference on your overall health!

4. Eliminate saturated fats: Saturated fats are fats that are solid at room temperature. A good example would be sausages. According to Dr. Roizen you can actually buy at the grocery store level sausages that don’t contain saturated fats. I’ve not yet come across those, but I surely will keep an eye open from now on.

5. Eliminate trans fats: The culprit in Alyssa and Gerard’s fridge was hidden in their favourite waffles. Since neither read food labels, they didn’t notice the words “partially hydrogenated oil” which is a dead giveaway. Basically food manufacturers take flexible fat and turn into solid to extend the shelf life of food, but the problem is that our bodies were not created to properly digest and metabolize trans fats. Dr. Roizen offered a better alternative to store bought waffles: rice cake, a bit of peanut butter and topped with raisins. He said it was a perfect snack because it contained protein and it doesn’t contain trans fat. One thing Dr. Roizen forgot to mention is that you NEED to buy peanut butter and rice cakes that don’t contain any hydrogenated oils … so you’ll want to make sure you read the labels before you buy food.

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Dr. Mehmet Oz and Dr. Michael Roizen have also just published a revised edition of their ‘You on a Diet’ book. You’ll find it at a discount on Amazon if you’re looking to start the New Year with a solid plan to lose weight: YOU: On A Diet Revised Edition: The Owner’s Manual for Waist Management

Top photo of Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen from Dr. Oz’s web site

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