Breaking Bad Eating Habits Quotes

“Binge eating disorder is recognized by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V), a standard classification used by health professionals, as a mental disorder.”
― Nick Swettenham, Breaking Bad Eating Habits: 3 Crucial Steps to Help you Stop Dieting, Increase Mindfulness and Change Your Life - at Any Age

“Record Everything If it travels between your lips, it needs to be recorded in your food diary. That includes everything you drink as well as what you eat. Don’t dismiss those nibbly snacks you eat on the run or even the sneaky mouthfuls you gulp down when cooking - record it all!”
― Nick Swettenham, Breaking Bad Eating Habits: 3 Crucial Steps to Help you Stop Dieting, Increase Mindfulness and Change Your Life - at Any Age

“Buy Smaller Plates The diameter of the average dinner plate sold over the past 60 years has expanded right along with people’s waistlines. In the 1950’s that diameter was 9 inches, while today it is 13.5 inches. Most of us have been conditioned to cleaning up everything on our plate, even if we feel we’ve had enough. This leads to overeating and a daily caloric surplus, which leads to fat storage. The simple remedy is to buy smaller dinner plates. Reduce down to 9 inches and your waistline will also come down.”
― Nick Swettenham, Breaking Bad Eating Habits: 3 Crucial Steps to Help you Stop Dieting, Increase Mindfulness and Change Your Life - at Any Age

“Control What Comes into the House Mindful eating begins at the supermarket. That is the source of most of the food that comes into your house. Start at the vegetable section and spend time exploring. Choose a wide range of vegetable types and colors. Look for veggies that are new to you and give them a try.”
― Nick Swettenham, Breaking Bad Eating Habits: 3 Crucial Steps to Help you Stop Dieting, Increase Mindfulness and Change Your Life - at Any Age

“One of the most important minerals for the body is potassium. It acts as a physiological tranquilizer, in effect calming the nervous system down. Bananas are well known for containing potassium. A single banana will provide 400 milligrams of potassium. However, we need 4700 milligrams of potassium per day just to meet our minimum daily requirement. That equates to 7-10 servings of vegetables per day. You need potassium for two key reasons: To calm down your heart rate To maintain stable blood sugar levels”
― Nick Swettenham, Breaking Bad Eating Habits: 3 Crucial Steps to Help you Stop Dieting, Increase Mindfulness and Change Your Life - at Any Age

“When we’re upset, we rush to the pantry for sugar-loaded comfort food. Then, when we’re happy we celebrate with party food.”
― Nick Swettenham, Breaking Bad Eating Habits: 3 Crucial Steps to Help you Stop Dieting, Increase Mindfulness and Change Your Life - at Any Age

“Chickpeas are an excellent source of protein. As we’ve discovered already, as we age, we need fewer calories but just as much, if not more, protein. Getting it through sources such as chickpeas is a smart way to go. They are very nutrient-dense and contain a high protein count for their calorie cost. As well as being a very good source of protein, chickpeas are also high in fiber, iron and copper.”
― Nick Swettenham, Breaking Bad Eating Habits: 3 Crucial Steps to Help you Stop Dieting, Increase Mindfulness and Change Your Life - at Any Age

“Spinach is another vegetable that will improve your hydration while delivering a powerful antioxidant boost to your body. Just like red bell peppers, spinach is high in vitamin C. It’s also an excellent source of vitamin A, which is great for hair health, and vitamin K, which helps fight off inflammation.  Avocado Avocados are a genuine superfood. They contain healthy fatty acids that ward off inflammation in the body and promote healthy skin. They are also rich in carotenoids and vitamins A and E. These two vitamins will help to keep the skin looking youthful and nourished. The high levels of antioxidants and avocados make them among the best foods you can eat to counter the oxidative stress caused by free radicals.”
― Nick Swettenham, Breaking Bad Eating Habits: 3 Crucial Steps to Help you Stop Dieting, Increase Mindfulness and Change Your Life - at Any Age

“Red and orange bell peppers are especially high in antioxidants. Red bell peppers have the highest vitamin C content, which helps to build collagen to keep your skin looking healthy. The bright colors of bell peppers are due to what are known as carotenoids. These contain powerful anti-inflammatory properties. Bell peppers make a satisfying snack on their own, especially if dipped in hummus.”
― Nick Swettenham, Breaking Bad Eating Habits: 3 Crucial Steps to Help you Stop Dieting, Increase Mindfulness and Change Your Life - at Any Age

“Broccoli is a super vegetable with both anti-inflammatory and anti-aging properties. As well as being packed with phytochemicals and high in protein, it is also full of antioxidants to combat free radical damage. In addition, broccoli is an excellent source of fiber. Maintaining a healthy fiber intake will not only keep you regular but help to control your appetite. Broccoli is a rich source of Vitamin C. Among its other benefits, vitamin C promotes the production of collagen to keep the skin looking vibrant. Broccoli is even good for your brain as it contains folate, Calcium and lutein, which have been linked to enhanced memory.”
― Nick Swettenham, Breaking Bad Eating Habits: 3 Crucial Steps to Help you Stop Dieting, Increase Mindfulness and Change Your Life - at Any Age

“Keeping ourselves well hydrated is important at any age, but especially so over the age of 40. Your body is around 60% water, with the blood containing 90%. You should aim to consume about 2 L of water every day. The challenge as we get older is that our sensation for thirst decreases. That makes it all the more important to consciously think about meeting your daily requirements. Keeping up your H2O intake will regulate your body temperature, help you think clearly, flush toxins from your body and help your muscles to contract strongly.”
― Nick Swettenham, Breaking Bad Eating Habits: 3 Crucial Steps to Help you Stop Dieting, Increase Mindfulness and Change Your Life - at Any Age

“Monitoring your alcohol intake is important at any age, but as we age, it becomes more critical. A healthy liver helps to eliminate toxins from the skin and other parts of the body. Excessive alcohol consumption, however, has a detrimental effect on the liver. Toxins that would otherwise be flushed from the body by the liver accumulate under the skin. This can lead to a prematurely aged look to the skin, swollen eyes, wrinkles and acne.  Alcohol also dehydrates the skin. This reduces the elasticity of the skin,as well as leading to patchiness, uneven pigmentation and dryness. It also destroys tooth enamel, which results in unattractive staining.”
― Nick Swettenham, Breaking Bad Eating Habits: 3 Crucial Steps to Help you Stop Dieting, Increase Mindfulness and Change Your Life - at Any Age

“Sugar ages the body faster than any of the natural age declines we’ve discussed previously. Regularly eating it in the form of ice cream, candy and cake result in those sugars binding with protein. This has a negative impact on skin collagen, with the result that your skin loses its elasticity and youthfulness. Sugar also results in tooth discoloration and tooth decay.  Sugar, of course, is also the main culprit when it comes to unhealthy weight gain. Using natural sugar substitutes such as stevia and experimenting with natural fruit alternatives to sweet desserts will help you control your sweet urges.”
― Nick Swettenham, Breaking Bad Eating Habits: 3 Crucial Steps to Help you Stop Dieting, Increase Mindfulness and Change Your Life - at Any Age

“The older you get, the less you sweat. Women experience this more than men as a result of menopausal hormone changes. Sweat glands shrink and become less sensitive.”
― Nick Swettenham, Breaking Bad Eating Habits: 3 Crucial Steps to Help you Stop Dieting, Increase Mindfulness and Change Your Life - at Any Age

“Step 1 – Identifying habits throughout our lives and understanding why these have manifested. Step 2 – Change our mindset and learn how to break those habits through self-reflection, honesty and mindful eating techniques. Step 3 – Implement practical knowledge solutions to provide you with a detailed basic education in nutrition., along with practical tips and meal ideas.”
― Nick Swettenham, Breaking Bad Eating Habits: 3 Crucial Steps to Help you Stop Dieting, Increase Mindfulness and Change Your Life - at Any Age