Sutter Healthy Cooking Video Series
Key Takeaways
Our Guiding Nutrition Principles for Optimal Health and Disease Risk Reduction The recipes and techniques included in the Sutter Healthy Cooking Video Series adhere to the following guiding nutrition principles: 1. Put Your Best Plants Forward & Eat the Rainbow In a day, be sure to include the rainbow of fruits and vegetables and cover at least 75% of your plate with an assortment of vegetables, fruit, nuts, seeds, legumes and whole grains. 2. Use Loads of Herbs and Spices for a Big Flavor Hit Limit your salt to a tiny sprinkle. 3. Choose Slow & Steady Carbs that are Full of Fiber We all need carbs, but the best carbs will be whole, intact, unprocessed plants. These contain dietary fiber making it take longer to digest, minimizing our glucose spike, and feeding our gut microbiome. 4. Suppress the Sugar Reduce not only refined grains (that turn to sugar quickly), but refined sugar that spikes our blood sugar quickly and easily triggers an inflammatory response. 5. Pack Away Powerful Protein As we age, we seem to eat less protein but need more. Choose excellent sources of plant and animal proteins to heal, maintain our muscles, and manage our metabolism. 6. Focus on Heart-Friendly Fats Ditch the solid fats that may contribute to inflammation and clog our arteries, focus on fresh pressed liquid oils that taste great and are good for our heart.
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