Something must be terribly wrong with conventional advice on "healthy dieting".

Millions of American women embrace a fat-free or vegetarian lifestyle, exercise vigorously, count calories, and ... wind up succumbing to obesity, diabetes, depression, and a whole host of other degenerative diseases.

We should stop this and find out the truth about healthy eating.

Dieting Myths

We are advised to eat foods, which are generally antagonistic to the human metabolism and make us look soggy and flabby:

* grains
* newfangled vegetable oils
* fibre

On top of that, restriction of healthy animal fats in the diet and over exercising:

* facilitate the process of tear and wear of your body
* deprive us of essential fat-soluble vitamins
* increase our risk of plunging into depression.

Women's hormones and fat cells are extremely sensitive to carbohydrates and oils - this is why, if we follow conventional advise, we tend to gain weight easily and have such a hard time trying to shed extra pounds.

5 Healthy Dieting How-To's that Work

1. Eat organic meat, fish, eggs, cultured dairy products, and some fruit and veggies.

2. Eliminate grains, potatoes, cheap vegetable oils, junk food, and excessive fibre from your diet.

3. Eat liberal amounts of organic coconut oil and natural butter - you need them for your youthful skin and alert mind.

4. Stop counting calories - the theory of calories is a myth and it does not work.

5. Every day, engage in some moderate physical activity (walking, yoga, or Pilates).

Just follow these 5 Simple How-To's and see how amazingly they work.

Try these foods for your skin and feel the results!

1. Low fact yogurt

Low fat dairy products are full of vitamin A.

2. Berries


These fruits have great antioxidant capacity and that translate to you have wonderful and healthy skin.

3. Salmon

Your skin needs essential fatty acids. Omega 3 and Omega 6 may sound like a Sci-fi flick but these fatty acids are required to keep you healthy.

4. Green tea

Although a beverage this drink has polyphenols which have anti-inflammatory characteristics.

5. Water


Good hydration is your skin's best friend. Now we're talking about good old water in its purest form. So ensure that you're getting at least 8 glasses down your system.

6. Avocados

This green fruit is rich in B-complex vitamins and essential oils and works like an anti-inflammatory agent. It also soothes skin that is red, irritated or just blotchy.

7. Mangoes

Lots of vitamin A is in store with this skin do-gooder! This fruit will repair your skin cells so it doesn't look flaky.

8. Almonds


Vitamin E helps to moisturize your skin from within. It also protects your skin from damage and early aging.

9. Cottage cheese

Apart from calcium, cottage cheese is great for selenium. This antioxidant agent helps produce this essential mineral.

This beverage is VERY good for your health, so one more stop:)

Tea is one of the world's oldest beverages.

The tea plant, Camellia sinensis, was first discovered by the ancient Chinese, who then spent many centuries perfecting the art of tea production, which resulted in a variety of types available today.

The Asians always considered tea beneficial.

Ancient Chinese doctors were prescribing a tea leaves brew as a cure for headaches and even as the elixir of immortality!

It was believed that tea clears the voice, improves the memory, promotes digestion, and regulates all processes within the body.

We have mentioned good foods for your health, but what are the bad foods?

And bad for who and for what?

You can see that some foods are good for your weight loss but bad for your health, some are good for your healthy diet but not really good for vegans.

I'll try to figure out what is bad and what are the reasons - so you can choose and make your own food list:)

As you pull and stretch that dress over your hips you're wondering when the zip will snap.

Save yourself the trouble and stay away from these ten worst foods for your hips!

It will save you loads of embarrassment and stress.

1. Dove ice-cream

They may have linked romance to chocolates but it doesn't do any good for your fat reserves. Don't surrender!

2. Chipotle Chicken Burrito

Bring on the cheese, rice, tortilla, chicken and sour cream! Now you've got trouble brewing. Not only does this carry 19 grams of fat but 1180 calories and 2900 mg of sodium. Most of that is going straight to your hips.

3. Pepperidge Chicken Pot Pie

Don't let the 'farm roasted' and 'white meat' fool you. Half a pie contains 510 calories. It tastes so good that you won't want to let the other half go!

4. Fondue

Cheese and more cheese. Although quite delicious this meal could endanger your life. A whopping 1300 calories makes it a killer dish, literally! Stay away from this cheese delight if you want to live long and healthy!

5. Duck Confit

It may be French but it's still fatty! 1000 calories is what you get when you indulge in this poultry meal.

6. Cheeseburger

Unfortunately, cheeseburgers carry tons of saturated fat that can spell disaster for you. From white bread to cheese and red meat, it's bad all the way!

7. French fries

Don't wash down that meal with French fries unless you want starch mounting up in your body.

8. Foie Gras

It doesn't matter if you can't pronounce it! It's just fatty liver. Although the liver has just 400 calories in it, the count can considerably increase depending on the dish preparation.

9. Chicken Hash

Butter, cream, cheese and flour- there's nothing good in that! Just picture your hips growing by the second. That's what chicken hash can do to you!

10. Lasagne

This Italian wonder of pasta, cheese and beef is loved the world over especially because of the cheese. Sadly, lasagne isn't hip-friendly at all!

Mediterranean-Stuffed Chicken Breasts

Makes: 4 servings

Ingredients:

4 sun dried tomatoes, dried

1 cup frozen chopped spinach, thawed

1 teaspoon lemon peel, grated

2 teaspoon non/lowfat margarine

2 tablespoon parsley, minced

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts

1/2 cup seasoned breadcrumbs
toothpicks

Directions:

Prepare sundried tomatoes according to package directions.

Chop tomatoes and combine with remaining ingredients, except chicken and breadcrumbs.

Flatten chicken breasts slightly with mallet. Spread equal portions of sundried tomato mixture over each chicken breast.

Roll up chicken breasts, secure with toothpicks and roll in breadcrumbs.

Place chicken in a baking pan and bake at 350 degrees F for 35-40 minutes.

Nutritional Information:

Calories: 300
Fat: 4 g
Cholesterol: 75 mg
Protein: 27 g
Carbohydrates: 40 g
Fiber: 6 g
Sodium: 220 mg

Enjoy your eating! Stay Healthy!