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New Yorkers will often complain about their lifestyle constraints. There’s no time to tie their shoes, to take those ridiculous red tour buses, and no time, unfortunately, to actually think about what they eat.
They chow on donuts, Chinese takeout, not-so-homemade Italian—sometimes they don’t even know what’s on the plate or how it’s made--and all of this edible madness is squeezed between spreadsheets and board meetings.
Dr. Sophia Aslanis, founder of Nutrition4Life.com, stressed that those at work must know what's going into your body. “Steer away from cream sauces and fried foods, for example” she said. “Something grilled instead of battered and fried is a simple and easy way to reduce fatty intake.” Aslanis also said that reducing portion sizes will control your splurges. For lunch, try a salad with leafy greens, lemon juice and a little olive oil, and hold the Lo Mein.
Drinking soda and coffee with the fervor and speed of the West Side Highway can certainly cause some internal accidents. Tea can serve as a lightly caffeinated alternative; it is exceptionally high in antioxidants and can be delicious with honey and a lemon. Green tea is especially rich in polyphenols, natural substitutes for caffeine. Green tea may boost metabolism, helping to burn off the calories that you scarf during the day. Try oatmeal; oats flush cholesterol out of your system while cleaning your arteries. Cranberry juice flushes toxins out of your body.
