Oryana offers tips for healthy living

January 05, 2009 12:00 am

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TRAVERSE CITY -- Oryana Natural Foods Market offers steps for a healthy lifestyle in 2009.

-- Cook. Invest time and save money by preparing home-cooked meals.

-- Try meatless Mondays for dinner. Choose whole grains, vegetables and beans as the focus of your meals.

-- Eat more fresh fruits and vegetables. Strive for nine a day.

-- Eat a balanced breakfast -- one that includes protein. It really is the most important meal of the day.

-- Maintain a positive outlook and treat yourself like your own best friend.

-- Reduce stress by joining a yoga, fitness or meditation class.

-- Eat less, exercise more. Don't diet; make gradual lifestyle changes.

-- Eat more whole foods and replace the whites -- white bread, white flour, white rice -- with whole-grain alternatives.

-- Bring healthy snacks like whole nuts, dried fruit and trail mix to work or school.

-- Take time to nourish your relationships with friends and family.

Oryana has handouts available in the store listing the steps. For more information, contact Sandi McArthur, Oryana's education and outreach coordinator, at 947-0191 or sandi@oryana.coop. Oryana is on 10th Street at Lake Avenue.