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Monmouth Regional High School FAD DIETS, Weight Loss And Your Health. PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE Is It Really Worth It? By Tricia Talerico, D.C., MS, Nutr. STAY IN DRIVE Yes, it’s almost swimsuit So, what’s the answer to fad diet weight season and most of us loss? The answer is a balanced eating plan dread this time of year. For combined with portion control and that’s DURING PARCC! Nutritionists and Functional nothing new. Combine this with moderate Medicine Docs, it’s actually the physical activity and it’s a “win-win” plan. What worst time of year. This is the shall we include in this eating plan? Dear Falcon Family, season (also January) when we see lots of people doing 1. Lots of veggies - cooked and raw This month we will ocially go into PARCC and I know this has a lot of people a bit crazy, desperate things to lose anxious. First, I want to tell you that I will continue to defend that as educators we 2. Drink plenty of water. weight. Of course, I am a fan are not dened by one test. Although tests can give us useful data to measure, what of all of us being as lean as possible, loving many people outside of our profession may not understand is that one test is 3. Limit saturated fat and include more the way we look and living a long, healthy life. incapable of measuring a whole bunch. For instance one test can’t measure: monounsaturated fats in your life (olives, However, a big part of my nutrition practice coconut, nuts/seeds, avocado and nut • How you inspired students to love reading when they never did before sees men and women who have done some butters). • How you created a learning experience that a student will never forget silly fad diets and then cannot figure out why • How you made a student feel important by listening to their ideas they have re-gained their original weight 4. Include lean meat, fish, poultry or • How you took a student who struggles and made them feel smart lost, feel sluggish and tired and then gain alternatives (preferably organic or grass fed). • How you motivated students to do their work additional weight when the “diet” is over. We all want to look good in our skinny jeans (if 5. Limit sugar-sweetened beverages and • How you lit the spark of creativity inUPDATE your students alcohol (if you choose to drink). • How you made students feel worthy and worthwhile you own a pair), bathing suits or speedos, but • How you instilled condence in your students at what cost? 6. Limit grains such as cereals, breads, rice, • How you changed the path of a child’s life pastas. When choosing them always go for • How you made someone like school and start earning passing grades So, let’s look carefully at some of the short and the gluten-free version and limit your serving • How you made kids smile on their worst day long-term effects of fad dieting, shall we? size! I am a huge fan of gluten free living! • How you put the needs of students before your own • How you may have saved a student’s life because you were that one 1. You will lose weight...temporarily. Most Our bodies need a good, healthy balance champion every kid needs. of these fad diets work because they adjust of carbohydrates, proteins and fats. your total caloric, so you will lose weight. The Carbohydrates provide our bodies with energy problem is that this process usually slows or fuel. They are also rich in fiber, vitamins down your metabolism or even halts it. and minerals. Proteins are needed to make, maintain and renew all human tissue and cells. 2. Prolonged hunger as a result of Proteins can be found in animal and plant- reduced caloric intake based foods. I am also a huge fan of high quality protein shakes as an excellent way 3. Depression, irritability to ensure we get adequate protein. Fats are needed to protect our organs, keep us warm, 4. Reduced sex drive produce hormones and absorb nutrients. 5. Fatigue, fainting, weakness So, be active or exercise every day, in other words, get off the couch! Make small, 6. Muscle and hair loss achievable lifelong changes to your diet and lifestyle. If you need help figuring out what 7. Loose folds of skin this looks like, enlist the help of a qualified clinical nutritionist or functional medicine 8. Dehydration doc. Most importantly, being healthy includes feeling good about yourself. Don’t accept 9. Constipation the unrealistic body images portrayed in the media and know that as long as we continue 10. Nausea and headaches to make healthy lifestyle changes, we are always winning. As you do daily, let students know to try their best on the PARCC assessment. Life is 11. Inadequate vitamin and mineral intake full of challenges, so let PARCC serve as just that: a challenge to do their absolute (especially sodium, potassium, magnesium best. I want to thank our sta and students for all they do and wish them the best of and copper). According to cardiologist, luck as we travel through the “PARCC” together. We are all aware of the ever Isadore Rosenfeld, M.D., professor of clinical increasing demands of our profession and I am proud of how our teachers have medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, IMPROVE faced these challenges and still keep our students as the priority. In addition, their N.Y., crash diets (consisting of less than 1200 YOUR HEALTH... work with technology via Google Classroom and other features has been calories a day), especially if done more than IMPROVE outstanding. Their increased use of tiered instruction has also been admirable. In once, can increase your risk of heart attacks. addition, their willingness to take risks in their instruction is inspiring. These Linda Bacon, Ph.D. and California-based YOUR LIFE! accomplishments and much more are a testament to their “DRIVE” as educators nutritionist says that long-term low calorie and will serve our students well on the PARCC. Their drive to do what it takes to dieting/eating can eventually lead to heart Body Fat Metabolic Syndrome create miracle moments for our students is what can’t be measured by “one” test and muscle loss and damage to blood vessels. Diabetes Gluten Allergies what makes this profession so worth it. So, as we get ready to put the building in Shrinking and expanding the body can cause Cholesterol Chronic Fatigue “PARCC” I’m condent our sta will stay in “DRIVE ”. micro-tears in the blood vessels, a perfect Hormonal Imbalances Gut Imbalances set-up for atherosclerosis and inflammation. Longevity is not a gift, it has to be earned. Discover a medication-free approach to better health, Some of the more popular fad diets include better energy and longevity. ARE YOU READY? the cabbage soup diet, raw food diet, werewolf Tricia Talerico, D.C., MS, Nutr. or lunar diet, cookie diet, five-bite diet, master cleanse/lemonade diet, baby food diet, Nutrition and Weight Loss Center of Ocean grapefruit diet, cotton ball diet and the HCG 1633 Highway 35 North • Oakhurst, NJ 07755 diet. The list is really endless and all of us (732) 609-3366 Regards, could probably add a few more to it. Cory Radisch - Principal, MRHS Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/nutritionandweightlosscenterofocean 18 The Today Paper | MAY 2016.