About Healthy Monday: Maintain Moderation

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Healthy Monday From Elizabeth Scott, M.S., your About Healthy Monday Editor Certain activities are healthy in moderation, but bring diminishing returns or can even harm your health if you get too much. This Monday, we encourage you to review your daily habits and either add a new habit that is healthy in moderation, or cut back on a habit that you may be overdoing. The following resources can help you to decide where to start. Enjoy your week! -Elizabeth Scott Moderation: When Eating Something Bad is Actually Good Even the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) supports the idea that it's okay to eat not-so-healthy foods as long as it's in moderation. (And sometimes eating a little of the food you really want is better because it keeps you from feeling deprived and then bingeing.) Shereen Jegtvig, About.com's Guide to Nutrition, has the full story on how much to eat, plus how this applies to alcohol. Read more Search Related Topics:  weight loss diets  fad diets  healthy foods Exercise in Moderation: Tips to Avoid Exercise Injury Exercise is fantastic for your health. However, moderation matters: you may become injured if you work out with a higher intensity than your body can handle, and it's even possible to become addicted to exercise if you don't practice some moderation. Read more Search Related Topics:  exercise and injuries  fitness level  couch potatoes Tips for Moderating Your Drinking There are some benefits to drinking red wine in moderation, but if you're drinking more than the recommended guidelines, you may be putting yourself at higher risk of developing alcohol-related problems. If you're interested in cutting down on your drinking, About.com's Guide to Alcoholism, Buddy T., has some proven guidelines to follow. Read more Search Related Topics:  at risk drinking  moderation management  5 Steps to Banish All-or-Nothing Thinking Moderation works well for most things, whether we're talking about exercise, alcohol, or diet. Learn to get over your all-or-nothing thinking and you moderation in all things becomes much easier. Follow these five steps from Jennifer R. Scott, our Guide to Weight Loss. Read more Search Related Topics:  all or nothing thinking  emotional eating  weight loss motivation Related Ads Healthy Food Guide Healthy Eating Healthy Diet Healthy Habits Healthy Recipes Featured Articles Lift Your Mood Lower Your Blood Pressure Talk With Your Doc Grill Healthier! Cut Down On Sugar Get Connected!   More from About.com Run Your First 5K Even couch potatoes can be ready for a 5K with just a couple months of training. Read more...> Help! I'm Too Busy Time and stress management tips to help you feel as though you have more time. Read more...> About.com is a proud participant of Healthy Monday SM, a national public health campaign aimed at helping Americans initiate and maintain sustainable health behaviors to reduce risk factors associated with the leading causes of preventable disease and mortality. Healthy Monday is a project of Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Healthy Monday newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About.com respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 © 2013 About.com   More Healthy Lifestyle Resources About.com Exercise About.com Walking About.com Yoga Advertisement