{"id":14124,"date":"2022-08-16T10:55:27","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T15:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakecountybanner.com\/?p=14124"},"modified":"2022-08-16T10:55:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T15:55:32","slug":"healthy-food-alternatives-to-help-improve-your-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakecountybanner.com\/healthy-food-alternatives-to-help-improve-your-diet\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthy Food Alternatives To Help Improve Your Diet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The wonderful thing about the culinary world is that for most ingredients in any recipe, there\u2019s typically something that you can replace it with. This aspect specifically comes into play when trying to eat healthier at home. Whether the goal is to lose weight or to cut down on unnecessary junk food, it\u2019s good to know about these healthy food alternatives to help improve your diet.<\/p>\n

Fruit Instead of Jam<\/h2>\n

While several things are unhealthier than jam, that doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s a healthy food choice. Jams and jellies contain preservatives and sugars to retain the shelf life for as long as possible. The sugars inevitably catch up when eaten regularly in the mornings in unmeasured quantities. Using fresh fruit instead significantly reduces the sugars you\u2019re eating while providing extra nutrients simultaneously.<\/p>\n

Cottage Cheese<\/h2>\n

For cheese lovers, you don\u2019t have to feel like you\u2019re indulging in a guilty pleasure with cottage cheese. This variety of cheese has a large amount of protein and other different vitamins, making it an amazing selection for eating healthy. This is the ideal choice for those who want to feel full but not worry as much about saturated fats building up inside them.<\/p>\n

Honey as a Sweetener<\/h2>\n

Many artificial sweeteners contain unnatural additives to mimic the properties of natural sugars. Due to the processing involved, sugars are already difficult for the body to metabolize, making the task harder for artificial sweeteners. There\u2019s a reason people like natural sweeteners better than artificial<\/a>, and honey is a strong contender as an overall replacement for sugar.<\/p>\n

Eating healthier doesn\u2019t mean you have to sacrifice the joys that food can provide you. No one wants to feel dissatisfied with the food they eat, even if the end goal is to their benefit. Hopefully, by considering these healthy food alternatives to help improve your diet, you can better integrate them into your daily meals.
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Eating healthy isn\u2019t always the easiest thing for everyone. These are some healthy food alternatives to help improve your diet for the next meal at home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":14125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[245],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakecountybanner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14124"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakecountybanner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakecountybanner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakecountybanner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakecountybanner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14124"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lakecountybanner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14127,"href":"https:\/\/lakecountybanner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14124\/revisions\/14127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakecountybanner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakecountybanner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakecountybanner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakecountybanner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}