They take only minutes to prepare, and served over brown rice make a relatively healthy meal. Many grocery store delis offer salad bars, baked chicken, soups made from scratch, and other relatively healthy option. Stock your kitchen with fresh fruits and vegetables-nature's convenience foods. Take advantage of packaged salad mixes, baby carrots you can snack on right from the package, and fresh fruit salads in your grocer's produce section. If you eat out a lot, be savvy about fat content, a factor in heart disease and many female health problems.
Fast food is loaded with it, but most chains are making an effort to offer healthy alternatives.
Check the facts before assuming these foods are lo-fat. Most women are, have been, or will eventually go on a diet. Most diets are more concerned with calorie restriction than health, and leave a woman nutritionally shortchanged. Diet shakes, a popular weigh-loss method, leave a lot to be desired in the area of nutrition. Some brands utilize artificial sweeteners of questionable safety.