CATELLI SMART :: Smart Living

You know the importance of eating healthy and being physically active to your overall health and well being. But often there are things standing in your way, such as cooking for picky eaters or simply not having enough hours in the day to exercise, spend time with your family and take care of yourself too!

Take your cue from CATELLI SMART pasta and find easy ways to combine what’s good for you with what you enjoy!

It would be very difficult for most families to adopt perfect nutritional habits overnight – and let’s admit… it wouldn’t be much fun either! Instead, continue to enjoy the foods you love in moderation and follow these simple tips to make your meals and snacks healthier.

	Use CATELLI SMART in all of your pasta dishes; it tastes just like regular white pasta and is available in a variety of popular cuts!
	In addition to using CATELLI SMART pasta, try fibre enriched white breads, tortillas and buns too.
	Look for other quick ways to add fibre to your diet, such as adding chick peas to salads and vegetables like celery, carrots and peppers to pasta sauces.
	Try lower fat versions of dairy products, salad dressings, dips and other foods.
	Choose leaner cuts of meat and eat chicken, turkey and fish more often. Be sure to remove the skin for poultry.
	Hang on to valuable nutrients in vegetables by eating them raw or steaming them until just tender crisp.
	Treat yourself with control. Many of your favourite chocolate bars, cookies, chips and other treats are now available in smaller portions or snack sizes.
	And remember to eat a variety of foods from each of the four food groups every day. See Canada’s Food Guide for more information. www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/index_e.html

You know you should get more exercise to be healthy, but you think it’s important to spend time any free time you have with your family. Why not do both at the same time?

Think of games and activities you can do with your kids that will get you moving and allow you to laugh and bond together.

	Organize a family road hockey game in the Summer, or build forts and have a snowball fight in the Winter.
	Make it a habit to take a walk or go for a bike ride around the neighbourhood after dinner.
	Be a kid again with your own kids and climb a tree, play hide and seek, jump rope, play hopscotch or try your hips at the hula hoop.
	You can even benefit from less strenuous activities that involve squatting, stretching and other movements, such as growing herbs and vegetables together and drawing large pictures with sidewalk chalk.