Reasons For Weighing Your Food
Click here for Dine Without Whine - A Family Friendly Weekly Menu Planner (fantastic for families with kids)Up until recent history, if you wanted to measure an object, you needed to have an object similar in size and weight to compare it to. The device was called a balance scale, and you’ll find similar devices in many science class rooms to this day.
In fact, the technology is as old as 2000 B.C. Archeologists have discovered rocks with hieroglyphics denoting weights of rocks in common denominators who balanced them against objects on planks of wood. The good news is that if you want to start measuring your food portions, today’s scales do not require any rocks!
No one disagrees that the overeating problem in America is leading to poorer health and undue death. A recent university study revealed that 49 out of 50 states have an obesity rate that exceeds 30 percent. This is a direct result of huge portion sizes and high sugar/fat content.
With the average fast food meal being 5 times larger than in 1960, or a bagel having as many calories as 5 slices of bread, it’s no wonder our caskets are getting bigger and bigger.
The digital food scale selection we have in this country gives us no excuse for overeating. There are scales varying in quality, price, and size each loaded with features that will make it fool proof to measure your food.
The LCD screens are digital and easy to read. The zeroing out function gives you the ability to add food ingredients into a single bowl without having to do any math. And most models let you pick which metric is easiest for you to understand.
Using a food scale isn’t going to instantly make you loose weight. You have to make the hard choices like measuring tea for your electric tea kettle rather than drinking calorie dense colas.
It will not be a swift transformation, but after weeks and months of dedication you will have a much healthier lifestyle.
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