N.E.W. LIFE Booklet Chapters 10 & 11—N.E.W. LIFE Healthy Eating & Additional Topics

This N.E.W. LIFE Booklet is the seventh in a 7-volume companion series to the N.E.W. LIFE (Nutrition, Exercise, Wellness for LIFE): Biblical Support for Health and Freedom from Bondage to Food and Diets book (Chapters 10 & 11).  There are 7 N.E.W. LIFE Booklets which coincide with the chapters in the N.E.W. LIFE book.  Each booklet reinforces excerpts from the N.E.W. LIFE book and introduces insightful questions to support the process of healing from underlying issues that drive out-of-balance eating behaviors.  The N.E.W. LIFE Booklets may be used by individuals or in a fellowship group setting to facilitate discussion.

This N.E.W. LIFE Booklet includes the N.E.W. LIFE Eating Plan which is based on the recommendations of the American Heart Association, National Cancer Institute, American Diabetes Association, Dietary Guidelines for Americans, optimal diet for athletes and weight-loss.  The N.E.W. LIFE Eating Plan is helpful for maintaining and improving health and energy and preventing disease and has proven very successful for weight-loss.  Diane shares the Eating Plan from the N.E.W. LIFE program for individuals who would like some practical advice in making dietary changes to improve their health.

The exchange-system Eating Plan is flexible—it is a way to swip-swap foods and simultaneously get the correct amount of carbohydrate, protein, fat, vitamins, minerals and calories based on body weight and activity without having to count calories.  The exchange-system Eating Plan allows for more individual likes and dislikes than a rigid eating plan, allowing for more achievable changes, and it develops self-responsibility and variety--two keys to lifelong health.  The N.E.W. LIFE Eating Plan and exchanges are explained with practical examples for the reader to apply the recommendations, with additional nutrition education pertaining to each food group.  Food diaries are provided as a helpful tool for accountability and realistic goal-setting, and to apply the recommendations of the Eating Plan.  The recommendations and many benefits of physical activity are emphasized to encourage individuals to “just get moving” which is key to living well and preventing disease.



Chapter 11 includes additional nutrition education to support the reader in his/her journey to better health.