When it comes to eating healthy, you probably know that one of the best changes you can make is swapping takeout for home-cooked meals. Still, even then, it can seem like there are a lot of rules. What’s off-limits? How do you cook healthy, anyway? Should you go for low-carb or low-fat? But even if the details of whipping up a health meal for yourself have you feeling overwhelmed, there is one big silver lining you should keep in mind: Simply the act of cooking at home will lead to a healthier diet, according to a new study.
New research from Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF) and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health crunched data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preventions National Health and Nutrition Examination Study and found that those who cook at home frequently consume fewer carbohydrates, calories, sugar, and fat than those who ate out more often. The kicker? This was true even if the people weren’t trying to lose weight. Translation: You don’t even have to make a huge effort to eat healthfully. Cooking at home in the first place is half the battle. We’ll pause so you can breathe a huge sigh of relief…….
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