ʻO Malaki ka mahina ʻai pono kaiaka a ke hoʻolauleʻa nei mākou! Hauʻoli loa mākou ma ʻaneʻi! ʻO ka mahina Nutration National ka mahina i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia e nānā hou a hoʻomanaʻo i ke kumu o ke koho ʻana i nā meaʻai olakino a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi nohona hana i mea nui na mākou.

Noho mākou i kahi ʻāina kahi e hiki ai iā mākou ke kūʻai i nā meaʻai olakino a hou i kēlā me kēia manawa a puni ka makahiki. ʻAʻole palena mākou i nā koho o nā koho olakino akā hakakā pinepine ʻia kēlā mau koho me nā koho kūpono maikaʻi ʻole like ʻole. ʻO ke aʻo ʻana pehea e ʻai maikaʻi ai kahi e hiki ai iā mākou ke kōkua iā mākou iho e ʻike i nā meaʻai e koho ai ke hāʻawi ʻia i nā koho he nui. He mea nui nā koho meaʻai olakino e kōkua iā mākou e pale i ka hāʻule ʻana i loko o kahi ola i loohia i nā maʻi e like me ka maʻi puʻuwai a i ʻole ka maʻi diabetes.

Eia kekahi ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo e kōkua ai i ke ola ʻana i kahi nohona momona.

1) Hoʻopiha i kou lā me nā huaʻai a me nā lauʻai hou!I kēlā me kēia pāʻina e hoʻāʻo a hoʻopiha i ka hapalua o kāu pā me nā huaʻai a i ʻole nā ​​mea kanu. ʻAi iā lākou ma ke ʻano he meaʻai māmā ma kahi o nā huahana i hoʻoponopono ʻia. Inā kūʻai ʻoe i nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu i ka wā kau ua maʻalahi loa ia a ʻo ka hapa nui ʻaʻole koi i kahi hoʻomākaukau e ʻai ʻia.

2) E kuʻi i nā mea inu momona a me nā mea inu ikehu!Inu i ka wai i loko o nā lā a pau. E mahalo kou kino iā ʻoe! Heʻuʻuku paha kou mau poʻo poʻo, hiamoe maikaʻi, a ʻoi aku ka ikaika. ʻO nā lehelehe maloʻo a me nā kui kui palupalu nā hōʻailona o ka make wai no laila e hopu i nā wai hou inā ʻoe e ʻike nei i kekahi o kēlā mau ʻōuli.

3) E nānā i kāu mau ʻāpana!ʻO ka manawa aʻe makemake ʻoe e mālama iā ʻoe iho i kahi pizza ma hope o hoʻokahi pule lōʻihi ma ka hana, e ʻoluʻolu e hana, akā e hoʻomanaʻo e mālama i kāu mau ʻāpana i ka kaohi. E hauʻoli i ka pizza me kahi salakeke ʻaoʻao a i ʻole kahi ʻaoʻao o nā hua. E hoʻāʻo a koho no ka ʻai ʻole ʻana i ka pizza holoʻokoʻa akā mālama i kekahi o nā ʻāpana no nā koena i loko o ka pule. Hiki i ka mālama ʻana i ka hapa ke alakaʻi i ka ʻai ʻana i ka nui o nā mea āpau, kahi e ʻoki ai i nā bila kūʻai.

4) E hoʻāʻo i nā meaʻai hou i hoʻokahi manawa i ka pule!Ke hoʻāʻo nei i nā meaʻai hou i kēlā me kēia pule e hōʻike i nā ʻono āu i ʻike ʻole ai. Hiki iā ia ke alakaʻi i ka kuke ʻana a me ka papaʻai olakino olakino. Ke hōʻike ʻia nei i nā meaʻai hou e alakaʻi i ka hōʻike ʻana i nā wikamina a me nā minelala āu e loaʻa ʻole nei.

5) E hooikaika!Lawe i nā minuke 30 e hele wāwae i kēlā me kēia lā a hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ke yoga inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau minuke iā ʻoe iho. Inā ʻoi aku kou ʻike me ka noho ʻana i kahi nohona hana, hoʻāʻo e holo i 3 mau lā o ka pule a i ʻole kipa aku i ka hale haʻuki 3-4 manawa i kēlā me kēia pule. ʻO ka hana ʻana i kēia mau mea i mea nui e kōkua i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa iā lākou a kōkua i kou kino e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka maikaʻi āpau.

He mau hebedoma hou kā mākou i ka National Nutrition Month a makemake wau e hoʻolohe i kāu mau nīnau! E ʻoluʻolu e nīnau iaʻu i kekahi o kāu nīnau nīnūnē āpau. E hoʻouna iā lākou i jade@galvestoncountyfoodbank.org. E hoʻolilo wau i kēia mahina i ka pane ʻana iā lākou.

- Jade Mitchell, Nutr Educator