Healthy Eating
Healthy eating means eating a variety of foods that give you the nutrients you need to maintain your health, feel good, and have energy. These nutrients include protein, carbohydrates, fat, water, vitamins, and minerals. Nutrition is important for everyone.
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A person eats for fulfilling the needs of his body. The body of a person gets energy or gets charged because of the food he takes. Food necessary is for us to be alive. There is a hell of a difference between eating and healthy eating. People must be educated to differ between food and healthy food. Healthy eating will be beneficial for keeping us safe and sound.
Importance of healthy eating
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Healthy eating will help us in maintaining our body. Our body can be fit for years if we are used too of having healthy food. Your body weight can be easily controlled by having food that is rich in nutritions. Eating such food that is not good in nutrition point of view can cause you many diseases. Most of the people are suffering from overweight issues that are only because of non-healthy eating. Healthy food not only fulfills the needs of our body but also make us active. It provides us many benefits.
Healthy eating can provide you:
A Fit body for whole life
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Eating healthy can make your body fit for the whole life. If you are having all the needs of your body in equal proportions and in a right way then you will never be overweighted. A fit body is the ultimate wish of each one of us, but most of us get overweighted because of ignoring what they are eating. We should have knowledge about what to eat when to eat and how to cook it in a nutritious way. If we know all that we can easily enjoy a fit body for the whole life.
A disease-free life
Eating a lot of unhealthy food can cause you many problems. A major problem that often occurs in our society is the excessive use of oil in meals. This extra oil is the most dangerous thing, which can cause us many heart problems. Your cholesterol level continues to increase and this will lead you to severe heart attacks. This risk can be avoided by choosing healthy food that is rich in nutrition but not heavy.
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Active lifestyle
"A healthy and active lifestyle is a lifestyle that contributes positives to physical, mental and social well being and includes regular exercise."
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An active lifestyle can be adopted only when you are active internally and externally. Having internal healthy means you don’t have any kind of disease which limits you to enjoy life. And external health means your body weight is appropriate. Having both external and internal fitness can make you a person who enjoys life. Your lifestyle will be not void where you just eat, work and sleep rather you remain energetic from dawn to dusk.
What constitutes healthy Food?
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Healthy eating does not mean that keeping yourself away from the food you love, following strict dietary limitation or depriving yourself of eating. Rather, it’s about having more energy more beneficial food, more positive impact on your mood. A diet that is healthy may constitute all the necessary supplements our body needed. Our body needs different food items in a balanced proportion. Overeating can never benefit you rather it makes you dull. A healthy food contains:
Fiber
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Fiber is the important part of a healthy diet. It can be taken from food like grains, nuts, beans, fruits, and vegetables. Eating food high in dietary fiber can help you stay regular. It gives you a lot of energy for the whole day, it can’t make you down. A person that takes fiber on regular basis will be prevented from heart problems, diabetes, and strokes. It’s not only good for the inner body system but also advantageous for the skin. It makes your skin fresh and glowing.
Your skin will be purified by having fiber in regular meals. Another amazing advantage of fiber is weight loss. Everyone wants to control weight, which can be managed by having fiber. Even doctors recommend having 21-38 grams of fiber daily for ideal health. So major ingredient that leads you to healthy eating is fiber.
Carbohydrates
A carbohydrate is a biological molecule consisting of carbon (C), hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) atoms, usually with a hydrogen-oxygen atom ratio of 2:1. wikipedia
Carbohydrates are one of the most important nutrients and the one needed in a large amount by our body. About 45 to 65 percent of the calories are taken by us from carbohydrates. Basically, carbohydrates are known for weight gain. Carbohydrates are necessary for our body to function well. Each person must have carbohydrates in his/her diet. Carbohydrates perform a vital role in providing us energy for different activities, for the brain to function and for organ system to perform its tasks. Carbohydrates are present in fruits, vegetables, bread, cereals etc.
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Carbohydrates are often called sugar. We take sugar in the form of glucose from different elements. Fruits and vegetables also contain simple sugar. Taking the excess amount of carbohydrates is also not good so choose carbohydrates wisely. Eat them in an average amount because excessive use of carbohydrates can cause a rapid increase in your weight.
Proteins
Protein gives us energy to do all the activities we do normally. Proteins are the most important need of our body. All needs of energy are fulfilled by proteins. Almost every one of us is having proteins in form or the other. Most of the eatable are available having rich proteins. But besides providing energy, taking excess amount of proteins can be harmful to our body. It can cause many health issues. Taking more than the required amount of protein can cause kidney diseases.
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Proteins are highly found in animal products like meat, chicken etc. it doesn’t mean you start eating a lot of meat all the time. Eating meat in large quantity can prove dangerous so, try to find alternate of meat. A variety of plant-based proteins sources are also available. Try to include these plant-based proteins in your meals.
Calcium
Calcium ions (Ca2+) play a vital role in the physiology and biochemistry of organisms and the cell. They play an important role in signal transduction.wikipedia
Calcium is one of the major most needs of our body. Our body uses calcium to build healthy bones and teeth. With age, it’s the calcium which keeps bones strong and healthy. Calcium intake started with a newborn baby to the old aged people. It’s major for all age groups. Deficiency of calcium will cause bone problems. If you are not taking calcium properly in the young age, that causes you many problems with age. Your bones become weak if calcium intake is reduced.
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Calcium deficiency can lead to osteoporosis. If you are not having enough calcium in your diet it can cause anxiety, depression or sleep difficulties. All these health issues can be overcome by taking an adequate amount of calcium in your daily meal. Also eat something having vitamin D, so that it will help to absorb calcium.
Vitamins
Vitamins are an essential part of healthy eating. Vitamins are necessary for our body to grow and develop. These are necessary for our body functions like immunity, metabolism, and digestion. Over 13 basic vitamins are present that take part in our body development including vitamin A, C, D, K, B and E. each vitamin perform a basic function. The deficiency of one vitamin cannot be accomplished by the another, each has its own functionality.
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Vitamins are actually organic substances(made up of plants and animals). Our body needs these vitamins to work properly. Some of the vitamins with their function are given below:
• Vitamin A is used for forming and maintaining body tissues.
• Vitamin D is used for the absorption of calcium in the body.
• Vitamin E is used for the formation of RGB(Red Blood Cells).
• Vitamin K is used for blood clotting.
Fats
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Fats are the essential nutrient used for the development and growth of cells. Without fats, energy needs are not fulfilled. Fats provide us energy. Fats are needed in less amount because excess fats cause blood pressure and heart problems. Fats are also called the backup source of energy. When carbohydrates are not present fats fulfill the needs of energy. Fats must be included in the diet. These are also used for maintaining the temperature of our body. Fats are also used for absorbing some basic nutrients. Fats owe a predefined status in a healthy diet. Fats are found in different foods like:
• Walnut
• Almonds
• Salmon
• Olives
But these fats containing supplements must be taken in a limited amount. Don’t use them in huge amount. Balance the need for fats in our body by calculating calories.
A person can enjoy a happy and healthy life if he adds all these things in his diet. All these nutrients together make our body function properly. There must be a balance between all these nutrients because taking one element in an excess amount by eliminating other is not a good practice.
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