“What we consume acts as a fuel and a necessary shock to our system, it can be a medicine or a slow spreading disease”
The quote states in brief why we need plenty of nutrients and the correct food to live a healthier life. So is it a miracle? Can it happen in a day? Well, this all rests with a healthy eating lifestyle. If our choice of diet makes us feel uncomfortable then that is a very harmful practice we are following. It can only happen with a steady practice of eating right.
You may have noticed that our different mood levels make us choose different food types accordingly, there are some foods that help lift the mood and lighten the air, some can help lift energy levels, whereas some can increase concentration and some are those which do just the opposite, make you lose concentration and even idle.
Following a healthy food habitplays a vital role in surfing our overall health, defining our outlook and wellbeing.
What we take in reflects on our outside. Eating a healthy wholesome meal provides a wholesome range of nutrients…
It is always important to eat a wide range of different brightly colored fruits and green leafy vegetables, wholegrain cereals, bread, lean protein, complex carbohydrates and rich sources of dairy products to ensure a balanced nutrition.
This is however a simple basic we all know, but this basic is what we refuse to inherit, a healthy diet doesn’t always taste good and is not tongue pleasing but the nutrition it carries has a tremendous weight. Takeaways, fast foods, oily or rich foods are very luscious and tasty but carry a whooping amount of calories, cholesterol, trans fat, fatty acids etc., which harms our body and reflects an unmaintained appearance.
It is very important to consume healthy fats through vegetable oils like sunflower or olive oils. Meals must be such that it provides a wide range of nutrients and completes a person’s daily requirements.
Mental illnesses can be cured by eating healthy…
Diet isa pillar in maintaining your mental health, ensuring an overall sense of wellbeing and lifting your mood. An appropriate diet planis very important to uplift our lifestyle, maintain mood fluctuations, curb mental problems, reduce stress and anxiety etc.Some people face a huge problem these days, the problem of self-comparison with different people, be it their friends or family members or any random individual, they often end up comparing themselves with celebrities and fitness enthusiasts and end up following the wrong schedule. These people do not understand what their own body needs and follow the internet blindly this end up with disequilibrium in eating lifestyle.
People often go into financial problems, pressure and other life hardships; this also pays a toll on their health as they develop eating disorders to calm themselves, there are people who go into deep starvation and turn anorexic whereas there are some who eat as their hobby.
Whatever we consume it gives our cells the ability to execute necessary functions, let’s assume the system as a garden where you are planting a mango seed. It is obvious that you will use the right fertile soil and the appropriate amount of sunlight to for the best result. Using cheap dirt and not adjusting the right amount of sunlight and water will give improper results; the mangoes won’t be the juiciest at all.
So, in a nutshell it means giving the right nutrients to our bodies to reap a healthier version of you.
Let us look at our food as a fuel to our system to help fight cardiovascular diseases and ensure a longer and cheerful life…
Depending on the food we consume, our heart pumps harder and exerts higher energy. If the right food lifestyle is followed the heart will exercise with correct rhythm, the opposite happens when our diet goes haywire.
Sodium is something which is affects our heart rate and blood pressure, immensely salty foods causes the body to retain water for diluting the blood volume, higher the salt amount heavier would the heart pump. A feasible sodium intake should be around 180-500 mg per day, however most Americans consume more than 3400 mg of salt a day derived from processed foods, this increases chances of a heart attack in a much younger age.
Not giving our bodies’ proper nutrition and fuel it needs causes lower nourishment, this causes obesity, malnourishment, diabetes and increases chances of cancer, heart attacks, and strokes.
Poornutrition is caused due to an imbalance in diet, not consuming the right foods our bodies need. Processed foods contain lower amounts of protein, healthy fats, carbohydrates, and high Trans fats, sugar and salt which just satisfies our taste buds. Overeating means the consumption of higher amounts of food which is equally bad as compared to eating fast foods, it increases many heart diseases and mental problems like anxiety, depression and severe social backlogs. On the other when people don’t eat enough or under eat, they suffer from anorexia (happens when people start fasting or skipping meals to get leaner resulting in a huge loss of appetite).
Poor eating lifestyle degrades our own schedule; we develop mental health problems, fluctuation in energy levels, complexion problems, increased stress, tiredness and insufficient capacity towards work. What can it lead to?
We are being told that healthy diet plans increases fitness, agility and flexibility and transforms our life into an active one. Dilemma arises when we have to commit to it and build our food schedule.
Transformations aren’t a miracle, it needs nourishment and time to unfold, so putting aside a candy bar and choosing a broccoli or carrot instead or breaking a craving for mashed potatoes and choosing steamed broccoli requires time and commitment.
Some pointers below can be helpful ideas for you to build a correct diet;
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