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HEALTHY EATING -

What is healthy eating?

A healthy diet is a diet that helps to maintain or improve overall health.

A healthy diet provides the body with essential nutrition: fluid, micronutrients, and adequate calories

It protects you against many chronic non communicable diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer. Eating a variety of food and consuming less salt , sugars and saturated and industrially-produced trans fats , are essential for healthy diet.

-WHO

BENEFITS OF HEALTHY EATING

Weight Loss : losing weight can help to reduce the risk of chronic conditions like heart disease.

Reduced cancer risk

An unhealthful diet can lead to obesity, which may increase a person’s risk of developing cancer.

3. Diabetes management

Eating a healthful diet can help a person with diabetes to:

lose weight, if required

manage blood glucose levels

keep blood pressure and cholesterol within target ranges

prevent or delay complications of diabetes

BENEFITS

4. Heart health and stroke prevention

If a person eliminates trans fats from the diet, this will reduce their levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. This type of cholesterol causes plaque to collect within the arteries, increasing the risk of heart attack and stroke.

Reducing blood pressure can also be essential for heart health,and limiting salt intake to 1,500 milligrams a day can help.

5. The health of the next generation

Children learn most health-related behaviors from the adults around them, and parents who model healthful eating and exercise habits tend to pass these on.

BENEFITS

6. Strong bones and teeth

A diet with adequate calcium and magnesium is necessary for strong bones and teeth. Keeping the bones healthy is vital in preventing osteoporosis and osteoarthritis later in life.

The following foods are rich in calcium:

low-fat dairy products

broccoli

cauliflower

cabbage

canned fish with bones

tofu

legumes

Also, many cereals and plant-based milks are fortified with calcium.

Magnesium is abundant in many foods, and the best sources are leafy green vegetables, nuts, seeds, and whole grains.

BENEFITS

7. Better mood

While a healthful diet may improve overall mood

8. Improved memory

A healthful diet may help prevent dementia and cognitive decline.

9. Improved gut health

The colon is full of naturally occurring bacteria, which play important roles in metabolism and digestion.

Certain strains of bacteria also produce vitamins K and B, which benefit the colon. These strains also help to fight harmful bacteria and viruses.

BENEFITS

10. Getting a good night’s sleep

A variety of factors, including sleep apnea, can disrupt sleep patterns.

Sleep apnea occurs when the airways are repeatedly blocked during sleep. Risk factors include obesity, drinking alcohol, and eating an unhealthful diet.

Reducing the consumption of alcohol and caffeine can help to ensure restful sleep, whether or not a person has sleep apnea.

HEALTHY DIET

1.Eat Right and the Right Amount OF

Food.

2. Exercise at least 30mins a day.

3. Vegetables: Important to consume to get vitamins, potassium.

4.Fruits: Vitamins A, B, C, D, E, K;

5. Nuts: Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium, Vit E.

6. Eggs & Poultry: Calcium & Protein

7.Meat: Important source of protein

Tips of healthy eating

Eat a Variety of Foods

Base your diet on plenty of foods rich in carbohydrates

Enjoy plenty of fruits and vegetables

Maintain a healthy body weight and feel good

Eat moderate portions

Eat regularly

Drink plenty of fluids

WHY IS HEALTHY FOOD IMPORTANT?

CONCLUSION

Healthy diet is very important now a days because these days mostly people have unhealthy food in irregular timings which are causing health issues like diabetics, obesity and cancer.

Healthy diet should contain vitamins, fats and carbohydrates.

Health is wealth