Eat Healthy

Submitted by: Submitted by

Views: 270

Words: 414

Pages: 2

Category: Societal Issues

Date Submitted: 10/14/2012 09:30 PM

Report This Essay

We all want to look and feel great, in order to keep it this way we are going to gym or participating in some other sport activities. However, when after a long and busy day we siting at the dinner table, most of us forgetting that if we want to stay fit we have to eat healthy food, which provide the necessary nutrients that your body needs to create new cells, clean toxins, and to just function every day. Good nutrition can lower your risk of developing a range of chronic diseases.  For example, eating more fruit and vegetables can help lower blood pressure and may lower your risk of certain types of cancer (such as colorectal, breast, lung and prostate cancer). Eating less saturated fat may also lower your risk of heart disease. That is especially true for teenagers since they need extra calories to grow. That is why some teenagers may find that they are hungry more often. At this point it is very important to remember that overeating and not exercising can lead to unhealthy weight and body conditions.

If you want to eat healthy, it is important to make right, healthy choices in your casual food variety. Foods with refined grains (ochishennoe zerno), such as white flour(myka) or refined wheat (ochishennoe psheno), have high amounts of starch that the body just stores away and doesn't use. Try to eat more whole grains such as whole wheat, brown rice and oats (oves))) -- which provide energy over a longer period of time after you eat them.

I personally know a lot of people who concerned about their food choice. However, most of them hung up on some kind of diet, which does not allow anything but several types of wheat, and that is not healthy eating at all. You must remember to eat a balanced, varied diet, and eat sweets and foods that are high in fat or calories only in moderation. Following a healthy diet is something you must do for your entire life.

Of course it doesn’t mean that you have to give up cake, ice cream or pizza, but remember not to eat...