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You are What you Eat

Health is wealth- we have grown up listening to this phrase but have we ever tried to appreciate its significance?? Our physical fitness and well being reflects the type of food we consume. Food can be your friend as well as your enemy. We can?t abandon the importance of proper food in our life, after all food is the fuel which keeps us going. It is unfortunate but true that many people fail to grab all the vitamins, minerals and other nutrients through their daily diet. This makes our body more prone to diseases, balanced diet is outmost significant for a fit and fine body.

One has to be very precise regarding the diet he consumes, do not get confused by the misleading advertisements. Take appropriate information and try to consume as much natural stuff as you can. If you can make one change, it should be to add more fruits and fresh vegetables. They prevent you from disease and increase the capability of body to fight against diseases. Many people believe that dietary supplements can fulfill their nutritional demands but that?s not the case, dietary supplements can work better only when accompanied with healthy food. There can not be any substitute for healthy diet.

We live in a fast moving world and junk food which was beforehand a preference is now a necessity. Fast food mostly contains high cholesterol level and fat content which can lead to obesity and heart related problems. For instance if you consume 1200 calories of fruit daily, which helps in burning fat and deduce it suddenly to 500 calories the result will be deprivation. Where as, if you consume 1500 calories of junk food and reduce it to 500 calories, it will offer great results. This authenticates the fact that junk food damage your organs badly and a shift to healthy diet increments the efficiency of fat burning organs. White bread- it?s not easily digestible and doesn?t provides anything to your body chocolates, fried fatty food, packed food- all packed food is junk food and they take away the vitamin and mineral content from the body while digestion, food with artificial flavor and preservative, ice-cream butter cheese, sugar- it leads to a bunch of health problems.

Medical sciences can not stop applauding the miraculous effects of fruits and vegetables in prevention from diseases. Have at least one serving of fruit and vegetables daily, the fiber contents in fruits and vegetables make the digestion process effortless. Go for chopped vegetable and green salad, they are fresh and raw and contain a lot of fiber. You can also go for salad sandwich comprising of lettuce, tomato, sprouts and other leafy vegetables. You may also have three or four servings of juiced fruits and vegetables. Keep yourself away from smoking and alcoholism, they misbalance the minerals and vitamins in your body and make it difficult to achieve good health.

Mind and body are actually a single system. A healthy mind can stay alive only in a healthy body; therefore it?s a vitality to keep your body toned through appropriate amount of vitamins minerals and other nutritional content. In a system view of the body inputs of all kinds leads to output of all kinds. Food is definitely related to matters displayed out through skin.


Source: http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art34584.asp

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