How Important it is to Eat Healthy Food

Dharshana Kathiresan, INN/Chennai, @infodeaofficial

Essential nutrients are the basics of any healthy life routine. Good nutrition involves plenty of fresh fruits, green vegetables, nuts, whole grains, and a lot of other items. It creates a balance in your diet and strengthens your immunity, keeping you away from various life taking diseases.

Eating better helps people stay concentrated, maintain their sleep patterns, attain proper growth and development, and regulate their health conditions.

Why should we eat healthily?

Nutrition is the foundation of our survival, has an effect on weight, on physical and mental health, on strengthening the muscles and bones, on reducing the risks of having chronic conditions, etc. On an overall basis, people’s daily life can bloom with energy, positivity, and good strength if they possess firm eating habits.

A diet rich in vitamins and minerals reduces the risk of having mental health disorders (like depression, anxiety). The high number of deaths due to chronic diseases (like heart disease, diabetes, cancer) could be avoided if individuals care enough to create a robust lifestyle.

People who are hungry or undernourished consume a higher amount of outside food and drinks which are rich in calories, fat, sugar, and salt-commonly known as junk food (chips, sweets, chocolates, and soft drinks).

Obesity is one major health condition that increases blood sugar levels, causes high blood pressure, causes heart disease, etc.

If one manages to consume a healthy diet, avoiding fatty foods, this condition can be escaped. It (healthy food) also helps to manage overweight issues, which seems to be a common condition, especially among teenagers.

Heart and stroke diseases can be prevented by avoiding high-caloric and oily foods. Trans fats rich foods increase the amount of harmful LDL cholesterol in the body and reduce the amount of beneficial HDL cholesterol, thereby creating a possibility for heart attack and stroke.

Certain cancers (like Liver cancer, Colorectal cancer) can be avoided if one eats in an ideal manner. It is also vital for people with diabetes to limit their intake of sugar and salt. It would help if they do not eat fried foods.

It’s always not about what you eat, it’s also about how you eat. Take the right portions of nutrients as your body needs multiple vitamins and minerals to make you energetic.

One has to intake meals in a mindful manner, concentrating on the food, observing the colors, and feeling its absolute taste. One can sense that they are extremely happy if they include a hearty food course in their lives.

Change your eating habits

• Make changes day by day and include healthy food in your meals.
• Consult a health professional if required.
• Plan your meals with appropriate quantities of Fruits, Legumes, Vegetables, Whole grains, and Nuts, for the whole week.
• Eat fiber-rich foods and drink a good amount of water, daily.
• Salt and sugar inclusion can be heavily reduced.
• Avoid unhealthy consumption like junk and fatty foods. Take less amount of fried food.
• Appreciate your small victories and keep track of your calories.
• Include a good range of exercises in your daily practices.
• Always prefer homemade foods.