Let’s Talk About Health

Jennifer Salerno asked:


There is an increasing awareness about maintaining health and wellness, and the best way to stay healthy is to eat healthy. There are three main factors, which helps us in developing a complete healthy body: good diet, regular exercise and a healthy lifestyle.

Let us begin with diets and have a look on some healthy food groups, which we should consume. It is also essential to see the calorie-content of various foods as elevated calories in food results in health problems such as obesity and diabetes. Health experts believe that a healthy diet can lower the risks of number of life-threatening diseases such as diabetes, heart attack and osteoporosis. Hence, developing, managing and maintaining a good diet has become an essential part of our health routine.

And for doing this we should know the basic difference between a well-balanced diet and a nutritious diet. Although, most of us believe that a well-balanced diet and a nutritious diet are one and the same, in reality they are not!!! A nutritious diet would comprise of foods, which contain all the essential nutrients such as protein, vitamin, fats, carbohydrates and minerals. A well-balanced diet implies a diet that not only contains foods with all the essential nutrients, but also, in correct proportions and adequate amount. Even if you take all the essential nutrients through your daily foods, but if they are not in correct proportions or adequate amounts, you may still have to face the health problems. Therefore, instead of opting for just a nutritious diet, every health-conscious person should opt for a well-balanced diet.

The ingredients of a well-balanced diet differ according to the sex, age and physical fitness of an individual. An older adult may be unable to eat certain foods required to fulfill his/her nutritious requirements. However, a well-balanced diet can help an older adult to get the essential nutrients even through a sparse diet. For example, 100 grams of wheat and 100 grams of rice contain nearly 12 grams and 6.4 grams of protein, respectively. Similarly, 100 grams of ragi and 100 grams of rice contain 344 mg and 9 mg of calcium, respectively. Therefore, by planning a well-balanced diet we can give all the essentials nutrients even with the small amount of foods.

To derive all the essential nutrients from the foods, we shall always need to choose a variety of healthy foods. All the five essential nutrients can be derived, if a diet includes foods from the following groups:

· Green leafy vegetables

· Fresh or seasonal fruits

· Cereals and pulses

· Fish and meat products

· Dairy products such as curd, cheese etc.

Today, obesity and overweight are one of the major factors for life-threatening diseases such as atherosclerosis, heart attack and diabetes. Obesity and overweight problems are essentially caused due to not eating correctly and consuming lot of calories. Calories are needed everyday by our body for proper metabolic functioning. However, over-consumption of calories can lead to various health problems. Daily calorie needs of an individual depend on various factors such as age, physical fitness, height and weight and body composition. Hence, you also need to be conscious about the foods, which are calorie rich. Take a look at following figures:

· 28 grams of butter = 200 calories

· 37 grams of potato chips = 200 calories

· 75 grams of burger = 200 calories

· 66 grams of hot dogs = 200 calories

· 385 grams of apples = 200 calories

· 357 grams of green peas = 200 calories

· 588 grams of broccoli = 200 calories

· 1425 grams of celery = 200 calories

Knowing this you would surely choose to buy a few kilograms of apples that provide you other nutrients also rather than to eat burgers or hot dogs to avoid unnecessary calorie intake. Ideally, women require 1940 calories and men require 2550 calories intake in a daily basis. You may also plan a well-balanced and optimum calorie-intake diet by discussing it with your dietician.

Remember, you can avoid a lot of future treatments and medications by maintaining a well-balanced diet and optimizing your health care.



CARL

jon watwood asked:


Discover how good health lays the foundation for good living

True or False…almost all wellness deficiencies are part of the normal aging process. There’s nothing you can do about it.

True or False…all required nutrients are obtained from your average daily food intake, therefore supplementation is a big waste of money.

 

The answers? False and False!

There are two major problems with the current food supply, they are:

 



We eat too much…estimates are that 61% of the population is overweight, and

We are not getting the minimum amounts of the building blocks (nutrients) that our bodies need for good health.



 

 

 

 

Have you had your spinach today?

In 1948 you could buy spinach that had 158 milligrams of iron per hundred grams. By 1965, the maximum had dropped to 27 milligrams. In 1973 it was averaging 2.2. That means you would have to eat 75 bowls of spinach to get the same amount of iron that one bowl might have given you back in 1948. We have to have cobalt to process vitamin B12. We need vitamin B12 for healthy red blood cells. Sadly most of the vegetables that supply cobalt in the diet now test zero.

The top soil over most of the land used to grow fruits and vegetables is very depleted. This in turn produces crops that are severely low in the necessary vitamins and mineral that our bodies need for optimum health.

The typical daily diet does not supply the necessary proteins, vitamins and minerals to properly replace the dying cells in our internal and external organs. If we fall short our immunity system is weakened leaving us vulnerable to sickness and disease.

So…are you getting the 20 essential amino acids, 14 essential minerals and 13 essential vitamins in your daily diet to insure your “good health”?

Who’s looking out for your health?

Our fast paced lifestyles have prompted the food industry to produce products that satisfy consumer demand. As a result, these quick to prepare processed foods do not contain the proper nutrients to maintain good health. The fresh food part of our diet is totally eliminated and is replaced with high calorie low nutrient substitutes that promotes weight gain. Too often the consumer purchases food based on price, taste and convenience.

Mass media advertising promotes the processed foods that the food industry is offering. This advertising over shadows conventional education which is grossly lacking. Today a person can go through the entire educational system and not have one class in nutrition.

Easy access to “sickness care” (more commonly known as health care) and employer supported health insurance has promoted a mind set that the doctor is responsible for the health of the entire family.

Governmental support of public health is dictated largely by the food and medical lobby. Their agenda is for large sales and profits which most times do not line up with prevention, wellness and sensible diets.

Pay for good health today, or pay for bad health tomorrow!

Take control and responsibility for you and your family’s health. The first step is to insure they get the basic nutrition through proper diet and exercise. It is almost impossible to get a daily balanced diet so the logical answer is to allocate a portion of your food budget to include a supplement product that supplies the recommended daily minimums. This should not be looked at as an additional expense but part of your grocery list of required items.

 

 

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HALLIE

Susan Patterson asked:


Who says you can’t have chocolate and stay healthy?  Those who eat dark chocolate can lower their blood pressure and fight off heart disease.  It fights free radicals, too.  Unlike other types of chocolate, dark chocolate is packed full of antioxidants, the molecules that eliminate free radicals that lead to all types of diseases.  It has eight times the amount of antioxidants than strawberries, making it a superfood for its disease fighting qualities.  But hold the milk; studies show that milk interferes with the absorption of antioxidants.

Dark chocolate contains flavanoids called procyanidins and epicatechins; these are specific kinds of antioxidants known as polyphenols that are found in red wine, tea, and many fruits and vegetables.  It also increases the blood flow in the arteries and helps reduce the risk of blood clots.  If you have mildly high blood pressure, dark chocolate may help reduce it.  The serotonin found in it can boost your mood and increase feelings of pleasure, also triggering a rise in endorphins.  Nutritionally speaking, calcium, magnesium and potassium are another benefit of consuming dark chocolate on a regular basis.

While dark chocolate does contain fat, the type of fat present plays a large role in its health benefits.  Oleic acid, which is also found in olive oil, is the fat that helps reduce bad cholesterol and increase good cholesterol.  Stearic acid is also a fat, but it is said to have a neutral effect on cholesterol, not affecting it at all.  The only type of fat to watch out for is palmiric acid, which can increase the risk for heart disease.  This only makes up one third of the fat content in dark chocolate.

This doesn’t mean that you can eat as much chocolate as you wish.  Dark chocolate is still high in calories and fat, no matter how beneficial the fat may be.  If you are looking for quick weight loss, you might want to keep this out of your diet.  If you do choose to eat it, the dark chocolate will replace something else in your diet and you will need to cut those calories out.  If cravings or hunger are a problem, you might want to add a natural appetite suppressant like hoodia.  This will keep you feeling full so you don’t overeat.



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