Thursday, 22 March 2018

Healthy Eating





Healthy Eating

Our food choices each day affect our health how you feel today, tomorrow, and in the future. Eating healthy isn’t always easy because it depends on many factors and barriers including culture, affordability, lack of knowledge of healthy foods, education, taste, etc. Simply healthy eating is all about getting the right nutrients your body needs to stay healthy, active, and strong.

According to dietitians, following a healthy diet includes choosing plenty of lean meats, eggs, vegetables, fruit, whole grain and dairy products. Eating a healthy, well-balanced diet means eating food from a variety of food groups to get the energy and nutrients that your body needs. There's no one type of food that can provide all the nutrients a human body needs, so it's important that we eat a wide range of foods.

Good nutrition is an important part of leading a healthy lifestyle. Combined with physical activity, your diet can help you to reach and maintain a healthy weight, reduce your risk of chronic diseases (like heart disease and cancer), and promote your overall health. Eating healthy will make you look and feel better, it can also save you money on future health costs.



Effects Of Wrong Eating Habits:


An immediate effect of the wrong choice of food on our health is excessive weight gain within a short span of time, or obesity. Next in line are problems like diabetes, heart diseases, high blood pressure, low weight, weak bones or maybe even slow brain development. It is imperative to eat healthy and eat right in order to stay healthy.

Even for people at a healthy weight, a poor diet is associated with major health risks that can cause illness and even death. These include heart disease, hypertension (high blood pressure), type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis, and certain types of cancer.

By making smart food choices, you can help protect yourself from these health problems. The risk factors for adult chronic diseases, like hypertension and type 2 diabetes, are increasingly seen in younger ages, often a result of unhealthy eating habits and increased weight gain. Dietary habits established in childhood often carry into adulthood, so teaching children how to eat healthy at a young age will help them stay healthy throughout their life.

The link between good nutrition and healthy weight, reduced chronic disease risk, and overall health is too important to ignore. As with physical activity, making small changes in your diet can go a long way, and it's easier than you think!



Below we have compiled more information to help you learn more about healthy eating:

Why is healthy eating important? 
https://www.choosemyplate.gov/vegetables-nutrients-health

Eight tips for healthy eating, these eight practical tips cover the basics of healthy eating, and can help you make healthier choices.
https://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Goodfood/Pages/eight-tips-healthy-eating.aspx

6 Reasons for Eating Healthy – NerdWallet
 https://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/health/medical-costs/benefits-of-eating-healthy/

How can I eat more healthily?
 https://www.bupa.co.uk/health-information/directory/h/healthy-eating


Why Is Healthy Food Important?
 http://www.stylecraze.com/articles/why-is-healthy-food-important/

Why is it important to eat vegetables?
https://www.choosemyplate.gov/vegetables-nutrients-health

Staying healthy. Why it’s important ?
https://www.childline.org.uk/info-advice/you-your-body/my-body/staying-healthy/

Healthy eating - Information and support - Macmillan Cancer Support
http://www.macmillan.org.uk/information-and-support/coping/maintaining-a-healthy-lifestyle/healthy-eating

Healthy eating for low cholesterol
https://heartuk.org.uk/cholesterol-and-diet

Lifestyle Fitness
https://www.lifestylefitness.co.uk/company/charity



At Diversity Living Services, we have a qualified and experienced dietitian who can help individuals with long term conditions to embrace healthy eating and other healthy lifestyle choices.

Coaching and advice sessions are available on an appointment basis. If you would like this free service, please call us at 02088036161 or email healthinfo@diversityliving.com to book an appointment.

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