Healthy Eating!
How to ensure you have a healthy life style!
Are you healthy?
It is EXTREAMLY important to be healthy if you want to lead a happy life. Being healthy means: You get 8+ hours of sleep if your a child or 6+ hours of sleep if your and adult, doing at least half an hour exercise a day and eating your 5-a-day. It is also important to make sure you eat your breakfast because without it, you will have no fuel for the day. Its like trying to drive your car when it has no petrel.
Not eating fruit and vegetables or doing exsercise could result in bad illnesses...
How to be healthy
Here are some things you can do to make sure you are leading a healthy life style:
1) HAVE THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF SLEEP
One way of making sure you are healthy is by having the right amount of sleep; 8 hours for children and 6 hours for adults. It is important that you give your brain and body rest before the next day.
2) EATING YOUR 5-A-DAY
It is important you get some healthy things into your body. Not doing so could result in illness. Eating 5 fruits or vegetables a day is the average amount but of course it is better for you if you eat more.
3) EXSERCISE
Another way of ensuring that you are healthy is exsercise. The amount you should be doing in half and hour, or 30 minutes, a day. It is important to burn off any extra calories for suger in sweets/chocolate/crisps ect.
4) BREAKFAST
Finally, breakfast. As i said before, it is important to give you body fuel for the day. It is like trying to drive a car with no fuel. It will also help you with work or school. Working on an empty stomach is hard.
Snacks to avoid
Some snacks are obvious that they are unhealthy or have lots of suger. Some snacks you might think are ok, are not!
1) Some childrens Ceareal
Sugary cereals targeted to children are loaded with refined carbohydrates and sugar. According to a March 2010 article, most cereals for children contain as much as 65 percent more sugar than adult cereals!
2 )Some Yogurts
Yogurt is another should-be healthy snack that has been hijacked by the food industry. Many yogurts are made to be low- or non-fat but are loaded with added sugar and other ingredients that are completely superfluous.
3)Excess salt
Average salt use-age in america is 10-15 grams a day. The National Academy of Sciences recommends 3-8 grams. To cut your salt intake in half, limit table salt and avoid chips, salted nuts and popcorn and most prepared, canned and packaged foods
What do different coloured fruit and vegetables give you?
Red Fruits and Vegetables
Red fruits and vegetables can help to prevent cancer. Deep red or bright red fruit/vegetables should be eaten every day as recommended by the National Cancer Institute. Lycopene helps to reduce the risk of several different cancers and other red fruits and vegetables, such as raspberries and strawberries help to control high blood pressure.
Green Fruits and vegetables
Green fruits and vegetables give you better health. Leafy vegetables should be taken every day as they give you nutrition. The reason green fruits and vegetables are so healthy for you is 1) they are packed with nutrient that improves your health 2) There is a powerful antioxidant found in green leafy vegetables that helps to maintain good vision. They also have Indoles which help to protect you against breast cancer.
Orange Fruits and vegetables
Orange fruits help to boost you immunity. Eating Deep orange fruits and bright yellow fruits give you nutrients. Beta carotene reduces to risk of cancer and heart disease. Bioflavonoids, a group of phytochemicals that work together with Vitamin C to keep bodies healthy, helps reduce the risk of cancer, strengthen bones and teeth, help heal wounds, keep skin healthy, and lower the risk of heart attack.