Healthy eating

Introduction

It is not good to start eating healthy if you expect to lose weight or improve your external appearance. One should eat healthy in order to improve overall health and to feel good. The right food can decrease risk of many diseases and conditions, such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and it can improve the state of yourmind.

Healthy eating

The first step is to learn to “eat smart”, meaning that you need to include different food in your menu. Do not believe in every diet and do not deprive yourself from substances that your body needs. The key solution is to be moderate in food consumption. We all know that junk food is the main cause of obesity and that it can be very luring and attempting. If you like to eat it, don’t expel it from your menu, just try to eat less of it, and during time, your desire for that food will decrease. When in a restaurant, split your dish with a friend, and when at home, use smaller plates in order to reduce the amount. It is always better to eat more often but smaller meals than to overeat once or twice a day. You should be in harmony with your body, so while eating, listen to your body and its needs, taste the food and eat slowly. If you eat alone, you will absentmindedly overeat, and then regret.

Don’t restrain from fruit and vegetables. The color of the vegetables can determine what vitamins and minerals are in that vegetable. In green vegetable calcium, potassium, zinc and many others can be found. Sweet vegetable can be an excellent way of sweetening your meal. And don’t forget the fruit, since it provides our body with fiber, a variety of vitamins and minerals. You can enrich your food with polyunsaturated fats that are found in fish such as salmon, herring and others, and those fats have Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids, both of which are good for the heart.

Proteins

You can add to your diet different types of proteins. Proteins are found in beans, nut, soy products. If you like eating peanuts, avoid the salt. You don’t have to fill your body with too much proteins, instead, find a golden middle and stick to it. If you enjoy in meat, eat chicken or turkey as they are without any hormones andantibiotics. Your bones and their strength are also important. In order to have strong bones, you should consume calcium and vitamin D. If you prefer to eat vegetable, you can find calcium in kale and collard greens, dried beans and legumes. Don`t restrain completely from sweets and salt, just try to reduce it. If you have a good plan for healthy eating and keep up with it, you will succeed.