Healthy Diet

Healthy Diet

Simple recommendations can help us stay healthy and develop healthy habits. Here we are just going to pay attention on the perspective of healthy diet.

Water

Water composes 80 percent of our body and is vital for life. It is involved in every single chemical process that our body does. So water is crucial in our bodies because it is the transport system for all the nutrients we intake. Everything else that we are digesting or putting in our body, water is the vehicle that carries it around. So we need to drink as much as water possible. Mostly we are given the number of eight ounce a day but let’s not think of the number, because number can be extremely overwhelming. There is no need to be counting the number of glasses of water you drink in a day. But yes, focus on drinking as much as water you can and in case you can’t drink plenty of water, you can substitute water for other drinks like soda or fruits like water melon. However these replacements cannot be as effective as water. So, eliminate coffee and juices from your life or decrease its consumption. When you do drink coffees go and drink twice as much as water as you have the coffee because coffee dehydrates the body and leaves you thirsty. Water is what will quench your thirst absolutely.

Eating habits

You need to be conscious of what you eat and how you eat. Most of the times we eat casually while watching TV or while we study, this would condition your body in wanting to eat every time you watch TV or study. So we need to distinguish when we are eating and craving for food without being hungry or eating when we do need food since we are hungry. One way of minimizing eating is chewing slowly. We need to be conscious of when we are full and satisfied and not just munching uselessly. Integrate raw vegetables or lightly cooked by steaming. We don’t want our veggies to lose their enzymes that catalyze food we consume. Moreover fruits need our attention. Fruits and vegetables facilitate our bowl movement and helps in digestion. They contain fiber which is very important for our body.

Sugar and trans fats

We need to minimize sugar in order to stay healthy. This does not mean you substitute sugar with artificial sweeteners. These sweeteners in fact are far worse than sugar and cause more harm to the body than sugar does. They do not activate the insulin enzyme which is necessary to break down sugar in the body. The insulin kicks in hormonal response that tell us when we are full and when we are not. When you are craving sugars you should take it. Diet sodas or anything saying low fat or low calories is not going to satisfy your craving for sugar. They are neuro-toxic and have scary effect like nausea, headaches etc. Similarly, avoid trans fat as much as possible. Margarine is worse than butter. It alters your levels of cholesterol. Not only these fats are hard to break down but these hydrogenated oils accumulate fat and is not used by the body.