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Topic: healthy food as a part of life.
| It’s very important to choose the right food nowadays. Healthy and balanced diet is useful for every person. We depend on food as well as the cars depend on gas, for example. It’s our natural fuel, which gives our body physical strength and health. When the body is healthy, the mind will also be healthy. Different types of food contain different nutrients for our body. Some supply us with carbohydrates, some with proteins or fats, some with vitamins and minerals, etc. Many people think that fat is bad for people and they try to cut down on it. There is even a special line of products, called low-fat. The problem is that we do need some kinds of fat, but the saturated fats from animal products, like red meat, butter and cheese, can be really bad for health. Friendly fats can be found in avocados, nuts and seeds, olives and tuna fish, and in some other products. Some people cut down on too much sugar and salt, which is also a good idea. One of the healthiest types of food is fruit and vegetables. Such organic products can be only useful if they don’t contain any chemicals and additives, which has become a common phenomenon in modern supermarkets. More and more people tend to grow fruit and vegetables in their own gardens, instead of buying them. Another problem is modified food. It’s much cheaper than ordinary food, which is why people often buy it. From the other hand, modified food can lead to dangerous diseases. The food people eat depends a lot on their culture, religion, beliefs, health and other factors. However, some rules are common for everyone. They are: less fat, sugar and salt; and more water, vitamins, fresh fruit and vegetables. |
Some 2400 years ago Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, stated " Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food". Today the use of prescription drugs and medical procedures that only manage symptoms is favored over healing with food. Chronic diseases such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, and chronic pain (to name a few) are on the rise and no cures are in sight. The focus for these diseases should be shifting away from pills and procedures that treat symptoms to the healing power of foods, except, there is no money in prescribing carrots!
When you examine the history of whole food plant based diets it is easy to see that most cultures today and throughout time have sustained themselves with plants, grains, seeds, roots and fruit. Even today animal products when available make up a small portion of the daily calorie intake in most of the world.
If you are eating the Standard American Diet (SAD) you are probably on a collision course with chronic diseases in the latter part of your life. Americans eat excessive amounts of the richest diet known to mankind which is mainly animal protein, fat, dairy, processed foods and refined sugar.
A healthy eating plan and lifestyle is going to bethe best life and health insurance you can have.
You can have incredible health when you understand why and how eating healthy can change your life.
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