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Sunday, August 30, 2009

Benefits Of A Life Of Health And Fitness

By Peter Werth

Today, one of the major reasons why people are overweight or suffer from minor and major health risks is that they don't practice having a healthy diet. Living a life of health and fitness may seem a huge sacrifice but the rewards are truly immeasurable. Read on and you may be tempted to leave the dark unhealthy side.

Effective formula for a healthy diet

Doctors say that though basic principle of healthy diet is simple, there are those people who are having a hard time sticking to it. Active body Eating the right kinds of food and keeping your body in shape will result to having more energy and that will spill over to your work and your 'play' time.

Younger looking People who live healthy are younger looking than those who smoke and drink in excess. This is because chemicals in alcoholic drinks and cigarettes dry up the skin and create a more older appearance. Chemicals in the body also reduce the nutrients that go into the body, thus depriving the body of vitamins and minerals that keep the skin and other organs healthy and functioning.

Having a balanced intake of calcium-rich foods, whole grains, and protein-rich products will also keep you in track. After all, whether we admit it or not, appearance do count in a lot of ways and being young looking and attractive can take you in places. To be able to maintain eating a healthy diet, you must also know your restrictions of fats, salt and sugars levels, and intakes. As shallow as it seems, you will have more friends and more romantic involvements.

When do you know if your diet is healthy?

Experts say that a diet is healthy if it is: - based on starchy foods such as bread, cereals, rice, pasta, and potatoes because they are a good source of energynot to mention being the main source of a range of nutrients of a persons diet like fiber, calcium, iron, and vitamin B. People who eat and live healthy are more able to think clearly. They are more able to focus on the jobs at hand and therefore are able to accomplish much with their work than other people.

- loaded up a lot of fruits and veggies such as orange, apples, celery, broccoli, carrots, beans and peas because eating at least 5 portions of any variety can provide the vitamins the body needs and it also satisfies hunger without having to worry about fats and excess carbohydrates; People who live a healthy lifestyle are well, healthy. They are not prone to sickness that can slow down a person's achievement levels.

- filled with fish dishes that have high amounts of fish oil because it can provide protein, vitamins, and minerals that are not available to other food groups;

- The best way to reduce your blood cholesterol level is to choose foods low in saturated fat. One way to do this is by choosing foods such as fruit, vegetables, whole grain foods and low fat or non fat dairy products, which are naturally low in fat.

- Replace ordinary table salt with "low salt" (lo salt) - usually a mixture of Sodium Chloride and Potassium Chloride. It works fairly well, although the main drawback is it can have a subtly different taste (which you may or may not notice).

- high in water content because experts believe that for a person to achieve optimum health and fitness, he or she should take in lots and lots of water and foods that are high in fluid content to keep the body well-hydrated. - 17269

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