Wednesday, 21 September 2011

Importance of Healthy Food


Human body runs on food and a balanced mixture of food enables a smooth running of the body. Importance of eating healthy foods is that it helps in the body growth, improves body functions and provides protection from sickness. Everyone, from a child to an adult, needs a healthy eating habit for a better and longer life. Though, most people are aware of the importance of healthy eating habits, only a few tend to follow them. Most tend to realize the importance of healthy eating, only when they fall sick.


The normal growth of the body and its functions are possible without nutrients. Nutrients from the food provides the cells with the fuel to run the body. A human body without proper nutrients is vulnerable to disease causing viruses and bacterias. The energy required for performing body functions, both mental and physical, comes from the fat reserves of the body.

The imbalance caused by a disrupted fat level in the body can either lead to obesity or malnutrition, both of which is dangerous for the body. A human body suffering from obesity or malnutrition has a high chance of developing many diseases such as heart dysfunction, cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis and many others.

A healthy diet plan can help the body to remain active for longer periods and allow a healthy living. A healthy and balanced diet helps to maintain the required body weight with increasing general well being. A healthy diet has a balance of bread, potatoes, cereals, fruits, vegetables, milk, meat, fish or milk/meat alternatives and minimum quantity of fat and sugar. The body cannot get all the essential nutrients from a single food. The body has to depend on a wide variety of healthy foods with adequate amount of vitamins, minerals and fiber.

1 comment:

  1. Foods are our everyday needs and the most important part of a human’s basic needs. However, it is not necessary to eat foods which don’t have any benefits for our body. The foods we consume regularly should always be healthy and nutritious since these make us alive. In this case, we can only do this by being responsible to the foods we consume, we also have to be health conscious and avoid the foods that might cause harm or diseases. Remember that there are foods that can cause diseases and not give health benefits at all. Thank you for sharing this wonderful content, keep it up! Mark Cruz eFoodsDirect

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