injured tissue and promotes a healthy immune system. Both carbohydrates and fats fuel your body‚ while vitamins and minerals function throughout your body in support of your body’s processes. Vitamins A‚ C and E‚ for example‚ act as antioxidants to protect your cells against toxins‚ and B vitamins help you extract energy from the foods you eat. Calcium and phosphorus keep your bones strong‚ while sodium and potassium help to transmit nerve signals. Without a healthy diet‚ you might compromise any
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This talk is about children’s nutrition and giving them a healthy‚ balanced diet. Some people don’t really know what is meant by a healthy‚ balanced diet. A balanced diet is meant to consist of certain proportions of food and these proportions all need to be eaten in balanced quantities. There are 7 different nutrients a child should have for a balanced diet‚ these are:- 1. Carbohydrates (staple food): - which are found in either starches found in potatoes‚ pasta‚ rice etc. or sugars found
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Article Body Not true. Thanks to the media and many high-profile diet gurus‚ many overweight children and adults believe that obesity occurs in people who are self-indulgent or weak-willed. With those kinds of attitudes so prevalent‚ no wonder that there’s so little empathy and support for individuals who need to lose weight. However‚ the facts are that no one is to blame for your child’s obesity. Children gain excess weight for a variety of reasons. Some have a tendency to be obese because it runs
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Is it wrong for the government to take away one’s freedom to eat to their liking? Some argue that it is since it can save time‚ money and lives from the country’s citizens. Others disagree because they say it takes from the rights of the citizens in terms of freedom. Though in all honesty‚ the government should intervene in the average citizens diets; the amount of benefits that come with it greatly outweigh the idea of freedom towards being able to choose what one wants to eat. When thinking of
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Healthy Eating People tend to think of healthy eating as a strict diet of unsubstantial meals. They imagine eating meals consisting of boring salads and food with no taste. The reality of the matter is that healthy eating should be looked at as a way of consuming a well-balanced diet with a variety of colorful and delicious foods that will be beneficial to the body. The human body requires an assortment of nutrients that include‚ but are not limited to fiber‚ minerals‚ and vitamins. Eating
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Eating Healthy on a Budget We all know how easy it is to stop by a fast food restaurant on our way home from work or while running our kids back and forth to their sports – but we don’t really stop to think what that food is doing to our bodies and how much it really does cost to eat out rather than taking a detour to the grocery store and buy healthy meals and snacks. Most of us are trying to save money any way we can right now. As living on a budget becomes more important‚ it is helpful to look
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Having a healthy balanced diet affects every aspect of your health and appearance. Noticeable signs of an unhealthy diet are dull‚ weak hair; poor gum and teeth health‚ and weight gain. An unwholesome diet can also cause chronic illnesses such as diabetes‚ high cholesterol‚ and heart disease. Being conscious of what you eat through out the day will provide you with the energy and nutrients required to survive and stay healthy. You should eat a variety of foods from every food group to get the
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Research Paper Samantha Sayabavong 3/10/2013 COM/156 Gina Audio Having a good healthy well balanced diet plan and exercising daily is the main importance of helping you stay fit and live a healthier and better life. Eating healthy and exercising should be a part of every person’s day to day routine. Adapting to both can things can make a dramatic difference in how you look and feel. It can also prevent many things such as obesity‚ which is the most common thing that happens when
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Healthy Eating Rose Nyland Comm/156 December 1‚ 2000 Kim Holzhauer Are you aware of the many affects that healthy eating can have on your health and wellness? Benefits of a healthy diet include a strengthened immune system; improved body weight‚ energy and physical strength; improved emotional health and extended life expectancy (McLaughlin‚ 2011). It’s important to make wise decisions about the foods that we eat. The way we look at food and our food choices affects our health. Maintaining
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Why is that striving to eat healthy is so important nowadays? Most people have so many things going on in today’s fast paced world that we live in‚ that they don’t stop and think about the health benefits‚ or consequences that are caused just by foods that they put into their bodies. Eating healthy simply isn’t a priority or a concern to them in their daily routine. But what happens at the start of every New Year? People telling themselves‚ “welp its time to go on a diet”. One of the most popular
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