HEALTHY NUTRITION PROMISES GOOD HEALTH

HEALTHY NUTRITION PROMISES GOOD HEALTH

Nutrition is basically a process for obtaining the food that is necessary for better growth and health. Nutrition is a basic and major factor on which good health is based on. A balanced diet not only improves our physical health but also improves our mental health. Every thing that we eat has an effect on human body. If we take healthy and balanced nutrition we will enjoy good health and vice versa in case of unbalanced diet and nutrition. A good nutrition helps us to improve our metabolic system, provide us enough energy to perform our tasks actively and provide us enthusiasm for our daily life activities. Unhealthy and imbalance nutrition may cause diseases. In addition to good health, balanced cholesterol level, balanced weight, healthy nutrition may prevent you from non- communicable diseases like diabetes, heart attack and etc.

Nutrients are the essential compounds that are necessary for the healthy nutrition and helps to flourish our body. 

Types of nutrients for a good nutrition:

Macronutrients: The major part in our nutrition is of macronutrients. We get macronutrients from carbohydrates, fats and proteins.

Micronutrients: Though they share a very little part in our balanced diet, but these micronutrients play a major role for our good health. We get enough micronutrients from vitamins and minerals.

Vitamins are necessary for energy production, immune function, blood clotting and other functions. Meanwhile, minerals play an important role in growth, bone health, fluid balance and several other processes.

Sources of nutrients:

Macronutrients We can get enough Carbs from fruits and vegetables. We can get carbs from bread, milk, potatoes and etc.

Micronutrients We can get micronutrients like CALCIUM from milk, yogurt, spinach and sardines, VITANMIN B12 from meat, fish, cheese and eggs, ZINC from meat and different kinds of beans and POTASSIUM from fruits like bananas and apricot, spinach and potatoes.

Vitamins: Need of vitamin for our body is though very little but that little part plays an important role in body development. Our body can synthesize some of the vitamins but some vitamins are needed as a supplement. We can get these vitamins from fruits and vegetables.

Healthy diet and metabolism:

Metabolism is defined as “all the chemical processes occur in our body “or it is also known as the breakdown of our food that we intake on daily basis. Metabolism provides energy to our body through breakdown of complex food particles into simpler ones. Healthy diet intake boosts our metabolism. Our body fat is based on our metabolism. If we eat more fruits and vegetables, it is easier for our body to break the nutrient particles into simpler ones rather than the junk food. Junk food contains mostly fat that is not easy to break down into simpler particles.

Nutrition and our brain:

Most of the researches have told us that nutrition plays an important role in the healthy functioning of our brain. Nutrition plays structural as well as functional role in our body. It produces certain chemicals that may cause diseases. Like more sugar intake or unhealthy or imbalanced diet may increase stress promoting chemicals that may cause depression.

Impacts of healthy nutrition on your body:

As balanced nutrition provides us good health, it also leaves positive impact on human body. Following are some

Positive impacts of healthy nutrient on our body

Good and strong metabolism 

Healthy brain

Good physical health

Activeness

Freshness and glow on skin

Prevention from different diseases

Improve your well being

Improve your ability to fight against different diseases

Low cholesterol level

Active interest in daily life activities

Low risk of diseases

Body fitness

Impacts of unhealthy nutrition on body:

As we know that everything we eat makes an impact on human body. Same as unhealthy nutrition left following negative impacts on human body

Sluggishness

Weakness

Different kind of diseases like diabetes, heart attack, thrombosis and etc.

Junk food causes gain in weight High cholesterol level

Low level of energy

Unhealthy and weak metabolism

Lack of interest

Ways to improve your nutrition as well as your health:

Following are some healthy tips to improve your health by using healthy nutrition

Reasonable calorie intake: keep your regular calorie uptake under control. Find out how many calories do you need according to you age, weight, gender and activity level. Working with certified health care advisers or consulting your health care provider can guide you better in accordance to calorie intake. Mindful or mindless eating :pay attention and fully enjoy your food means mindful eating and it is good for health whereas eating quickly and not fully enjoying your food is known as mindless eating and can lead to eating too many calories.

Eat healthy food like vegetables, fruits, whole grain and low fat dairy products. Dedicate half of your food to vegetables and fruits.

Rethink your drink: Drink more water and sugar free beverages, instead of sugar and high calorie drinks. Soda drinks, sweetened juices, energy and sport drinks are a major source of high level calorie and sugar intake.

Sign’s you are not getting enough protein and nutrition

Mood changes

Weakness and fatigue

Hair, nail and skin problems

Peevishness

Hunger

Slow healing injuries

Getting or staying sick

Low level of energy

Swelling