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The Importance of Health-Conscious Eating

The Importance of Health-Conscious Eating. By Ebele Ikezogwo, ThatchRoom.com. Overview. What is health conscious eating? It is not dieting, it is a way of life Making food choices for health benefits Why is it important?

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The Importance of Health-Conscious Eating

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  1. The Importance of Health-Conscious Eating By Ebele Ikezogwo, ThatchRoom.com

  2. Overview • What is health conscious eating? • It is not dieting, it is a way of life • Making food choices for health benefits • Why is it important? • Do you have dreams? Goals? Ambitions? Health first, everything else follows. • How many want to be wealthy? Health is “wealth” • Tools for making healthier food choices • What to look for in a label • Should you count calories? Or eat a balanced diet? • Why cheaper is not always better, the farmer or the doctor? • Sweet can be healthy!

  3. Health-Conscious Eating… …is not: … but it is: Making the healthiest choice given the available alternatives, the time constraints and the money constraints Knowing how to make those choices Developing the discipline to make it a way of life • A diet • Counting calories • Weighing a certain number • Looking like a movie star or a supermodel or the prom queen at school

  4. Why is it important? • Garbage in, Garbage Out • Good health allows you to achieve your true potential • Good health helps you look your best • Good health is more valuable than money • Almost every health condition can be affected or managed by food

  5. Tools for making healthier food choices

  6. Health consciousness starts with… • …Consciousness! • That means: • Knowing what you are eating • Eating timely meals • Establishing balance • Making trade-offs

  7. Labels • Some Good Stuff • Omega 3 • B Vitamins • The Antioxidants (vitamin A, C & E) • High Fiber • Calcium • Mono-unsaturated fats • Some Bad Stuff • Any words you can’t pronounce • Words that are a combination of letters and numbers e.g. E255 • HFCS • Saturated Fats • Coloring & Preservatives

  8. Here’s the easy way out… Traditional Nigerian foods prepared in the right way already contain important nutrients in the right quantities for a healthy functioning body. • Keep an eye on portions • Always balance your meals • Increase the nutrient profile whenever possible • For example sprinkling nuts or flaxseeds on corn pap.

  9. In Conclusion… Health Consciousness = Your maximum Potential!

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