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What does it mean to eat healthy

What does it mean to eat healthy. What is healthy eating?. The Food Pyramid and Healthy Tips From Harvard.

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What does it mean to eat healthy

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  1. What does it mean to eat healthy What is healthy eating?

  2. The Food Pyramid and Healthy Tips From Harvard

  3. If you are conscious of the amount of exercise you get each day and the types of food you are eating it is easier to stay healthy and maintain a good weight without counting every calorie you eat. Balancing Weight and Exercise with Healthy Eating

  4. 1. Go heavy on veggies and fruit 2. Get most of your carbs from whole grains 3. Get most of protein from vegetable sources. Use fish and poultry for animal sources 4. Avoid saturated and trans Fats. Go for mono and poly unsaturated fats. 5. Drink water not sweetened drinks. Harvard’s Bottom Line

  5. Grains: Get most of your carbs from whole grains, like whole wheat breads and pastas, brown rice, quinoa, whole oats, and bulgur. • They will protect you from many diseases • Beans are great for carbs because they are digested slowly and also have protein Carbohydrates

  6. A carb that can’t be broken down. • Promotes health by binding to bad cholesterol (LDL) and carrying out of body. • Can help regulate body’s use of sugar and keep hunger down. Fiber

  7. The total amount of fat you eat isn’t linked to disease. What really matters is the type of fat you eat. • Eat one or more good sources of omega-3 fats every day—fish, walnuts, canola or soybean oil, ground flax seeds or flaxseed oil FATS

  8. Monounsaturated fats are found in high concentrations in canola, peanut, and olive oils; avocados; nuts such as almonds, hazelnuts, and pecans; and seeds such as pumpkin and sesame seeds • Polyunsaturated fats are found in high concentrations in sunflower, corn, soybean, and flaxseed oils, and also in foods such as walnuts, flax seeds, and fish. Omega-3 fats, which are fast becoming the darling of the supplement industry, are an important type of polyunsaturated fat. Fats

  9. These are essential fats—the body can't make them from scratch but must get them from food. • are an integral part of cell membranes and affect the function of the cell receptors • starting point for making hormones that regulate blood clotting, contraction and relaxation of artery walls, and inflammation. • have been shown to help prevent heart disease and stroke, may help control lupus, eczema, and rheumatoid arthritis, and may play protective roles in cancer and other conditions. Omega-3 Fats

  10. Go for Color and Variety • Benefits include: lowers blood pressure reduces risk of heart disease, stroke and cancer, lowers risk of eye and digestive problems. And it helps to mellow effect on blood sugar levels and helps to keep appetite in check. Fruits and Vegetables

  11. Pay attention to what comes with the protein. Animal and Vegetable protein have same effect on health, BUT animal protein comes with saturated fats. • Beans, nuts, whole grains- are great- give lots of vitamins fiber and minerals • Salmon-34 grams of protein, 18g. 0f fat, only 4 are saturated. Steak -38 g of protein, but comes With 44 g of fat, 16 are saturated. Protein

  12. WATER, WATER, WATER!!!!! • Avoid sugary drinks like sodas. Drinks

  13. 1. Anemia-low red blood cells-can cause headaches, fatigue, indigestion, shortness of breath. • 2. Anorexia nervosa- emotional disturbance where person refuses to eat—can cause amenorrhea, loose teeth, muscle spasms, skeleton appearance. • 3. Bulimia- binging and purging of food. • 4. mental slow down • 5. Obesity Effects of Poor Nutrition

  14. BMI is official medical measure of obesity • Overweight is BMI of 25 to 30. Obesity is BMI over 30 • One of 3 of us is obese • Number of obese kids between 6 and 19 tripled between 1980 and 2004. OBESITY

  15. Increases risk for: 1. high blood pressure 2. diabetes 3. heart disease 4. stroke 5. gallbladder disease 6. respiratory problems 7. some cancers-breast, colon and endometrial 8. Osteoarthritis What’s so bad about obesity?

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