Healthy life with rich eating habits
The lifespan of human is normally based on different factors depending upon his dietary habits. As we are aware that there are people who control their health related problems with their natural and raw food intake, which helps them stay fit and their weight remain within standards prescribed by expert dieticians.
As we know that, our genetic setting starts while the conception process finished and what and how mother eats and lives her life during her pregnancy period. After the birth of a child, his genes develop according to what mother eats during breast feeding and later how the child eats himself. The fact is that the health of a person depends solely on what he eats and how he lives, it can be either healthy or relate to his diseases in his future life.
Most people think that we need nutritional support only in childhood, while still in growing stage for a stronger and well-built body. Moreover, for many people right food is mostly considered for dieting purpose and associated with weight loss purpose only. However, the right food is the best way to keep diseases away but most of us do not know the proper use of the nutritional foods provided by nature and scattered all around us. For instance, most of us are aware that lime is full of vitamin C but there are not many of us who know that regular use of lime can keep cold away.
The nature has provided us many fruits, vegetables and other health related products, which can do wonders if used in a proper way. We should recognize the properties and health values of the same to take maximum benefits of these nutritious foods provided by nature. On the other hand, if we lack health-ingredients in our system the chances are that time taken to recover would be far greater and the frequency of falling sick increased considerably.
The truth is that now the medicines and nutrients have entirely different meanings where as these, two could well be the supplement of each other but our lack of knowledge about healthy eating has not been able to do much for our health. Now only few selected people are fully aware of the nutritional values compared with people in old times when most of our grand parents knew about the health benefits of fruits and vegetables. As far as the medical science is concerned, it has gone far ahead with its scientific approach and research work but the nutrition could not keep proper pace with it and left far behind. However, the lack of proper knowledge regarding nutritional values made people work harder once fallen sick and find out the health properties in what nature provided to us in shape of fruits and vegetables. After the recovery from sickness, the body needs a different diet plan for getting rid of weakness because eating healthy is the best way for the same however, that is possible if you know the exact content you lack in your system.
For instance
People who just recovered from fever should have a healthy liver and take plenty of liquid diet for speedy recovery. They should have enough electrolytes and food containing enough Vitamin C. The fresh sweet-lime juice, coconut water from young coconut, brown sugar, rock salt and limewater are some of the food items useful in quick recovery. One should avoid non-vegetarian foods, corn products, foods made of gram flour, oily etc to keep liver healthy.
Importance of healthy food
Different people define the meaning of healthy foods in their own ways however, one common factor remains that not every one who knows the value of nutrition knows that it’s not single point program as most people think. Some take it as a good way for reducing weight while only very few consider it as the best way to keep fit and healthy in all respects. Healthy eating in fact keeps almost every disease away with right kind of knowledge about the food items that can help fight a particular sickness.
Another example
In case of excess of cough in system intake of enough proteins containing food items like pulses, Bengal gram, soy products, and boiled corn dries the cough. Fruits like apple, Sweet lime and guava also provide enough proteins that help reproduce the cells faster. Intake of items containing zinc and vitamin C is must. Drinking tomato soup with pepper, turmeric and ginger helps, also juice of Tulsi and Neem leaves serves the purpose very well. One should avoid the use of banana, rice, cold drinks, cheese, and buttermilk, which are considered harmful in case of cough particularly.
Liver is important organ
Liver is the organ that helps keep our metabolism and serves the important purpose of detoxification. Liver is also the main functionary in converting food into energy, making and repairing the body cells. Our body faces lot of problems in case the liver does not wok properly to keep our liver fit we need to take electrolytes. To recover electrolytes, we can use brown sugar, rock salt, and fennel, which are good source of the same.
Including turmeric, ginger, mint and pepper helps recover liver quickly as turmeric heals infection, ginger helps liver work better and mint lessens the effects of gastric problems.
To remove toxins from our liver we need to eat alkaline foods. Aloe Vera, Amla (gooseberry) and vitamin B complex are some of the items helpful keeping liver clean and healthy. The shortage of vitamin B complex makes its worst effects on liver most therefore supplementing it through eating whole grains and fruits containing B complex is the best way to keep liver healthy.
Fast food
Our dependency increasing on fast foods is another reason for preservatives increasing in our system, which are most harmful for a healthy life. Preservatives due to their synthetic compounds are too harmful for our body and different organs according to the permissibility of the preservative by our system as the different contents known as salts have different rate of permissibility or rate of dissolving. The salt having more permissibility would be as much more harmful, this is a comparative statement for preservatives’ extent of dissolving.
Be aware of ingredients in packed food
Always read the list of ingredients mentioned on the pack of food items. You shall find the list of preservatives in the statement mentioned as “Ascorbic acid to improve color or ‘sulfur dioxide to prevent rotting. You may not recognize the names of chemicals used in a particular product therefore the list provided here may help you to understand the common names used- Citric acid, Sulfur Dioxide, Ascorbic acid, Propionic acid, Nitrates and Nitric, Sodium Bisulfite and Sulfites.
A friendly suggestion
If you do not have time to read all the names of chemicals please go for whole grains and fresh fruits in place of processed foods. These are not only healthy but also easy on your digestive system with many more benefits.
Warning
Sodium benzoate commonly used as preservative in soft drinks, fruit juices, salad dressings and other foods may turn your children hyperactive.
Avoid preservatives
Use of preservatives in excess is harmful for your different body organs like heart, kidney and liver therefore, use of canned fruits, vegetables and other edibles may prove harmful for you- here are some examples-
• Use of Benzoates in carbonated beverages and canned fruit juices may cause allergic reactions and also damage kidney and lever
• Sulfur dioxide is a toxic used in dry fruits and other fruits destroy vitamin B present in those items and may prove dangerous for liver.
• Most processed foods using sweeteners contain artificial sugar substitutes, which are harmful for health due to their effects on different body organs.
• Chemicals used for emulsifiers, thickeners and stabilizers in ice cream, mayonnaise, used so commonly, butter and other such products may cause neurological disorder and skin allergies apart from damaging liver and kidney.
• Potassium bromate used for bread making and improving flour by mixing it also the use of bromide by bakery industry can damage thyroid glands and kidney if used in excess.
• Sulfites are commonly used for preservation of wine, dried and fresh fruits packed soups may prove harmful and may cause heart related problems, cancer and arthritis.
Take your pick - Make your choice
You should eat vegetable and fruit we can eat possibly to keep yourself fit and healthy however, you shall have to change your food habits. You shall have to cut out bakery items and fast food intake from your present eating habits. Replacing these items with whole grains, boiled, raw and grouted foods would give you immense benefit a healthy body and clean system as well.
We all know and consider that eating vegetables and fruits, as these are rich in nutrient values, low calories and natural is best for our health purpose. The fruits and vegetables contain minerals, vitamins, proteins etc. however, most people associate these qualities with weight loss programs but the fact remains that staying on fruits and vegetables is lot more healthy than packed food. It is necessary that we eat healthy foods to provide our body with right kind of nutrients and be able to fight with diseases in proper manner. Nutrients are the very base of our body, which provide us fighting power with illness and weakness occurring due to diseases
Our body needs an internal system to keep a proper coordination with different body parts and organs therefore a proper combination of supplements consisting of vitamins, carbohydrates, minerals, proteins and other contents is must to keep metabolism working in highly proper manner. The need of the same has become even more essential as the environmental and food quality has gone down to its lowest level. This has become all the more important in such conditions to counter these effects with extra efforts and eat healthy to remain fit.
You should set your preferences whether you want to consume cold drinks containing artificial sweeteners or natural juices, which contain lesser calories but healthier and think and decide whether you find a burger better than four bowls full of fruits’ salads with almost no calories given a choice to select. Diet consisting of fruits, vegetables, dry fruits and other foods like pulses etc coming from natural sources is considered healthy, low fat and easy to digest.