Eating Healthy Last week when I went to the grocery store, I found that the price of food was a little bit on the expensive side. As I walked through the aisles of the store I heard a voice behind me saying that trying to eat healthy is like a luxury, you know like getting your hair done. You do not need it, but you want it. We both chuckled and parted ways. Then, I started thinking that if I really wanted to eat healthy then it is worth paying the price. Healthy eating does not mean you have to follow a strict diet, or give up foods you love, you just need to balance the amount of types of foods you eat to obtain all the necessary nutrients. It is a great idea to limit the fattening foods such as fast food, pizzas, etc, but you don 't
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It always seems to be hard to go from eating fast food every day, to eating home cooked meals, to eating healthy. Now days you have people who want to try really hard and change the things that they put in their body for health reasons. They do all kinds of research to see how they need to go about starting a healthier life style. Some start with eating all natural foods from all the basic food groups; meats, dairy, fruits and vegetables, as well as grains. They stop eating so many sweets, and fats. You must learn the good fats from the bad fats. Fats are another vital part to a healthy diet. Good fats are used to nourish your heart, nerves, brain, hormones, and all your cells in your body, as well as your skin, hair, and nails. Fats also satisfies our bodies, and makes us feel full. It’s also the type of fats that matters in addition to how much you wish to consume on a daily basis. Fats also help with nutrient absorption, and helps with the nerve transmission, and maintaining cell membrane …show more content…
If people chose to overdo it on pizza, macaroni and cheese, chips, and ice cream, they might worry about what it 's going to do to their thighs or mid-section. But binging on junk food isn 't only a matter of weight gain. It might have far more serious repercussions than that. Think about how much one can of soda contains 10 teaspoons of sugar and the average American adult drinks 500 cans of soda every year, estimating about 52 pounds of sugar consumed in soft drinks alone. Then if you put all the fast food on to it, then it really makes your body and health go downhill, and before you know it you have all kinds of health problems that pretty much can be a big factor on your life pretty much. Eating late is also very unhealthy for your body. It’s best to try and eat before dark, and not eat a heavy meal. Also, it is better to motivate yourself after you eat a full meal. For example, going outside and playing with the kids, or do a little house work, but never sit, or sleep on a full stomach, or lay down right after you eat. When you do that the food just sits there, undigested all through the
It always seems to be hard to go from eating fast food every day, to eating home cooked meals, to eating healthy. Now days you have people who want to try really hard and change the things that they put in their body for health reasons. They do all kinds of research to see how they need to go about starting a healthier life style. Some start with eating all natural foods from all the basic food groups; meats, dairy, fruits and vegetables, as well as grains. They stop eating so many sweets, and fats. You must learn the good fats from the bad fats. Fats are another vital part to a healthy diet. Good fats are used to nourish your heart, nerves, brain, hormones, and all your cells in your body, as well as your skin, hair, and nails. Fats also satisfies our bodies, and makes us feel full. It’s also the type of fats that matters in addition to how much you wish to consume on a daily basis. Fats also help with nutrient absorption, and helps with the nerve transmission, and maintaining cell membrane …show more content…
If people chose to overdo it on pizza, macaroni and cheese, chips, and ice cream, they might worry about what it 's going to do to their thighs or mid-section. But binging on junk food isn 't only a matter of weight gain. It might have far more serious repercussions than that. Think about how much one can of soda contains 10 teaspoons of sugar and the average American adult drinks 500 cans of soda every year, estimating about 52 pounds of sugar consumed in soft drinks alone. Then if you put all the fast food on to it, then it really makes your body and health go downhill, and before you know it you have all kinds of health problems that pretty much can be a big factor on your life pretty much. Eating late is also very unhealthy for your body. It’s best to try and eat before dark, and not eat a heavy meal. Also, it is better to motivate yourself after you eat a full meal. For example, going outside and playing with the kids, or do a little house work, but never sit, or sleep on a full stomach, or lay down right after you eat. When you do that the food just sits there, undigested all through the