The Benefits Of Healthy Eating

A nutritious and balanced diet along with exercise and not smoking is the starting point of being healthy. Healthy eating includes eating high-quality proteins, carbohydrates, heart-healthy fats, vitamins, minerals and water in the foods you take in while eating less processed foods, saturated fats and alcohol. Eating in this way will help you maintain your bodies functions, promotes good body weight and can assist in the prevention of disease.
Overall Health
The foods that we eat all have nutrients which assist in the activities we do everyday. It also protects our cells from environmental damage and repair any cellular damage that may occur. Protein regenerates worn away tissue and promotes a healthy immune system. Both carbohydrates and …show more content…
If you take in the same number of calories as you burn, this ensures your weight remains stable. If you consume more than you burn, you will gain weight as your body converts extra calories to fat tissue. When you collect too much fat tissue you increase your risk of developing health problems, including heart disease, hypertension, respiratory issues, diabetes and cancer. A healthy meal plan without excess calories helps you feel good and can make you live …show more content…
A balanced diet will provide you with B vitamins that our bodies need to break down fats, carbohydrates and proteins into energy for our bodily cells. Energy production is very important in our bodies that is why we should have a diet rich in iron, magnesium and potassium. Choosing healthy foods over sweets and processed foods and carbohydrates also increases our energy levels by making our blood sugar stable. Food with lots of sugar causes your blood sugar to increase too much and then crash, draining you of energy. Healthy foods and foods that are not processed provide a sustained blood sugar increase, so you'll feel energized throughout the