BALANCE DIET
Eating
a balanced diet helps to promote good health, a balanced diet refers to a meal
containing foods from all food groups in the right proportions, proper diet
helps an individual to remain healthy. For a young individual, a balanced diet helps
him or her to grow and develop normally
Eating
balanced diet means eating a variety of food in a right proportion, drinks the
juicy full of vitamins and nutrients can help achieve and maintain body weight.
How to Build a Healthy
Balanced meal?
Eat more vegetables and fruits
Vegetable
and fruits are full of vitamins and minerals, you must aim for the different
types of fruits such as pineapple, oranges, mangoes,
Eat protein
There
are many benefits of including protein in your meals as it helps the body
getting healthier and combat different type of diseases, protein includes
meats, fish, poultry, beans, and nuts and so on these foods comprises large
amount of protein
carbohydrate
carbohydrate
is the good source of energy, it is important to eat enough carbohydrate as it
help the body getting more energy some sources of carbohydrate includes rice,
whole grains, and beans.
You
can choose varieties of starch foods in your meal like brown rice, whole wheat
pasta, whole meal and higher fiber.
Use healthy plant oils
Develop
the habit of using health oil that come from vegetables other sources of oil
include olive oil, canola, soy, corn, sunflower, peanut, and others, avoid
using too much oil as it can lead to weight gain or make someone being fat and
finally can lead to obesity
Milk and dairy foods
Milk
and dairy foods are the best for the health keeping for example yoghurt and
cheese are good sources of oil and protein, they contain calcium, which helps
keep your bones healthy.
Why taking balance diet in
very important?
Maintain health
Having
good health is very important, eating food without considering nutrients may
lead to some health problems for example eating too much fat could lead to
obesity and then develop heart diseases like heart failure and heart attack,
some diseases can be developed due to improper eating habit for example
kwashiorkor where a child has a habit of eating too much food, marasmus and so
on
Strengthen bones.
A
balanced diet comprises of variety of foods which contains some minerals and
nutrient that play important role in strengthen the bones for example calcium
minerals are the best for building strong bones in the bones.
Improve the immunity
Body
immunity can easily be improved by the meal that we take that is why it is
important to eat all kind of nutrients that are available in different type of
food like vegetables, fruits, foods that contain fiber, legumes, rice, cassava
and so on.
Provide energy to the body
When
a person is involved with hard work they may need a lot of energy and the good
thing is there are foods which are the best when it comes to providing energy
to the body, these foods include cassava, rice, potatoes, maize,
What are the disease that can
be cause by lack of balance diet?
There
are many impacts of not taking the balance diet, most disease are caused by the
improper eating habits these diseases could include
Obesity
People
who eat without considering the content of what they eat are in danger of
getting health problems, eating foods with too much fat like meat, sausage, butter
and so on may lead to obesity but also eating sugar contained contents also may
lead to health problem because excess sugar in the body is being converted into
fats and then stored in the body for the future usage, the excess accumulation
may lead to the increase in weight and finally obesity.
Heart problems
People
with obesity also may face another health problem like heart problems, the
heart will fail to do its job of pumping the blood due to the accumulation of
too much fat in the muscles this could lead to heart attack or heart failure or
hypertension.
Cancer
Cancer
can also be developed through bad eating habits people who smoke too much
cigarrate, drinking alcohol, caffeine, tobaccos are in danger of getting cancer
it is important that we get rid of food that could be put our health at risk
What do health diet consist?
a
healthy diet consists of many fresh fruits and vegetables and limits processed
foods
In
order to promote a healthy lifestyle, it is important to take in diets
containing low fats, sugars and salts but having moderate amounts of food
containing proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and roughages, it is
also important to drink adequate amount of water and engage in regular
physical exercises
The following should be done in
order to ensure a healthy lifestyle
Take
recommended amounts of proteins, fats or oils, sugars and salts, Take
recommended amounts of fruits and vegetables in the diets;
Eat
a variety of foods including whole grains, fruits, vegetables and food with
roughage in order to provide the body with the required energy and nutrition
Maintain
appropriate body weight to height ratio within the limits recommended by the
World Health Organization(WHO)
Do
physical activities or exercise daily for 30 to 40 minutes can help to improve
the body immunity and strengthen the body
Replace
red meat diet with fish, poultry or lean meat
Take
low fat dairy products and low salt foods
Limits
the frequency of sugary drinks and all sweets; and
Avoid
processed and baked foods of all kinds
FINAL WORD
Most
of the problems can be avoided by taking a balanced diet, the problem like
obesity, kwashiorkor, marasmus, rickets and so on, balance diet contribute a
lot to building and strengthen of the immunity in the body, old people, sick
people, young children, lactating mother these are the most crucial group of
people who need so much attention when it come to their diet.