Diet, Nutrition and Health: It is important to understand that a diet can affect your health to a large extent, not only now but also in the future. For that healthy lifestyle, you need to ensure proper nutrition with the diet you consume on a daily basis. This choice of the proper diet can help you maintain the required weight. Be sure you include appropriate exercises for the required healthy lifestyle. Nutrition in diet can spare you from different chronic illnesses.
Different Benefits of Nutrition and Diet:
A diet which is well-balanced can provide all the energy you need to function throughout the day. Besides this, a healthy diet offers multiple other benefits.
*Risk of Type-2 Diabetes:
Concentrating on a diet which is high in fiber and low in the saturated fats found in whole grains helps in reducing the risk of the dreadful Type-2 diabetes.
*The Health of the Heart:
A human body needs to ensure that the levels of cholesterol and blood sugar are well maintained at all times. For this requirement you need to include a whole lot of fruits and vegetables in your diet. You are spared of uncalled for risks associated with heart diseases. You can also include fish like trout and salmon once a week in your diet for maximum benefits for the heart.
Teeth and bones:
For slowing down the process of bone-loss and for those healthy teeth there should be enough calcium included in your diet. Calcium if abundant in dairy products and also in
- Dark Green vegetables
- Pilchards, sardines and tinned salmon
- Foods which are calcium-fortified like fruit juices, soya and cereals.
Fortified cereals and oily fish also provide the required Vitamin D.
Choosing a Diet rich in Nutrients:
Some tips on ensuring you choose a diet which is full of nutrients can be helpful.
- Sandwiches need to be made of bread which is of whole grain, like whole rye or whole wheat. You can add slices of cucumber, tomatoes or avocado to the fillings of turkey, ham, roast beef or mashed chickpeas. This is the ‘wholesome’ sandwich which is nutritious.
- Make oatmeal creamier by adding soy milk which is calcium-fortified or milk which is free of fat. Add some raisins or walnuts.
- Top different foods with chopped seeds or nuts for the additional crunch, nutrients and flavor.
- Choose beverages which are nutritious, like fat-free milk, 100 percent fruit juices or beverages which are calcium-fortified and plant based.
The nutritional requirement of an individual is affected by the quality and quantity of food consumed on a daily basis. The efficiency of the digestive system also plays an important role in determining the required nutrients. Age and gender can make a difference to the requirement of nutrients as with age you find most people consuming several medications. This plays a role in affecting the consumption of nutrients. The same applies to the young and also children.
Keeping the above in mind it is advisable to seek help of a professional nutritionist before you chart out a diet plan for yourself.
