What is a healthy diet
- Eating the right amount of food form all 5 food groups which are vegetables,fruits,grain,protein
- Your plate should be half fully with vegetables and fruits
- 1/4 should be grain and 1/4 should be protein in you plate
- 1 cup of dairy
- i should have 5 ounce of grain and protien everday
- 2 cups of vegetables everyday
- 2 1/2 cups fruits everyday
- 3 cups of dairy everyday
- eating food that are low in saturated fats.trans fats,cholesterol,salt and add sugar
- Drink fat-free or low-fat (1%) milk and water instead of soda,sports drinks, and other sugary drinks
- Avoid over sized portions
- Better quality of life
Why is healthy diet importan
Consequences of eating healthy
- Healthy diet lead a good and healthy life style
- Eating from different five groups give you different nutrients, vitamins and minerals that help your body to stay healther
- Help you to mange weight
- Reduce the risk of disease
- Prevents obesity
- Gives you energy that your body needs
Some of foods that are healthy
- Apples
- Egg
- Meat
- nuts
Consequences of not eating healthy
- Eating unhealthy put your entire body on stress
- Eating unhealthy does not provide nutrients that your body need to stay healther
- Higher risk of obesity because there eating lot of food that is in packages and the nutrients are take out of food packages
- Do to obesity you have a higher risk of developing major health problem such as heart disease,type 2 debates, high blood pressure,stroke, and liver disease and cancer
- You will gain more weight because eating more calories then your body need
Some food that are unhealthy
- cookies
- Chips
- soda
- french fries
Why do i care to eat healthy
I care to have a healthy diet because it may affected my ability to live a healthy and balanced life. If i do not eat healthy then i am not going to stay healthy which is going to affect my goals for life. For example one of my goal is to become a designer but for it to become true i have to stay healthy. So my body get the energy that i need to worker which will cause my mind to work faster and effectively.Eating healthy will benefit me because then the designed i am going to make are going to will have a higher quality. Eating healthy will affect my life in better ways such as having less chance of getting major disease such as heart, cancer that will have a bad impact on my body and work. Also eating unhealthy food can effect my hobbies such as drawing,writing and badminton. if i do not eat food from the five groups of a plate then i am not going to have the nutrients that my body to do work . That means i can not play badminton because then my body would hurt because my bones are wreaking up do to not getting nutrients,vitamin and minerals. If i do eat unhealthy which is going to effect me in bad way in life.
Resource
- Myplate food guide
- http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/153998.php
- Supertracker
- Nutrition facts and information
- http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/consequences-not-eating-healthy-5078.html
- http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/eating-healthy-important-7166.html
- Building a healthy plate power point
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