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Healthy Eating Habits Healthy eating is a key to healthy, quality life. Our physical fitness and overall health is highly dependent onwhat we eat. Hence it is very essential to adopt healthy eating habits. It improves your physical andpsychological health as well as increases your energy level. Healthy eating habits help reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, heart disease, certain types of cancer and many other health problems.Healthy eating offers stronger bones and muscles. It also helps you look and feel better and energized. What is a Balanced Diet? Your diet should be healthy and balanced. It should consist of adequate amounts of fats, carbohydrates,proteins, vitamins, minerals, enzymes and fibers. You should include plenty of fresh vegetables and fruits aswell as dairy products in your daily diet. Generally, it should be low in fats and rich in proteins andcarbohydrates. Healthy Eating Habits A key to healthy eating is the time-tested advice of variety, balance and moderation. You should eat avariety of foods without gaining excessive calories or any of nutrients. Here are some useful tips for healthyeating habits:Eat a wide variety of nutrient-rich foods. More than 40 different nutrients are required for normal growthand functioning of the body. Our daily meals should contain whole-grain products, fresh vegetables andfruits, poultry, dairy products, fish, meat and other protein foods. Vegetables and fruits are rich in vitaminsand minerals and low in fats, sodium and calories. Most vegetables contain and antioxidantsphytochemicals, which prevent some chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and some types of cancers.Dont skip a breakfast. After not eating anything for past 10-12 hours during night, our body requires food toboost the energy levels. Your breakfast should consist of fruits and a glassful of milk or fresh fruit juice.Avoid eating oily, high calorie snacks in breakfast.Your lunch should be the largest meal of the day. Start every meal with a low-fat starter including soup,salad, broth or a glass of water. Your lunch should include enough quantity of proteins, carbohydrates andfats. Include some raw vegetables and fruits in your lunch. Eat slowly and take care that you are not eatingmore than required. Your lunch should be followed by a fruit juice or fruit salad.We all need some snacks in between two meals. So choose the snacks very carefully. Avoid eating junk foods, which lack in nutrients and contain high calories. Instead, select some healthy snacks such asvegetables, fruits, cottage cheese with applesauce, low fat yogurt, whole-wheat crackers or some trail mix.Dietary sugars can be replaced with no-calorie sweeteners.Drink at least 8 glasses of water everyday. It keeps your body hydrated. It is also helpful for body cleanseand weight loss.If you keep a reasonable serving size, then its easy to eat adequate quantity of food and stay healthy. Excesseating can give rise to a number of health problems, including obesity.
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