What are the Benefits of a Balanced Diet?

There are a number of reasons why everyone should follow a

balanced diet.

First of all, eating healthily prevents diseases and infections.

When you eat the full range of vitamins, minerals and other
nutrients you improve your immune system and your healthy
diet may even help prevent diseases like cancer, heart disease,
diabetes, and stroke. Moreover, it helps you control your weight.
Most people at some point want to lose weight or gain weight,
so following a balanced diet helps you control your weight and
maintain it. Lastly, it improves your mental health. Getting the
right mix of food can help to ease / deal with symptoms of
depression and anxiety. Looking after yourself by eating well is
essential as you take steps to good mental health.

How can regular exercise improve our health?

Being active has many health benefits, both physically and
mentally. It may even help you live longer. First of all, it can
make you feel happier. Exercising regularly can improve your
mood and reduce feelings of anxiety and depression. In other
words, the more you exercise, the happier you feel. Moreover,
it can help you lose weight because all types of exercise help
burn calories. Lastly, it is a well known fact that exercising can
help you relax, release stress and sleep better. This is really
important especially for students who face a lot of stress and are
under a lot of pressure.

Which lifestyle choices can have a negative effect on

our health?
Nowadays a great number of people are following some
lifestyles that can have detrimental – negative effects on
their health. For example, not exercising enough or
leading a sedentary lifestyle can cause serious problems
such as heart diseases, diabetes and stroke. Also, it goes
without saying that having an unhealthy diet like eating
too much salt, sugar and fat can hurt our immune system.
Lastly, smoking and alcohol consumption are also known
to cause a number of problems such as cancer.