Healthy Lifestyle & Nutrition

Our lifestyle is the way in which we live. We should always have good lifestyle habits to live a healthy life. If we do not live with good lifestyle habits, then we might suffer from severe lifestyle disorders. “Eat Well, Live Well!”

“A good laugh and a good sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book.” – Irish Proverb

 What are lifestyle disorders?

Lifestyle disorders are health related problems caused due to daily habits of people. The main causes for lifestyle disorders are bad food habits, physical inactivity and wrong body posture.

What is food?

Food is one of the substances which keep us alive. It is made up of many different ingredients and provides our body with energy to do work and nutrition to help our body fight diseases. It also provides nutrients to our body.

Why should we eat healthy food?

We should eat healthy food because it prevents our body from getting severe health related diseases. We should also eat clean food as germs might get on it and we could get a disease. We should also eat organic food which helps us to decrease the chances of getting cancer. If we eat food which grown up with the help of pesticides, then our chances of getting cancer increase.

How to be safe from diseases caused by bad food?

Here are some tips to be safe from food diseases:

• Food safety to prevent food-borne diseases
• Hygiene kitchen for safe food
• Always eat a balanced diet with adequate amounts of nutrients
• Always have a physical activity like exercising
• Always eat food two hours before sleeping

What causes diabetes?

Diabetes is a disease caused by eating high amounts of sugar. When high amounts of sugar are eaten, it is turned by the liver into fat. It also causes hypertension and high cholesterol in our body. Diabetes is also caused by drinking coke as it contains ten teaspoons of sugar which is the daily allowance. For every ten liters of coke, our lifespan is reduced by two and a half years.

What are the symptoms of diabetes?

Following are the symptoms of diabetes:

• Excess thirst
• Excess hunger
• More repetition of urination
• Poor healing of wounds
• Increased tiredness

What is cardiovascular health?

Cardiovascular health is the health related to the heart, blood vessels and the organs which critically need a strong supply of blood such as our brain.

What are cardiovascular diseases?

Diseases related to heart, blood vessels and other organs which require a strong supply of blood are known as cardiovascular diseases such as cancer.

What causes cardiovascular diseases?

Following are the causes of cardiovascular diseases:

• Smoking
• High blood cholesterol
• Bad nutrition choices
• High blood pressure
• Overweight
• Underweight
• Excess alcohol
• Excess stress

What is cholesterol?

Cholesterol is waxy, fat-like substance present in our cells all over our body. It helps in making hormones, vitamin D and helps us to digest food.

What is high cholesterol?

High cholesterol is the result of eating foods containing more of cholesterol. It is also known as dyslipidemia.

How does high cholesterol affect our body?

High cholesterol increases our blood pressure   and also blocks the chambers of our heart resulting in a heart attack. It can also lead to a severe brain stroke.

What is obesity?

The state of being more fat than usual is known as obesity. A person who intakes more amounts of sugar, carbohydrates and fats may suffer from overweight. This can cause severe health problems and sometimes even death. About 2.6 million people die every year due to obesity or overweight.

 What should we do to prevent obesity?

To prevent obesity we should do the following:

• Not to eat more food than required
• Not to eat more of sugar, carbohydrates and fats
• Do physical activities everyday
• Check your BMI (Body mass index)and try to reduce it to normal i.e. between 18.5 to 24 (25 onwards is overweight and below 18.5 is underweight)

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