Health Tips

Every day we are bombarded with nutrition and health messages and a seemingly endless array of concerns about lifestyle and diet. Healthy eating and a healthful way of life are important to how we look, feel and how much we enjoy life. The right lifestyle decisions, with a routine of good food and regular exercise, can help us make the most of what life has to offer. Making smart food choices early in life and through adulthood can also help reduce the risk of certain conditions such as obesity, heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, certain cancers and osteoporosis . 1. Key factors of a healthy diet 1.1. Enjoy the wide variety of foods This concept is the most consistent health message in dietary recommendations around the world. We need more than 40 different nutrients for good health and no single food can supply them all. That's why consumption of a wide variety of foods (including fruits, vegetables, cereals and grains, meats, fish and poultry, dairy...

Weight loss is not a matter of eating less and or exercising more. It’s a matter of balancing your hormone levels so that your body is more likely to burn the food you consume - rather than store it as body fat. Our bodies have been conditioned from years of constantly eating, to slowly become more and more hungry, therefore, allowing us to over-consume on calories and developing diabetes, belly fat and a multitude of different diseases. We are basically eating our way to the worst-case scenario for our bodies. The only we can really balance our hormones is by intermittent fasting. This is more than just an eating plan for weight loss, it’s one for eliminating many diseases, and even the formation of cancers and fighting the battle against ageing. It’s not the food, it’s the complete cessation from eating food, which our bodies have evolved as a species to do on a regular basis. The concept of feast and famine is not something that’s unknown - it’s been a fact since Paleolithic...

All humans have to eat food for growth and maintenance of a healthy body, but we humans have different nutrition requirements as infants, children (kids), teenagers, young adults, adults, and seniors. For example, infants may require feeding every 4 hours until they gradually age and begin to take in more solid foods. Eventually they develop into the more normal pattern of eating three times per day as young kids. However, as most parents know, kids, teenagers, and young adults often snack between meals. Snacking is often not limited to these age groups because adults and seniors often do the same. Tips: Eat three healthy meals a day (breakfast, lunch, and dinner); it is important to remember that dinner does not have to be the largest meal. The bulk of food consumption should consist of healthy foods, such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and fat-free or low-fat milk products. Incorporate lean meats, poultry, fish, beans, eggs, and nuts (with emphasis on beans an...