Healthy Eating: Solutions To Stay Healthy

The importance of good health cannot be overly emphasized. Good health is very important for effective, productive, successful and sustainable living. When the health is compromised it affects the appropriate functioning of the body system at the same time, it reduces the activities of an individual.
According to WHO, HEALTH is a state of physical, mental and social well-being in which diseases and infirmity are absent. It is also the level of functional and metabolic efficiency.

For instance, a sick person can perform little or no tasks or job because the system is compromised compared to someone that is healthy.

How To Achieve A Good Health

Healthy eating habit is one of the best ways to keep the body strong and healthy. It’s no doubt that adequate nutrition is one major factor in healthy living.

mostly we find ourselves eating processed, packaged food. This types of food are so high in fat, sugar and/sodium which can lead to many health complications ( mostly) non-communicable diseases such as hypertension, cancer etc.

What To Do?

It is very important to embrace natural local foods produced in the farm which are nutritious and contains less sodium, fat or sugar.

• it is also important to make your food look colourful, ensure your meal contains more than 4 groups( legumes, fruits and vegetables, carbohydrates, meat etc) they individually have different essential nutrients they give to the body for it to function appropriately.
  
• it is also important to engage in various physical activities (exercise) just to keep the body fit and healthy. The funny thing about eating healthy is that you do not need to break all your bank to stay healthy. why? Because natural food is readily available and not expensive compared especially fruits and vegetables.

In conclusion, it is important to understand that adequate and nutritious eating habits are very important both to live healthily and to also prevent/ manage different health problems. You are what you eat.

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