Being healthy is not just about eating lots of fruit and drinking 8 glasses of water each day. It's about young people enjoying a healthy lifestyle, feeling good about themselves and having good emotional and mental health. We hope that all children should have access to health services, good nutrition and a good lifestyle.…
healthy lifestyle. And although nutrition may seem of concern to only a small group of…
This article informs the readers of the negative effects that added sugar in the diet has on a person and what the differences between natural sugars and added sugars are. The healthy amount of added sugar daily is recommended, and the statistics on the average amount of added sugar consumed per capita annually is examined. The addictive qualities of sugar are also touched upon. The author of this article, Kris Gunnars, is the CEO and founder of the article’s website; Authority Nutrition, and possesses a bachelor degree in medicine…
Being healthy and having overall wellness is more than just a physical aspect in our lives as human beings. In order to have health and wellness is a combination of…
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Sugar now can be considered very bad for you. Some may call it as being toxic and raising the obesity rate. Also, there is some people saying that sugar is poisonous and that everyone should avoid it. Sugar is not made to be avoided,…
In my opinion, it is better to use real sugar rather than artificial sweeteners, because while both have negative effects, real sugar has less harmful effects.…
However, it has also been proven that sugar is the is one of the main culprits in the war on obesity, and over 30% of US citizens are obese As a consequence, there are different types of sugar that are better if used if not at all, the sugars that we should avoid completely are processed sugars. Professor Robert Lustig, professor of paediatric endocrinology at University of California, San Francisco, author of Fat Chance: The Bitter Truth About Sugar said, instead satisfying us, some scientists believe that fructose fools our brains into thinking we are not full, so we overeat, and what do scientists believe is the main culprit behind obesity Cancer Heart disease, and many other diseases. Another factor that should conjure us not to go the…
Yet when you examine the ingredients in the packaged and bottled foods and drinks we buy in the store, you find that 99% of them contain “high fructose corn syrup”, which is basically pure sugar. This means that the food industry is feeding a nationwide sugar addiction that is leading to a huge diabetes epidemic.…
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Some people believe that being healthy is exercising and regular healthy meals, but unbeknown to them it also includes your sleep, social life, housing conditions and so on. Sleep has a big impact on your health as when you don’t get the recommended 8 hours of sleep a day then your brain doesn’t function properly and beings to forget things and overwork. Your social life helps your brain develop as you develop relationships because you learn how to communicate with others every day.…
Although sugar is seen as the bad guy in today’s food, we as humans need sugar as much as any other food or in some cases drugs to live happy and healthy lives. From two different viewpoints Robin Konie and Sarah Richards, express their viewpoints on the controversial subject of sugar.…
How an individual decides to live his or her daily life can determine health factors in the future. An example of this would be a person’s daily eating habits. If choosing healthy balanced meals daily including exercise are less likely to acquire diseases such as obesity, cancer, heart disease, or emphysema. These diseases are common with people who choose to consume unhealthy diets, refrain from any physical activity, and make choices like excessive alcoholic beverages or smoking. Maintaining healthy food choices along with some type of physical activity will balance the mind and promotes the ability to make good choices.…
Over the years I have noticed a great change in my lifestyle choices to improve my standard of living and some choices I still struggle to change. Having physical health isn’t always enough. It is very important to be healthy mentally, physically and socially. I understand personal factors do come into play since every individual has a different upbringing, different cultural backgrounds that have an effect on the way they choose to live their life.…
To keep healthy people need to have some exercise every day. On the average there are more adults and children over weight now than there has ever been in our society. In our society today we have gotten used to the fast life. Work, school, running around getting things we don’t have time for cooking healthy. So our society has become accustomed to eating fast food all the time, sitting in front of the TV, computer, video games, etc. Our kids no longer get the exercise that they need, and our population is having an…