The Importance Of Eating Healthy
Importance of Eating Healthy:
Eating healthy at a young age is so important to insure a healthier life. Teens need the vitamins and mineral in healthy foods to grow strong and healthy. What they eat at a young age can affect their overall health later in their life as well as how they look and feel in present day. During puberty, a body increases the need for calories and key nutrients including protein, calcium, and iron. These ingredients are found in healthy, natural foods and are another reason why teens should eat healthy as they are going through puberty. Having a healthy diet can increase energy levels and improve one's ability to perform both mentally and physically and could even determine how you perform daily functions such as walking and thinking. Eating healthy can help make your body strong and well protected against diseases and infections so that it can use more of your energy to grow instead of protecting your body.
Another benefit of eating healthy is that it reduces a teen's risk of having health issues later in life. Their chance of having a heart attack, stroke, diabetes, high blood cholesterol, atherosclerosis, and other healthy problems goes down. Maintaining a diet that is low in calories, saturated and trans fats, and cholesterol helps manage both obesity and cholesterol levels in one's blood, which reduces the risk of a stroke. Limiting salt in your diet often reduces the risk of high blood pressure. New research shows that as many as 1/3 of all cancer deaths are linked to diet and physical activity, two things that you could easily control yourself. Start by reducing dietary fat intake, especially animal fat. Make your diet rich in fruits, vegetables, nuts, beans and whole grains.
Cholesterol
Eating healthy is important for sustaining a good high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. Cholesterol is carried in the blood by lipoproteins. HDL is the "good" cholesterol, it takes cholesterol and carries it to the liver, where it will flow out of the body. High levels of HDL help to protect against risks of heart attack, while low levels of HDL contribute to risks of heart disease. Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is the "bad" cholesterol. This cholesterol can build up in artery walls, clogging them; therefore, leading to increased risk of heart attack or stroke. White blood cells try to consume LDL cholesterol, producing a toxic form of the LDL cholesterol.
Resources:
Eating healthy at a young age is so important to insure a healthier life. Teens need the vitamins and mineral in healthy foods to grow strong and healthy. What they eat at a young age can affect their overall health later in their life as well as how they look and feel in present day. During puberty, a body increases the need for calories and key nutrients including protein, calcium, and iron. These ingredients are found in healthy, natural foods and are another reason why teens should eat healthy as they are going through puberty. Having a healthy diet can increase energy levels and improve one's ability to perform both mentally and physically and could even determine how you perform daily functions such as walking and thinking. Eating healthy can help make your body strong and well protected against diseases and infections so that it can use more of your energy to grow instead of protecting your body.
Another benefit of eating healthy is that it reduces a teen's risk of having health issues later in life. Their chance of having a heart attack, stroke, diabetes, high blood cholesterol, atherosclerosis, and other healthy problems goes down. Maintaining a diet that is low in calories, saturated and trans fats, and cholesterol helps manage both obesity and cholesterol levels in one's blood, which reduces the risk of a stroke. Limiting salt in your diet often reduces the risk of high blood pressure. New research shows that as many as 1/3 of all cancer deaths are linked to diet and physical activity, two things that you could easily control yourself. Start by reducing dietary fat intake, especially animal fat. Make your diet rich in fruits, vegetables, nuts, beans and whole grains.
Cholesterol
Eating healthy is important for sustaining a good high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. Cholesterol is carried in the blood by lipoproteins. HDL is the "good" cholesterol, it takes cholesterol and carries it to the liver, where it will flow out of the body. High levels of HDL help to protect against risks of heart attack, while low levels of HDL contribute to risks of heart disease. Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is the "bad" cholesterol. This cholesterol can build up in artery walls, clogging them; therefore, leading to increased risk of heart attack or stroke. White blood cells try to consume LDL cholesterol, producing a toxic form of the LDL cholesterol.
Resources:
http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Goodfood/Pages/healthy-eating-teens.aspx
http://www.stroke.org/site/PageServer?pagename=eathealthy
https://preventcancer.org/prevention/reduce-cancer-risk/ways-to-reduce-risk/eat-healthy/
http://www.stroke.org/site/PageServer?pagename=eathealthy
https://preventcancer.org/prevention/reduce-cancer-risk/ways-to-reduce-risk/eat-healthy/
http://www.nutrition.com.sg/he/heteens.asp
http://www.helpguide.org/life/healthy_eating_diet.htm
http://www.helpguide.org/life/healthy_eating_diet.htm
http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/Cholesterol/AboutCholesterol/Good-vs-Bad-Cholesterol_UCM_305561_Article.jsp
http://www.webmd.com/cholesterol-management/hdl-cholesterol-the-good-cholesterol
http://www.webmd.com/cholesterol-management/ldl-cholesterol-the-bad-cholesterol
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http://www.webmd.com/cholesterol-management/hdl-cholesterol-the-good-cholesterol
http://www.webmd.com/cholesterol-management/ldl-cholesterol-the-bad-cholesterol
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