| Eating Habits plays very important role in fitness and | | | | 6. Consume a variety of food in moderate amounts. |
| health of an individual. The main aim of healthy eating is | | | | Take in different foods like meat, fruits, vegetables, |
| to consume variety of foods to get proper amount of | | | | breads, etc. in moderate amounts. Aside from being a |
| energy and nutrients, without getting too much calories. | | | | healthy practice, this also gives you the opportunity to |
| Therefore, healthy eating is important to remain fit, | | | | savor a variety of flavors! |
| proper functioning of body and staying away from | | | | 7. To prevent weight gain, avoid sweetened soft drinks |
| health problems. | | | | and fruit juices in favor of water or artificially |
| Here are 8 healthy eating tips so you will feel light and | | | | sweetened drinks. Although many women swear by |
| stay fit all the time. Following are the essentials of a | | | | artificial sweeteners, scientists have long debated |
| truly nutritious diet - | | | | whether they actually help regulate body weight. |
| 1. Avoid too much fat. Thankfully, there are more | | | | Researchers conducted a study that suggests that |
| low-fat products in the market today such as milk, ice | | | | people can lose or maintain weight simply by |
| cream, and cheese. | | | | incorporating artificial sweeteners, such as aspartame |
| 2. Buy food products low in sodium. Check the | | | | (found in NutraSweet) and saccharin into their diet. |
| nutritional information found at the back of the | | | | Forty-one overweight people, mostly women, with |
| package or label for the sodium content of the snack | | | | similar eating and exercise habits were divided into two |
| food or produce. Nutritionists say that one should take | | | | groups. They consumed comparable amounts of either |
| no more than 1.000 milligrams of sodium a day. | | | | sugar-sweetened or artificially sweetened foods, |
| 3. Try to consume foods low in salt. Salt flavors food | | | | drinks, or supplements daily. After ten weeks, body |
| but too much may cause fluid retention in the body | | | | weight increased in the sugar group (by 3.5 pounds) |
| and increase blood pressure. Bear in mind that there | | | | and decreased in the artificially-sweetener group (by |
| are other seasoning options available. Why not try | | | | 2.2 pounds). Also, blood pressure went up in the sugar |
| natural herbs to spice up the flavor of your food? | | | | group and went down in the sweetener group. The |
| 4. Stay away from additives. Try to choose meat, | | | | study found that the sugar group ate more calories |
| chicken, and fish that do not contain additives. There | | | | and carbohydrates compared with the artificial |
| are organic food stores where such products are | | | | sweetener group, but the groups' intake of fat and |
| found. | | | | protein did not substantially differ. Beverages were by |
| 5. Eat starch. Rice, potatoes, corn, grains and grain | | | | far the largest source of sugar intake). |
| products have starch that, through digestion, is | | | | 8. To help you stay healthy, stick to low-cholesterol |
| converted into sugar, which supplies energy to keep | | | | and high-fiber dishes. |
| you up and about the whole day. | | | | |