| What are healthy eating habits? Eating habits define | | | | will help you grow and it improves your |
| how, when and what types of foods we eat. | | | | concentration. Eating the right foods helps prevent |
| Healthy eating habits incorporate proper nutrition that | | | | illness and childhood diseases. It can also prevent |
| feed your body the right combination of | | | | developing health problems as an adult as well. |
| macronutrients; one that incorporates low fat and high | | | | How to eat healthy food? Here are some simple |
| quality proteins. Healthy eating habits can help | | | | guidelines to follow: |
| prevent disease and obesity as we get older. | | | | 1. Eat a variety of whole grains daily |
| Why do we need nutrition? Nutrition is needed to | | | | 2. Eat a variety of fruits and vegetables daily |
| supply our bodies with life sustaining nutrients. First | | | | 3. Eat healthy fats (monounsaturated) and avoid |
| we take in the food that contains the nutrients. Then | | | | foods with saturated fat |
| your body begins to break down the food. Lastly the | | | | 4. Consume beverages that contain less sugar than |
| body sends the nutrients through the bloodstream to all | | | | other brands. |
| of the various tissues that need them. Since it is | | | | 5. Reduce the amount of sodium (salt) in your diet. |
| through nutrition that we supply our bodies with | | | | If you follow these simple guidelines you will be eating |
| life-sustaining nutrients it makes sense that those | | | | better than you are now and you will be providing your |
| nutrients should be from healthy foods. | | | | body with much needed nutrients that will keep you |
| How do healthy eating habits benefit us? Developing | | | | healthy for a long time to come. |
| sound nutritional practices, especially at a young age | | | | |