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Food and Good Health

Keeping the body fit is the foundation of good health. To a large extent each person must protect his or her own health. Sometimes poor health cannot be voided, but there are many things that you can do or not do, to guard your health.

To keep good health one must live in a clean environment with fresh air to breathe, clean water to drink and good food to eat. Thus to remain healthy our body needs:

·       Balanced diet

·       Regular exercise

·       Enough rest.

1.    Balance Diet

Proper care of the body begins with a good diet. Food provides the body’s energy and the body needs to take in proper amount of food. Food energy is measured in calories if you take in proper number of calories, you will stay healthy, if you taken in few calories you will lose your body systems many begin to work poorly this results in many diseases and disabilities.

The food we eat has some important substances which help to keep the body healthy. These substances are carbohydrates, proteins fats, mineral salts, vitamins and water. The food we eat daily is called our diet. Our diet must contain enough of all the important substances this forms a balanced diet. Besides Carbohydrates, proteins, minerals and vitamins, our food must contain enough roughage which helps to get rid of waste food. Vitamins keep our body fit, improve our appetite, and enable us to fight diseases. All vegetables and fresh fruits give us most of the vitamins that our body needs.

 

Proteins are essential for growing children. Milk, meat, eggs, fish and peas are excellent sources of proteins. Carbohydrates give us energy to work and play, Cereals, bread, sugar, potatoes contain many Carbohydrates.

Water is also essential to life. To keep yourself fit and healthy, you should drink water whenever you are thirsty.

Sometimes wrong ways of cooking food can make your food deficient. Never wash vegetables after peeling and cutting as it washes away many vitamins and minerals .A lot of starch (carbohydrate) is thrown away with the water in which the rice was cooked Overcooking the food kills the vitamins and other important substances. Food should be stored n such a way a sot retain its nutritional value. Make sure you eat well, balances and healthy diet.

Exercise:

Regular exercise is very important for good health. Exercise helps to keep the muscles in good tone, It helps to keep bones strong, and it helps the lungs, heart and blood vessels to work well. Exercise has beneficial effects on the way fats and carbohydrates are used by the body in general the human bodyseems to work bestwhen it gets reular exercise .Exercise also helps the nervous system by supplying extra blood to the brain .outdoor games are good for  the fitness of our body and mind. A good posture gives us a graceful appearance to our body. However, if you are too habituated to a lot of exercise, you should be careful when beginning an exercise programmed. Suddenly increasing the amount of exercise may be harmful. You should increase the amount of exercise gradually. People who have not exercised much should consult a physician (doctor) before planning vigorous exercise.