The Benefits of Eating Healthy

The Benefits of Eating Healthy

One of the benefits of eating healthy, is having a healthy diet.

With a healthy diet, you are able to control
-your body weight, so that you are not underweight or overweight
-able to give energy to enjoy different types of physical activity
-able to support your body as it is growing to reach your full physical potential

Although the benefits above work strait away, there are also some benefits that you may not notice straight away- but they are working inside.
With scientific evidence proving that with a healthy you can help avoid diet-related diseases.
• Heart diseases
• High Cholesterol
• High Blood Pressure
• Strokes (that may lead to brain damage due to lack of blood supply)
• Some Cancers
• Osteoporosis (the thinning of the bones)

Healthy eating is a way of balancing the food you eat to keep your body strong, energized, and well nourished.

Many people might get confused with the definition of "healthy eating." Well healthy eating can be described as follows...
• Aiming for regular meals (usually 3 meals per day in the morning, afternoon and the evening)
• Eating food of the five different food groups (the grain, fruits and vegetables, proteins, dairy and fats.)
• Eating when hungry and stopping when full