Are you trying to achieve and maintain a healthy body weight? - Have a closer look at your diet.
Great bodies come in all sizes. Healthy bodies fall within a healthy weight range.
A healthy body weight reduces the chances of developing health problems and improves the management of various medical conditions including among others: diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, etc. Basically, being overweight or underweight could affect the body's functions and poses a risk for illness. Of course, a healthy body weight plays a very important role in being healthy and feeling great as well. A healthy body weight range can easily be determined for all individuals of all ages with the assistance of a physician and nutritionist.
Achieving and maintaining a healthy body weight does not require a complicated plan. It requires a plan that works: eating right combined with appropriate physical activity. In fact, appropriate physical activity is effective and beneficial to the body when the body is nourished with all the key nutrients (i.e. protein, fat, carbohydrate, fibre, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, folacin, vitamin B12, vitamin C, vitamin A, vitamin D, calcium, iron, zinc, and magnesium).
Let us keep this in mind, the better we nourish our bodies the better our bodies perform for us throughout our day and our lifetime.
Food, being the bearer of all nutrients, is an integral part of daily life and plays the most important role in providing nutrients to nourish the human body. The impact of food on our health is great and incorporating the right variety of foods into the appropriate diet is a must. The popular question remains: Which is the right diet?
First things first: Which is your diet philosophy?
Your diet philosophy should provide all the nutrients your body needs to function and allow you to achieve and maintain a healthy body weight. Be sure your diet philosophy promotes the following:
1) Balance your day by eating at regular intervals and never skip meals. Remember, at mealtime it is better to eat something than nothing.
2) Build each meal with choices from the basic food group: grain products, vegetables & fruit, milk products, meat & alternatives, and dietary fats. Each food group is essential, providing it's own set of nutrients to fuel the body and to ensure proper function throughout the day.
3) You can enjoy all foods for a healthy lifestyle but quantity and quality must be considered. As a rule, build meals with nutrient rich foods from the basic food groups more often. Enjoy your favourite higher fat / calorie dense foods as a treat in moderation.
4) Make choices you like and try something new as taste is often acquired.
Does your diet philosophy respect these principles of nutrition and allow you to achieve and maintain a healthy body weight?
Have your personalized nutritional profile evaluated by the nutrition expert. It is a must to know the why, what, when, where and how to nourish the human body and to meet it's basic nutritional needs. More importantly, a personalized nutritional approach will guide you towards the right diet philosophy and help you achieve and maintain a healthy body weight. Contact Us! Get your nutrition profile now!
