Health they say is wealth. Staying healthy is an important part of our lives that we need to consciously maintain. It is for this reason that the following healthy eating tips are offered to you.
1. Eat plenty of fruits as well as vegetables
Health experts recommend that we consume a minimum of five servings of various types of fruits including vegetables on a daily basis. One glass of fresh 100% pure fruit juice may count as a serving. Another idea is to chop some banana over cereal for breakfast. This will constitute another serving.
2. Reduce consumption of saturated fat including sugar
Although everyone needs to have some amount of fat in their diet. However, what is important to know is the type that you are eating. Now saturated fat and unsaturated fat are the two major kinds of fat that exist. And, consuming a lot of saturated fat may predispose you to heart disease.
So there is a need to seriously cut on eating saturated fat, which is found in foods, like cakes, hard cheese, sausages, butter, pies, lard, cream and biscuits.
3. Consume less salt
About 75% of the salt that we consume is already contained in what we buy to eat, so avoid eating a lot of salt since this can lead to high blood pressure, which in turn can lead to heart disease or even stroke.
Make use of food labels to reduce salt intake. Don't exceed 1.5grams of salt for every 100grams of food you eat as this is high.
4. Don't avoid breakfast
Skipping breakfast in order to lose weight is not healthy. This is because a healthy meal for breakfast constitutes an essential aspect of a well-balanced diet, as it contributes its own share of vitamins plus minerals required for sound health.
5. Drink enough water
To avoid dehydration we should drink at least 1.6 litres or at most 2 litres of water or healthy fluid, like lower-fat milk daily. This amount might increase during warm weather or days that we are more active.
