Let's Enjoy This Life » Healthy Diet http://www.icaite.org Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:37:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Dietary Guidelines http://www.icaite.org/2009/05/dietary-guidelines.html http://www.icaite.org/2009/05/dietary-guidelines.html#comments Sat, 16 May 2009 18:15:00 +0000 admin http://icaite.org/2009/05/dietary-guidelines.html Good nutrition can help you achieve good health without having to sacrifice great-tasting food. Eating healthfully can help you work more productively, perform better athletically, maintain or reduce your weight, and dramatically lower your risk for heart disease and certain forms of cancer. To consume a healthy diet, you need to choose foods that provide all the nutrients your body needs without an excess of fat, sugar, or calories.

These guidelines are designed to help people not only get the nutrients they need, but also lead more active lives so they can reduce their risk of chronic diseases such as heart disease and certain forms of cancer. The most current dietary guidelines provide sound, no-nonsense advice to help you build a healthy diet:

• Eat a variety of foods.
• Balance the food you eat with physical activity to maintain or improve your weight.
• Eat plenty of grain products, vegetables, and fruits.
• Limit your intake of fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol.
• Eat only moderate amounts of sugar.
• Limit the amount of salt (sodium) in your diet.

]]> http://www.icaite.org/2009/05/dietary-guidelines.html/feed 0 Healthy Weight http://www.icaite.org/2008/12/healthy-weight.html http://www.icaite.org/2008/12/healthy-weight.html#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:02:00 +0000 admin http://icaite.org/2008/12/healthy-weight.html Carrying excess weight is a known health risk. Excess weight increases the heart’s workload and can raise your chances of getting a number of serious medical conditions such as heart disease, high blood pressure, adult-onset diabetes, and certain forms of cancer. It also can adversely affect your self-image and make it difficult to exercise.

A healthy weight is actually a range of weight related to your height. If your weight falls outside the upper end of the range for your height, you may be moderately or severely overweight. Obesity contributes to the development of diabetes, heart disease, and gallbladder disease. Obesity also complicates the treatment of and lowers the chances of survival of people with stroke, kidney disease, and numerous other disorders. Losing weight and keeping it off for life can be extremely difficult, but you can control your weight if your motivation stays high. So maintain your weight within the range that is normal for you and you’ll be better off in the long run of life.

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