Eat Healthy and Lose Weight
Eat Healthy and Lose Weight
By: Christopher Ayu
If you accept the analogy that our bodies are like an engine, then
it follows that this engine will perform better if it receives the type
of fuel that it was designed to run on. In years gone by, before
artificially processed and manufactured foods, our bodies normally
received the correct nutritional balance every day.
As more and more families saw both the husband and wife holding down
jobs outside the home, the dynamics of eating, exercise and nutrition
began to change. "Convenience" and "fast foods" became the norm, and
farms were gradually replaced by processing plants. Today, the average
meal is so laden with artificial preservatives and saturated fat that
our bodies are starving for the ingredients that they need, and
overflowing with the ingredients that they don't need.
This nutritional imbalance manifests itself through weight problems,
skin problems, tiredness, disease, and overall poor health. Although
this problem has reached pandemic proportions, you can reverse the
effects of poor diet in your own life if you truly want to.
Garbage In - Garbage Out
While this phrase may have been coined for the computer industry, it's
very relevant when it comes to our own body. Every moment that we are
alive, our body is busy manufacturing the chemicals, fluids, proteins,
and tissues that are required to keep us healthy. Food, or rather the
nutrition that is derived from food, is what the body depends upon to
handle all of these tasks.
Everything that we consume is used, stored, or discarded by the body.
The body's particular nutritional needs can vary widely depending upon
what's going on inside and outside of us at any particular time. Our
body makes decisions on whether to burn carbs or fat based upon our
immediate energy needs, how long it has been since our last meal, and
the general condition of our health.
The body burns fuel in a very specific order. Alcohol is burned first
because our bodies have no way to store it for later use. Protein is
burned next, then carbohydrates and, finally fat.
Because fat is consumed last, and the average person has a diet which
is rich in fat, our bodies store the fat away to be used at a future
time. How is this fat stored? You guessed it; it's stored as fatty
tissue. And that's why we call being overweight "fat".
These excess fat stores not only affect our physical appearance, but
they have a tremendous impact on our overall health. Study after study
has shown that excess fat in our diets are directly linked to these
medical conditions:
- Increased risk of developing certain cancers.
- Increased risk of arterial and heart disease due to elevated cholesterol levels.
- Increased risk of stroke.
- Increased risk of Diabetes.
- Increased risk of Liver disease.
- Direct impact on the body's immune system.
Doesn't it just make sense to avoid these unnecessary health risks by
reducing the amount of fat that we consume every day? Of course it
does.
Author Bio
Christopher Ayu is the webmaster and content provider for www.swim-wear-in-style.com This is one of the many article posted on his site on health-and-fitness.
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