HEALTHY!

Healthy… what is the meaning of healthy? Healthy means “hale and hearty” or in laymans term we always say “in good shape”. However, obtaining good health cannot be regarded only from the physical aspect; it must be emphasized at the environment, mental and spiritual aspects as well. Imbalances will lead to illnesses be it physical or non-physical.

Let us start with the Physical Health… begin with our eating habit, do we really eat only when we are hungry? Injuries always happen when the person is hungry hence it is advised to have small snacks handy i.e. fresh raisin or nuts to munch or for a meal when you are running late.

Often we choose to skip our meal and adopt the wrong diet for ourselves. This will lead to digestive problems such as intestinal gas. If you have been experiencing such, kindly seek medical attention, to identify if you are allergic to or if any of the digestive organs are not functioning well.

Be more choosy in terms of consuming your foods, try as much as possible to consume foods that is fresh, organic, natural, no preservatives, free from GMO, no harmful chemicals, free from coloring and artificial flavors and etc..

Bare in mind, you can never go wrong with the eating method of 4 Ls and 1 H. So, what are the 4 Ls? The 4 Ls simply means, low in sugar, low in fat, low in protein and low in salt. As for 1 H, it stands for high in fiber.

Everyone seems to understand the principle of avoiding or consuming less of foods such as white rice, white bread, white salt, white sugar and white flour, but why? All these are unnatural resources as it has gone through highly refined processes; imbalance nutrient will cause our body to be acidic. Same goes with meat, cow milk and egg.

What would be the healthy food pyramid? It is advisable to have 60% of grains (any types, best to have mixture), 15% each on vegetable and fruit, and 10% of protein (bean, seed and nut). Grains can help one to lower the risk in getting heart disease, obesity, cancer as it has more nutritious, and supply balance nutrient as it is lower in fat, high fiber and cholesterol free. Common type of grains consists of barley, wheat, oats, corn, brown rice, buckwheat, rye, millet and spelt. There is no hard and fast rules on how to consume the grains, you can explore and experiment it to your preferences and liking.

As I have posted an article on how to consume fruits the right way, let us see how we can practice healthy eating procedure. We all know that fruits must be consumed before foods as it will be oxidized before its get digested if we consumed it after meal. We used to have juices, water or soup during our meal, this will cause digestion and gastric problem periodically as the liquids is diluting together with the digestion enzymes that is release out to digest the foods. So, try to drink juices, water or soup before meal or half an hour after meal. Raw vegetable contain enzymes that helps in digestion processes, adopt the habit of eating some raw vegetable before meal will help to ease the digestive problems as well.

Remember, this is just part of the basic information about how to become healthy. There will be more to understand and learn, let us start with one-step at a time. There is no magic pill to cure the illnesses but ONLY YOU!