Importance Of Eating A Healthy Diet Essay

Chapter 2: We Are What We Eat

Now that we have had a look at what makes a healthy and nutritious diet - the principles are simple enough. A clean and nutritious diet comprises lots of fruit and vegetables, lean meat, plenty of water, controlled intake of alcohol and avoiding processed food. However, the practice of eating a healthy and nutritious diet is more difficult. We will now look at the importance of the saying ‘you are what you eat’.

Hundreds of research studies have shown us that there is no one single food type that will help prevent or cure cancer. However, having said that, there are several things that we can do to reduce the risk of cancer. One thing is for certain, if we make an effort to lead a healthy life and eat good food we will lower our risk of getting cancer. We will now look at this more in detail to see what can be done to help lower our risks to cancer and to fight it when

However, there is no such one food or supplement which can single handedly take on such a big fight. However, certain groups of food when made a regular part of our diet help lower our risk to cancer. Even then despite all the research being done on what helps us in our fight against cancer it is difficult to prove that certain foods are better than others. This is mainly because there are a large number of other variable factors involved.

What a healthy and balanced diet means has been discussed in the previous chapter. It basically means getting five cups of fruits and vegetables daily. It also means having lean organic meat about three times a week rather than processed meat (bacon) on a daily basis, eating wholegrain products rather than white flour, pasta, rice and sugar and avoiding processed food as much as possible.

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