Health And Diet Essay, Research Paper
There are two major factors that determine the way a person looks, feels
and their weight. Diet and exercise is a great mediator in the way person
looks, weighs and feels. Your diet will greatly impact on the way you look,
the way you approach things and the amount you will be able to do
physically. A good balanced diet consists of the five major food groups. No
single food can provide all the essential nutrients needed for good health
and well being.
The five major food groups are: Bread and Cereal, Fruit, Vegetables, Meat
and Meat Alternatives and the Milk Group. Bread and Cereal are recommended
for six or seven serves per day. Fruit is recommended for two to three
serves per day. Vegetables are recommended for four serves per day. Meat
and Meat Alternatives are recommended for one serve per day. The Milk Group
for a young or still growing person is of much greater importance than when
the person has stoped growing. The reason for this is because while growing
your body needs fats and dairy products for energy and nutrients. After
growing has stoped your body will store this as fat because the need for
energy and nutrients is not as great.
If you follow these plans to eat [above and below] you will look and feel
great, you will also be able to participate in more physical activities
such as running, skipping and swimming. The food groups are broken up into
three other groups: Eat Most, Eat Moderately and Eat Least [as seen in
chart below]. The eat most food group consists of foods such as: wholegrain
cereals, bread [preferably wholegrain], pasta, rice, vegetables and fruit.
The eat moderately food group consists of foods such as: milk, cheese,
yoghurt, lean meat, poultry, fish, nuts, eggs and pulses [e.g. soya beans].
The eat least food group contains foods like: butter, margarine, oils and
sugar. Also to compensate for the fluids lost through perspiration,
expiration and urine and faeces we should drink two to three litres of
water per day. These ideas may contribute to general health and well-being
if put into practice.
Exercise will also help you lose weight and have higher self-esteem by
burning kilojoules that will inturn make you thinner. Exercise will also
work your muscles and make you more flexible and agile. By participating in
sport and exercise you develop physical skill and group loyalty.