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There is an increasing awareness about respectively. Therefore, by planning a
maintaining health and wellness, and the well-balanced diet we can give all the
best way to stay healthy is to eat essentials nutrients even with the small
healthy. There are three main factors, amount of foods.
which helps us in developing a complete To derive all the essential nutrients
healthy body: good diet, regular exercise from the foods, we shall always need to
and a healthy lifestyle. choose a variety of healthy foods. All
Let us begin with diets and have a look the five essential nutrients can be
on some healthy food groups, which we derived, if a diet includes foods from
should consume. It is also essential to the following groups:
see the calorie-content of various foods · Green leafy vegetables
as elevated calories in food results in · Fresh or seasonal fruits
health problems such as obesity and · Cereals and pulses
diabetes. Health experts believe that a · Fish and meat products
healthy diet can lower the risks of · Dairy products such as curd, cheese
number of life-threatening diseases such etc.
as diabetes, heart attack and Today, obesity and overweight are one of
osteoporosis. Hence, developing, managing the major factors for life-threatening
and maintaining a good diet has become an diseases such as atherosclerosis, heart
essential part of our health routine. attack and diabetes. Obesity and
And for doing this we should know the overweight problems are essentially
basic difference between a well-balanced caused due to not eating correctly and
diet and a nutritious diet. Although, consuming lot of calories. Calories are
most of us believe that a well-balanced needed everyday by our body for proper
diet and a nutritious diet are one and metabolic functioning. However,
the same, in reality they are not!!! A over-consumption of calories can lead to
nutritious diet would comprise of foods, various health problems. Daily calorie
which contain all the essential nutrients needs of an individual depend on various
such as protein, vitamin, fats, factors such as age, physical fitness,
carbohydrates and minerals. A height and weight and body composition.
well-balanced diet implies a diet that Hence, you also need to be conscious
not only contains foods with all the about the foods, which are calorie rich.
essential nutrients, but also, in correct Take a look at following figures:
proportions and adequate amount. Even if · 28 grams of butter = 200 calories
you take all the essential nutrients · 37 grams of potato chips = 200
through your daily foods, but if they are calories
not in correct proportions or adequate · 75 grams of burger = 200 calories
amounts, you may still have to face the · 66 grams of hot dogs = 200 calories
health problems. Therefore, instead of · 385 grams of apples = 200 calories
opting for just a nutritious diet, every · 357 grams of green peas = 200 calories
health-conscious person should opt for a · 588 grams of broccoli = 200 calories
well-balanced diet. · 1425 grams of celery = 200 calories
The ingredients of a well-balanced diet Knowing this you would surely choose to
differ according to the sex, age and buy a few kilograms of apples that
physical fitness of an individual. An provide you other nutrients also rather
older adult may be unable to eat certain than to eat burgers or hot dogs to avoid
foods required to fulfill his/her unnecessary calorie intake. Ideally,
nutritious requirements. However, a women require 1940 calories and men
well-balanced diet can help an older require 2550 calories intake in a daily
adult to get the essential nutrients even basis. You may also plan a well-balanced
through a sparse diet. For example, 100 and optimum calorie-intake diet by
grams of wheat and 100 grams of rice discussing it with your dietician.
contain nearly 12 grams and 6.4 grams of Remember, you can avoid a lot of future
protein, respectively. Similarly, 100 treatments and medications by maintaining
grams of ragi and 100 grams of rice a well-balanced diet and optimizing your
contain 344 mg and 9 mg of calcium, health care.




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