Hi friends as National Nutrition Week is celebrating everywhere in September, I Sneha starting blogs on nutrition, to begin with we need to know why nutrition is so important? Since ages health care professionals are shouting to lead healthy lifestyle by including variety of good food, have adequate sleep and physical activity. But its 2015 and still we are most negligent about our health, lots of news papers writing about food, nutrition but most of us ignore it as we feel we are fit. First and foremost are we really healthy? As per WHO (world health organization) defined being healthy does not mean free from diseases because health is state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not just merely absence of disease or infirmity. Therefore it’s very important to know what real definition of health As if we see today India is counteracting with two major health problems, one is “Malnutrition” and another is “chronic diseases”.
India is one of the fastest growing countries in terms of population and economics, though most of Indian population is under poverty level. Malnutrition is biggest obstacle for developing India, the 2011 Global Hunger Index (GHI) Report ranked India 15th, amongst leading countries with hunger situation. Malnutrition refers to the situation where there is an unbalanced diet in which some nutrients are in excess, lacking or in wrong proportion. Simply put, we can categories it to be under-nutrition and over-nutrition. Deficiencies in nutrition inflict long-term damage to both individuals and society. Hence providing “balance diet” is important since adequate nutrient are required to maintain body function and growth. Nutrition is foundation of development, it begins from conception, if expecting mother is not having adequate nutrients outcome of pregnancy is poor which we see in malnutrition vs. if mother over fed leads to again poor (overweight infant) outcome and its viscous life cycle followed throughout life.
Balance diet contains proper proportions of carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals, roughage and water necessary to maintain good health. Include at least 5-6 servings of carbohydrates as they are source of energy for body. proteins are required for tissue repair and muscle building while fats helps cushioning organs ,low fat diets will always helpful. Minerals and vitamins required to prevent micronutrient deficiency occur due to less consumption of vitamins and mineral rich foods. Nutrient requirement vary from age, sex, work pattern, physical activity. An average person require nutrient to maintain health, while pregnant lady require adequate nutrient for her developing fetus as well as for her health, while children required nutrients for growth & physical development and in older requirement for nutrients affect by aging process, hence increases requirement of essential nutrients.
Last but not the list is physical activity which also plays important role in healthy lifestyle as do nutrition. Today people lacking in physical activity and inviting chronic diseases which can be control simply through diet and physical activity. It helps in improve stamina, increase concentration, improve metabolic rate and increases muscle mass, maintain weight and keep diseases at bay.
Ways to lead healthy lifestyle:
1. Always have small & frequent 5-6 small meals with regular interval of 2-3 hours in day. Do not skip any meals, especially your breakfast.
2. Include more vegetables and fruits in diet as they are good sources of vitamins and minerals as well as fiber, helps in weight loss and prevent micronutrient deficiencies.
3. Adequately hydrate yourself, include 10-12 glasses of water in day, avoid excess tea and coffee
4. Snack in between your meal, do not go hungry, snack on nuts, fruits or roasted chana as they give feeling of fullness.
5. Get adequate sleep for at least 7-8 hours
6. Do physical activity for at least 30 min/day.
7. Portion control is very important.
8. Last but not the list is always keep positive goal to stay healthy & fit rather than just losing weight.
As saying says “you are what you eat”, so choose wise and eat wise to lead healthy individual followed by healthy nation.
Strike right balance to stay healthy - Sneha Amabardekar Paranjpe@+91 9920 309 970
India is one of the fastest growing countries in terms of population and economics, though most of Indian population is under poverty level. Malnutrition is biggest obstacle for developing India, the 2011 Global Hunger Index (GHI) Report ranked India 15th, amongst leading countries with hunger situation. Malnutrition refers to the situation where there is an unbalanced diet in which some nutrients are in excess, lacking or in wrong proportion. Simply put, we can categories it to be under-nutrition and over-nutrition. Deficiencies in nutrition inflict long-term damage to both individuals and society. Hence providing “balance diet” is important since adequate nutrient are required to maintain body function and growth. Nutrition is foundation of development, it begins from conception, if expecting mother is not having adequate nutrients outcome of pregnancy is poor which we see in malnutrition vs. if mother over fed leads to again poor (overweight infant) outcome and its viscous life cycle followed throughout life.
Balance diet contains proper proportions of carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals, roughage and water necessary to maintain good health. Include at least 5-6 servings of carbohydrates as they are source of energy for body. proteins are required for tissue repair and muscle building while fats helps cushioning organs ,low fat diets will always helpful. Minerals and vitamins required to prevent micronutrient deficiency occur due to less consumption of vitamins and mineral rich foods. Nutrient requirement vary from age, sex, work pattern, physical activity. An average person require nutrient to maintain health, while pregnant lady require adequate nutrient for her developing fetus as well as for her health, while children required nutrients for growth & physical development and in older requirement for nutrients affect by aging process, hence increases requirement of essential nutrients.
Last but not the list is physical activity which also plays important role in healthy lifestyle as do nutrition. Today people lacking in physical activity and inviting chronic diseases which can be control simply through diet and physical activity. It helps in improve stamina, increase concentration, improve metabolic rate and increases muscle mass, maintain weight and keep diseases at bay.
Ways to lead healthy lifestyle:
1. Always have small & frequent 5-6 small meals with regular interval of 2-3 hours in day. Do not skip any meals, especially your breakfast.
2. Include more vegetables and fruits in diet as they are good sources of vitamins and minerals as well as fiber, helps in weight loss and prevent micronutrient deficiencies.
3. Adequately hydrate yourself, include 10-12 glasses of water in day, avoid excess tea and coffee
4. Snack in between your meal, do not go hungry, snack on nuts, fruits or roasted chana as they give feeling of fullness.
5. Get adequate sleep for at least 7-8 hours
6. Do physical activity for at least 30 min/day.
7. Portion control is very important.
8. Last but not the list is always keep positive goal to stay healthy & fit rather than just losing weight.
As saying says “you are what you eat”, so choose wise and eat wise to lead healthy individual followed by healthy nation.
Strike right balance to stay healthy - Sneha Amabardekar Paranjpe@+91 9920 309 970
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