5 Reasons Why You Should Be Eating Healthy Food

Eating healthy isn’t always as easy as it sounds, but committing yourself to a healthy diet can be one of the smartest decisions you’ll ever make in your life.  Not only can eating healthy make you look and feel better, it can also save you from several diseases and illnesses. Following a healthy diet includes choosing to eat plenty of lean meats, eggs, vegetables, fruit, whole grains and dairy products. Eating well also means leaving out foods that are high in sugar, saturated fat and sodium. This includes fast food – from pizzas to burgers, fizzy drinks and processed snacks, such as crackers and crisps. If you need some help getting motivated, here are five reasons why you should want to start eating clean immediately.

Add Years to Your Life

When you begin your healthy eating routine, you boost your chances of a much longer life. The World Health Organisation’s life expectancy charts, tells us that the UK population can expect to live on average, until we are 78.7 years old, with women tending to outlive men – the average life expectancy for men is 76.4 years compared to 80.9 years for women.  Looking forward to more time with loved ones is a good enough reason to keep this habit up.

Increase Energy

We’ve all experienced that tired feeling we get after eating too much junk food. When you eat a balanced diet of lean meats, vegetables and fruit, your body has the right fuel it needs to manage your energy level. Regular physical exercise also improves muscle strength and boosts endurance, giving you more energy to get on with your day.

Enhance Mood

What you consume has a huge impact on your brain. Pizza, chocolate chip cookies and ice cream are some of the foods we turn to when we are feeling sad. These foods can make us feel better only for a few minutes and then the negative mood swings back into action. Eating healthy will always enhance your mood, so foods rich in vitamins and minerals, such as fruits and vegetables have been associated with an overall lower risk of depression.

Control Body Weight

Eating right and exercising regularly can help you avoid putting on weight. You can obtain benefits of exercise by being active in simple ways throughout the day. For example, walk to work instead of driving or take the stairs instead of the lift. It’s also said that you can burn up to 200 calories just by completing house chores.

Amelia Graham

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