How Are Health and Diet Interlinked?
Diet, exercise and health are interlinked. Nutrition and fitness is extremely important for all human beings as well. Many things have changed since the industrial revolution when many mechanized things made our everyday life less tedious and physically challenging. Unfortunately it also meant that our bodies became conditioned to the comfort and many people soon developed many lifestyle related diseases. There are very few communities such as the Amish, who still practice the old lifestyle when mechanised or electrical objects don't make life simpler.
Diet is an integral part of our health. What we eat makes our bodies and provides us with the nutrition to keep going. In our 20's and 30's we require 1800 calories to keep us going, when we lead a normal life. Those that participate in sports or a more active lifestyle would need a higher calorie count. Many sportsmen such as swimmers and cyclists can need as much as 5000 calories a day to keep them going.
As we progress towards our forties and fifties, we require a lower calorie count to be fit, healthy and lead a normal lifestyle. Diet and exercise plays a major role in making us healthy as well. With technological advancements, the average lifespan of a person has increased. Our diets have also gotten better as compared to the previous century. More and more people also have access to a variety of foods and diets as well.
Though people now have more access to different types of diets and foods, it doesn't mean that all of them are good for us. Junk food has crept up in a big way. Child obesity has also become a major issue as it impacts the health of young children. Obesity can lead to further problems when children become adults such as arthritis (excess weight on knees and legs), enlarged heart, other cardiovascular problems, diabetes and many more.
This is the reason that the right of kind of diet is extremely crucial for everyone. Diets need to include a healthy mix of proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals and also oils. Each has their significance and provides nutrition for the body. Minerals such as calcium and phosphorus are extremely important for the bones. A lack of these minerals can cause osteoporosis and can lead to fractures quite easily. Fats and oils are important as they make our skin glow. Excess of oils can cause fat build-up in the artery, which is bad for our health.
Along with diet, exercise is extremely crucial for leading a healthy lifestyle as well and being fit.
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