Eating healthy and unhealthy

Written By The HealthMeth Team - Updated On Friday, August 20, 2021 1:00 PM

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Healthy eating means eating foods rich in nutrients important to the human body, which contribute to its building and lasting safety, and these elements include proteins, vitamins of all kinds, and various minerals, in addition to omega-3 acids, water, and carbohydrates, in exchange for avoiding fatty foods that cause high harmful cholesterol. In the body, fatty sweets, as they lead to obesity, narrowing of the arteries, and many diseases; Such as heart disease, diabetes, and sudden strokes.


Tips for healthy eating and healthy living

  • Achieving a balance between the number of calories consumed during the day versus the number of calories burned through the exercise of various physical activities, noting that a man needs 2,500 calories per day, while a woman needs 2,000 calories.
  • Eating more fruits and vegetables five times a day.
  • Make sure to eat a fish meal at least twice a week, as fish is rich in minerals and important elements for the body, and it is considered a healthy, balanced dish, noting that it is necessary to prepare it through grilling, not frying, and you can choose between fresh or canned fish such as tuna and sardines.
  • Exercising regularly, as exercise is not just a weight-loss activity, but rather it stimulates blood circulation in the body, sends positive energy, and absorbs negative energy, and this explains why a person feels psychological comfort due to going outdoors, and practicing some exercises, including yoga and meditation
  • Take care to drink water to keep the body hydrated, and protect it from dehydration, because the body needs 1.2 to protect it from dehydration, and it needs larger quantities to carry out metabolism and metabolism, especially if the weather is hot.
  • When following any diet, it is never permissible to neglect breakfast, believing that it contributes to losing weight. On the contrary, neglecting it reduces the rate of burning.


List of unhealthy foods

Unsaturated fats

Cookies, frozen decorations that are used in cakes, fast food, pancakes, microwave popcorn, and frozen meals, bearing in mind that the body's need of these fats per day does not exceed two grams only, while one meal of the above-mentioned items contains what More than five grams.


Foods rich in high fructose corn syrup

Fructose is a cheap and easy-to-store substance that gives a delicious taste and a pleasant flavor to food, and it can be manufactured by processing corn starch to convert sugar into fructose, examples of which are: soft drinks, especially sugar-free, which we think are very good for diet, ketchup, and corn chips.


Foods rich in monosodium glutamate

Pans, canned potato chips, artificial sweeteners, and some soft drinks are all high in MSG.


Foods rich in the minerals sodium and salt

Examples of foods rich in the minerals sodium and salt are cheese, salted snacks, canned meats and pizza.


Foods that raise cholesterol

The body’s need of cholesterol per day is only 300 grams, so be careful when eating ice cream and pork products, knowing that they are forbidden by Muslims, donuts, cream, and fatty meats.


Food rich in calories

Examples of foods high in calories include pasta dishes, spices and chocolate.


Foods rich in carbohydrates

Carbohydrates cause high blood sugar, as the permissible percentage of carbohydrates is only 130 g per day, including bread, cappuccino and popcorn.