The Role of Diet in Health and Fitness
Improving the quality of life through health and nutrition involve following a diet pattern and adequate levels of nutrition to prevent diseases and maintain physical fitness. Issues of malnutrition would be related to deficiencies of vitamins or nutrients and intake of supplements form an important part of disease prevention strategy and helps in improving energy levels (Papers4you.com, 2006).
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One of the most common deficiencies is that in iron; about two to three millions of people suffer from the lack in iron in their blood and some develop the anemia hypo ferric or the iron-deficiency, which is the latest stage of this kind of deficiency. Those who are usually in high risk are children and women in fecundity periods. Until the 80-ties this phenomena was very common with babies and little children. Although iron was added to babies' drops without testing the hemoglobin level contained in their blood, the deficiency was still evident.
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Green tea has a long history of medicinal use throughout the world. Some great recent news, released on September 13, 2006 in of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) shows that green tea consumption as studied over an 11-year period up to 2005 proved the health benefits. Researchers analyzed information on over 40,000 Japanese adults between ages 40 and 79 years old. After the 11-year study, 4,209 adults had died. Adults who drank the most green tea were least likely to die from cardiovascular disease, especially stroke. Men who consumed at least five cups of green tea each day were 12% less likely to die from any cause. Women who drank five cups or more of green tea each day were 23% less likely to die from any cause and 31% less likely to die from cardiovascular problems.
Our perception of obesity has changed dramatically, and the social stigma of being overweight or obese has lessened. In recent years, dozens of books, movies, and celebrities have all celebrated the acceptance of being larger or overweight. Fuller-fit, relaxed-fit, and expandable waistbands have all become standard in the fitting room. Even our perception of a little extra weight has changed. For some reason, there seems to be a growing acceptance that being overweight or obese is not a detriment to one’s health. This is a total falsehood. Our society is in the midst of one of the most serious epidemics of all time. The standard American diet emphasizes more meats and refined foods and all at the expense of raw, unrefined vegetables This is responsible for obesity being totally out of control.
New research suggests that including a combination of antioxidants on your plate yields a more powerful advantage than eating any one type of antioxidant-rich food.
Spirulina (blue-green algae) Spirulina contains not only the antioxidant phycocyanin but also a bundle of protein, plus omega fatty acids. Once a mainstay food of the Aztecs. spirulina additionally works as an ibuprofen like non-steroidal anti-inflammatory. Add one teaspoon to one tablespoon of spirulina a day to smoothies or yogurt, or take it in capsule form. Some people may find that, spirulina can be over stimulating much like too much caffeine from coffee.
The Diet For Living Longer
The average man in the United States consumes about 2,475 calories a day. That’s roughly 500 more, on average, than he really needs. Likewise, the average American woman consumes 1,833 calories, yet probably needs only about 1,600. One way to lower your caloric consumption would be to follow a simple formula. Men should aim for about 500 calories at both breakfast and lunch, while women should strive for about 300 at each meal. Both sexes can then easily afford 1,000 calories at dinner.
