How healthy meals and right food habits can help you predict the future?

Author: Vaishnavi Arya

Type 2 diabetes is accelerating these days and is becoming one of the leading causes of death across the world. Because of the bad food habits and not having healthy meals, mostly such condition is seen in people with obesity over the age of 40. But how can we manage or prevent this condition effectively?

Well the answer is pretty simple. Eat healthy meals and live smartly. All this depends on the food that we choose to eat. Combining the right type of fats, carbohydrates and protein together can have a dramatic impact on our body. Not only diabetes, people suffer from many diseases like high blood pressure, heart problems, cholesterol, cancer etc. due to bad food habits. Foods that you consume have the ability to treat the diseases at the root cause itself.

With right food habits and switching to healthy breakfast recipes, one can lower the risk of diseases and other complications. It will increase energy, maintain weight and help one to improve one’s health. Let’s have a look at some food habits that may help you to predict the future.

How carbohydrates can keep you out of trouble

Should we eat carbs? Which carbs are good or bad? Carbohydrates are also must for our body. If we switch to right type of carbohydrates, it will allow you to maintain the health. It also raises energy levels and prevents fatigue.

What are proteins and what do they do?

Protein is made up of amino acids and is the building blocks of DNA/RNA, human cell structure. Consuming good amount of quality protein is vital for the disease prevention and optimum health. Essential food combinations of food are pulses with dairy products, pulses with nuts and seeds, dairy with whole grains and whole grains with pulses. These food items form bones and muscles. Healthy meals full of proteins are must for proper growth and development in kids.

Fat doesn’t make you fat!

Fat is the most concentrated source of energy which our body consumes. It is must for the growth, development, energy, maintaining cell membranes, stability of food, taste and consistency. Every human cell needs it. Good fats are must to reduce bad cholesterol and increase good cholesterol.

Tips for healthy eating

Transition to a diet may seem difficult, but moving to healthy meals is good for a healthy body. Here are few suggestions that can work in teenagers and kids to eat healthy food:

  • Start serving healthy breakfast recipes and meals on the plates to family members and let them eat it before they eat anything else. Don’t push kids to eat when they aren’t hungry.
  • Involve your kids in food preparation and let them go to stores with you to pick healthy foods.
  • Talk to the kids and teenagers why some foods are healthy and some are not. Let them make healthy food choices.
  • Look for the healthy and quick breakfast recipes, and snacks over the web to treat your kids timely to have healthy food.

Research, meal plan and commit to making changes in food for the family for a healthy future.