Health Conscious Eating.
Health Conscious Eating is practicing and learning healthy eating habits everyday. Antioxidants, minerals and vitamins are most crucial for your daily diet. Oxidation within your body is a primary cause of physical aging and disease infections. It can be handled by consuming a daily diet rich in antioxidants’ phyto-nutrients.
Health Conscious Eating is focusing on a strong immune system. It’s the plant-based nutrients that help a strong immune system, normal cell growth, and long-term health of the crucial organs of the body such as the heart, lungs, and eyes. But less than 9% of the total population is getting the recommended optimal servings of fruits and vegetables each day, and that is also the Standard American Diet (SAD).
The Mediterranean-diet is a great example of health conscious eating. This diet has a high consumption of vegetables, fruits, bread and other cereals, beans, potatoes, nuts and seeds. This eating lifestyle greatly reduces the risk of heart and other chronic disease.
Studies have shown that The Mediterranean Diet has helped millions reduced the risk of chronic lifestyle diseases and improve overall wellbeing. It also reduced the risk of cardiovascular mortality, a reduced incidence of cancer and cancer mortality, and a reduced incidence of Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases.
Health Conscious Eating is using less of the bad fat while at the same time using more of the good fat like olive oil which is an important monounsaturated fat source for healthy living.
There is also proof that the antioxidants in olive oil can also lower bad Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, and raise cardio-protective High-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. It has other anti-hypertensive and anti-inflammatory effects, and decrease your risk of atherosclerosis. Lipoprotein is a biochemical which enables fat to be carried in the blood stream.
Studies suggest that a higher intake of these fats will add to a healthy reproduction of your cells that will help in strength of your immune system and make you more resistant to infectious diseases and at the same time make you look and feel younger and contribute to longer life expectancy.
The value you place on your health will determine how proactive you are to health conscious eating. Your health is your most important asset and everything you eat and drink everyday is affecting your daily wellness for better or for worse.
