Healthy Food

By Saira Akhtar

Introduction:

For a healthy diet you need to add all the nutrients in your food so to this, protein plays an important role for our health. It is the combination of amino acids that are very much needed by our bodies to develop muscles, provide health to your skin, nails and internal organs. As you already know that the sportsman and athletes are highly recommended to take food with proteins as rich diets to keep healthy and fit.

Protein Foods:

There are many foods available which have a high protein to fulfill our body needs. Among them are meat, eggs, milk, beans, nuts and seeds. Human body needs different level of proteins and for this purpose many procedures are there to measure the utilization and retention of protein in our body. Among them are net protein utilization, biological value etc which are use to examine that in which amount of protein are necessary for our body.

Requirement of proteins in our diet:

This is the common issue that how much protein needed for a healthy diet in a day. Furthermore, demands are also vary on different thing, like how much it is needed for child growth and development, in pregnancy or breasted for child nourishment etc. three guidelines are suggested to measure the protein intake which is intake per body weight, absolute intake, and intake as energy. If there is not enough energy supplied by the body likes in starvation, then this is the protein that fulfills the energy needs.

Deficiency and Excess use of protein food:

Many developing countries facing this deficiency issue and this become a serious cause of illness and death. There are lot of diseases occur by protein deficiency among them some are mental retardation, nutrition disorder, and growth and development problems in child. We should eat different types of nutrients to keeps us healthy. Excess of everything may cause some serious problems. Many researchers discover that excessive use of protein cause a loss of calcium in excretion process, or there may also causes a kidney disease which usually develop by excessive intake of protein.

By Darnell X Hardin

There are so many efforts to lead you to the new healthy life habit. One great way is by organizing the food in your refrigerator. Doing some smart tricks to set up the healthy food in the fridge would be really effective. It is because usually the content of the refrigerator is really influenced the eating habit of the whole family. The descriptions below contain some smart tricks to help you create great healthy eating to the members of the family.

1. Place the healthier food such as fruits, vegetables, and yogurt in the strategic place. The right place should make them be easy to reach and the eyes of the members of the family could spot them first in the refrigerator.

On the other hand, some not so healthy food that usually so tasty should be stored in the produce drawer or in the crisper. If you hide these foods, the whole family would think twice to reach them and automatically they could reduce the amounts of unhealthy food they eat.

2. Also, you could differentiate the foods in the refrigerator in to two parts, the healthier food and the not-so-healthy food. This trick would make the whole family realize whether the good food and the tasty food with less nutrient. Putting the useful food into the front would be the great idea. The attractive storing would be interesting and fun to invite your family to choose the healthier food in the fridge.

3. You should be really selective to put the foods in the refrigerator. Choose the useful and healthy food whenever you are shopping for your groceries. Try to always select the lower fat food to fill your refrigerator.

4. The use of the freezer in the refrigerator is also important. You could wisely use the freezer by freezing the foods that would not be used immediately. It is the effective way to save the food while providing the quick meals for the whole family.

Also, you could use the freezer to produce some fun snacks from any delicious fruits that would delight your family. The fun snacks from fruits could be the freezing of some healthy fruits such as orange slices, apples, strawberries, grapes and much more. The trick of making fun snacks would make the kids feel fun too.

By Wendy Pease

If you do business around the world, you need to know about the food from different cultures. When travelling, it is also important to know how to make healthy food choices. Here is some important information to know if you are dining in Japan.

The most common appetizer offered in a Japanese restaurant is edamame, which is steamed soybeans that are salted and left in the pod. Edamame is a great choice because it is high in protein, low in calories, and very tasty. Another common choice is yakatori which is skewers of grilled, lean meat and vegetables. This dish is high in protein and nutrient rich due to the vegetables.

Soup is always a good healthy choice in any culture and miso soup is a favorite at most Japanese restaurants. It is a light broth created from a miso (soy) paste with scallions and tofu. Many believe that starting with a broth soup can help one consume less calories during the rest of the meal. Another popular soup choice is Udon noodle soup. This light broth contains noodles, tofu, vegetables, and shiitake mushrooms. Udon noodle soup is very healthy and extremely filling. There are other good choices such as the very nutrient-rich seaweed salad which is made from chopped seaweed, ginger, garlic, cilantro, soy sauce, rice vinegar, scallions, and sesame oil. Although it sounds unusual to most Americans, it is a very tasty salad.

The main meal in Japan usually consists of sushi which is raw fish. The term sushi actually refers to the white rice mixed with rice vinegar and a bit of sugar. In the United States, we use the term sushi for a variety of raw fish items, but in Japan it is good to know the specific names of each type of dish.

* Nigiri is fish draped over balls of rice.
* Maki is fish wrapped in seaweed and rice and then cut into pieces.
* Temaki is fish and rice wrapped up in a seaweed cone.
* Sashimi is raw fish served without rice.

Part of enjoying international cuisine is the ability to understand the menu. With a few simple tips, everyone can enjoy a delicious and healthy Japanese meal. The more you know about different cultures and cuisines the more successful you will be in international business. Being open to learning and trying new experiences is a big asset.

By Dave Sheahan

This is a very simple but key strategy for adhering to a consistent balanced nutrition programme. Ask yourself this question - how many times this year have you actually conducted 1 large weekly shop instead of visiting the local shop or supermarket a number of times during the week? I am sure it wasn't often.

The key to everything is planning and organising and this is not different with shopping. People don't organise and plan their shopping at all and is the reason why they always buy more both on each shopping trip and each week than they need. Look how much money you are wasting each week on needless purchases? Look at how you are sabotaging your nutrition programme by bringing unplanned temptations into your cupboards that are begging to be eaten.

An important realistion for you to be aware of is that supermarkets are strategically designed to ensure shoppers buy much more than they had planned on each visit. Have you noticed that in order to get to the healthy aisles you have to pass the sweet aisles, deli etc You must pass these aisles in order to get to what you want - and these are never the fruit and vegetable aisles!!!

You get lured by the smell from the deli, or the rows and rows of biscuits, sweets and cakes. Shop designers know the psychology of people and feed off it. You must plan your shopping trip just like your exercise, work project etc Write your list of exactly what you need and when you hit the shop conduct your trip with military precision going to just where you have planned to go and GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE!!

It is the simple, and often most obvious, strategies that when adhered to ensure that you create a lean sculpted body and live the life of your dreams. By having a full shop done you will have everything you need in supply and there will be no excuse for deviating from your nutrition path.