Healthy diets

Healthy diets and processed foods
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Do not often sit together 
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Processed foods often contain refined sugar, extra salt, and other flavor enhancers. 
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Not only are these potentially unhealthy, but they dull your taste buds to natural flavors. 
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The result? 
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A need to eat more processed foods to get the taste you want, and natural foods that don't taste as good as they should.
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They digest in your body so fast that they cause a steep increase in your blood sugar levels, and this can promote weight gain.
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So try the following.
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Here are some examples of complex carbohydrates, which are good for you.
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Whole wheat bread
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Brown rice and pasta
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Beans
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Vegetables
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Fruit
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These digest slowly in your body
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Helping your blood sugar levels stay stable and keeping you feeling full for longer.
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Your carbohydrates intake should include lots of fibre as well. 
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Fibre is found in fruit and vegetable. 
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It keeps you full for longer, but also maintains a healthy colon. 
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Most people neglect to eat enough fibre.
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Then there is the protein you need.
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The human body needs protein to provide energy and promote growth. 
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If you do not eat enough protein, your growth will be stunted, and your major organs will be strained. 
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The best or most complete form of protein comes from meat, chicken, fish, eggs, milk and cheese. 
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If you are vegetarian, you can get your protein from other sources e.g. rice and beans. 
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But you may have to eat them in greater quantities or combine different sources to get the full benefit.
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You do not need as much protein as you do carbohydrates.
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Then there are fats
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There are good fats and bad fats. 
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You need to minimise your consumption of fats that come from meat, dairy, baked and fried foods. 
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Fats from nuts, seeds, avocados, and plant oils are good fats, and can be consumed in moderation. 
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There are also fats from fish which are good for you. 
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On the whole though, fats should make up only 20-30% of your daily food consumption.
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And yes for sure you knew a lot of the above however being reminded time to time is no bad thing.
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Eat smart, it determines more than you realise about how your life turns out.
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An abused system breaks down over time.
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And it is only then that you fully appreciate the old adage that there is nothing more important than good health.
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By then of course it is too late.
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So be smart now!