You and Your Food

Look in the mirror. Do you have rosy cheeks? Are your muscles firm? Can you stand erect? The food you eat everyday has something to do with all these.

Food is nourishment. It sustains and keeps active the living tissues of your body. Your blood, your bones, nerves and body cells get their nourishment from the food you eat. If you eat well you grow properly; you feel strong and happy. If your food is not enough, then you feel weak and listless. You have little interest in the things you see and do and growth becomes slow too. Human beings, animals and plants need food.

Observe a newborn baby, feel how soft are his muscles and bones. After the baby has been fed with his mother's milk for a month or two, his bones and muscles become firmer and harder. Thus, milk is the best food for babies because it is rich in protein. Protein substances in food is essential for growth. For example, a healthy infanct doubles its weight and size in six months, trebles it in twelve months. After two years, it is usually one third the size of an adult. This continuous growing up depends on the food he eats.

Food keeps the tissues of the body in constant repair. Do you notice how your skin peels off when it is dry? How your hair grows after it has been cut? How your wound heals after it has been treated? These are examples of the growth and repair going on in your body everyday. Our body is like an engine, and food is our fuel to keep it moving. The more active you are the more fuel you need. After playing, working or studying, you feel hungry and tired. And food will make you feel strong and motivated again, like me, a cup of coffee would suffice me.

A well-balanced meal with plenty of vegetables and fruits, water, milk and some meat will supply the body needs for vitamins and minerals.

The key is BALANCE of the different food groups that you should be taking. In life, balance will also keep us sane. As they say, anything in excess is not good. We need self control and discipline to refine our pursuits in life and to keep ourselves physically, physiologically and emotionally healthy. Never let things, food, money and ambition feed you in pride and gluttony.

Find your balance and stay healthy. - Lykelyca

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