What does it take for a woman to be called an empowered woman? Some say manners, others say quality education. It is indeed true but for me, to be called an empowered woman; she should not just have a sharp mind but also a heart of gold and an active body.
Just like a machine, our body needs to have its source of energy to keep it going. We need to intake enough vitamins and minerals to function well and accomplish our tasks for the day. Eating nutritious foods is the best way to have all the elements that our body needs. In preparing a healthy meal, it is best if we follow the pinggang pinoy guide. The pinggang pinoy is established by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). It is a visual tool to guide Filipinos in consuming the right amount of food in every meal. It answers the question of how much food we should eat to be healthy. As a woman of this challenging generation, we need to be fully equipped to cope up and meet life’s challenges. We need to be holistically healthy and that should start with eating the right dose of healthy foods.
Failure to consume the right amount of healthy foods can lead to different complications. Micronutrient deficiency is referred to as lacking of essential vitamins and minerals required in small amounts by the body. It can cause different complications because some of the micronutrients are needed by the body in order absorb other nutrients. It can start with not being able to function well and will further lead to being vulnerable to different diseases. We all know that it is hard to work when we are sick. It lessens our productivity at work. We are not able to do the things that we want.
In this time of health crisis, we all need to focus on the things that concern our holistic health. That should start with the things that we eat. We need to boost our immunity and that can be achieved by eating foods rich in vitamins. We need to educate ourselves on how to be healthy in our little way. By this, we can also disseminate our knowledge to our family members. We need to be fully equipped by body and mind. In that way, we are not just helping ourselves but also our community. By staying at home and keeping ourselves healthy and physically fit, we can say that we are one step ahead against the pandemic.
Keep your body fit. Have enough sleep. Eat nutritious foods. Continue to learn. Continue to grow. Do not let this pandemic to make you grow fatter and lazier. Utilize this time to reload the energy that was consumed before the quarantine. Use this time to meditate. In that way, we can continue to improve our way of living into something better and healthier. Then when this pandemic is over, we can say that we have become the empowered woman that we want to be. Women with the goal, woman with nutrition.
Great one