Importance of Healthy Eating

Improving the health conditions of the American population ensures the increased quality of life. People eat for various reasons with the fundamental reason being for survival purposes. However, the issue of eating to live and living to eat affects people in different manners as most people develop poor eating habits that affect the body’s nutritional intake and affects their health. Being healthy involves careful considerations of what one is eating and engaging in activities that contribute to better healthy lives that do not imply daily prescriptions or

Americans love to eat, but do we actually understand how to eat healthy? In today’s world, everyone wants to be healthy, nonetheless, it seems no one knows how. With the nutritional knowledge of present-day, society’s health should be getting better instead of worse. However, there are so many different ideas regarding food that the public may feel confused. Michael Pollan points out many worthy causes in his book In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto; he tends to overuse quotes and research and uses unseemly portrayals, but he also implements excellent information to make a valid argument.

Just like we say “We are what we eat”, the role nutrition plays in our life is essential to determine our health status.Obesity can lead to other critical diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular problems or even cancer.Overweight is an issue that is increasing rapidly and it is being inherited by generations. More than just a social issue obesity is taking control of obese people's life by placing them under a category of American citizens who believe they are not capable to overcoming their weight. One of our perspectives on the topic is that obesity can be prevented if Making America healthy can inspire and teach Americans for a better nutrition. Many issues develop into huge problems because of the lack of information to solve them.Our solution is focused on providing free information and about a healthy diet along with effective practical solutions to every American willing to take the journey with us making no exceptions on race or social status. Other fact is that healthy food in general is more expensive and it takes time to be prepared. The American life is consider as being busy, Americans rarely spend time on their kitchens that is why many citizens lean towards greasy fast food most of the time of low prices due to the

Carbohydrate is a nutrient essential for energy production and the prevention of ketosis, a state where the production of ketones exceeds metabolism. Protein is a nutrient essential for its components, amino acids. Fat is a nutrient which provides insulation, protection and energy for the body.

In many ways a nutritional diet provides the basis for well-being. Even though this might sound like common sense, the reality is that a large proportion of the population in highly developed western societies lacks sufficient physical activity and an adequate nutritional diet necessary for optimal health. Surely, this combination underlies the rate of obesity in the U.S., which is thought to affect nearly 30% of the adult population (Kim & Li & Watkins, 2011).

For the occupation of nursing it is important that nurses look after themselves both physically and mentally as the vocation is very demanding. Physically the career involves things like heavy lifting, long periods of walking/standing, long exhausting working hours, pushing/pulling and good eyesight and vision which is a very hard to maintain if you are getting little to no sleep. Mentally nursing requires you to be good and quick at making decisions, also you will be analysing the patients and looking at their care plans so it is important that the nurses are fully focused and able to concentrate. A good healthy balanced diet is essential and may include foods like: slow carbohydrates, protein, fats, minerals, vitamins, and water.

The foods we consume communicates to others our beliefs, cultural and social backgrounds. Food represents many aspects of culture to what people think about one another. A person's food choices symbolize how they define themselves in terms of religion, ethnicity, social class and so on. Food is also a great way for sharing culture with people from different backgrounds. Foods can be powerful, they have the ability to feed us but also make us feel emotional. The four sources that are going to be talked about will be food as status, food as identity, food as a community and food as pleasure.

It was a simpler time for people in the 1970’s, going home to a home cooked meal after a long day at work or at school, to spend quality family time at dinner, bonding and enjoying a healthy meal that was cooked by mom, but that's not the case anymore in the 2000’s. The generation today has forgotten about healthy home cooked meals and turned to fast food restaurants for a cheap and greasy meal. With fast food restaurants becoming popular now people don’t bother to check how many calories and fat are in the food being consumed there. People expect that a healthy meal at home is the same as a fast food meal, but the difference is how much calories, sodium and fat there is in the food. Continuing to eat the unhealthy foods at fast food restaurants can lead to an obesity epidemic and obesity related diseases. Fast food restaurants are continuing to be in a high demand and soon hospitals will be too, because of all the obesity related diseases. If obesity does not stop soon it will affect the future generations too. The solution to preventing obesity and obesity related diseases from happening to future generation is for the generation of 18-26 year olds to become educated about what goes into their body and how it affects it and the media for all the entertainment people watch on the couch instead of going outside to walk the calories off.

What does it mean to be healthy and why do we strive to live a healthy lifestyle?

A pound of fat is equal to 3,500 calories. If a diet consists of 2,500 calories a day and it was changed to 2,000 a day, it would take one week to lose a pound of fat. It isn’t that hard to cut back on those calories though. With some simple knowledge of healthy eating and determination, there are endless possibilities to lose fat. For one to fully understand healthy eating, one must examine how and what we eat, the processed food and artificial sweeteners we consume, and the importance of hydration.

about what It means to have an healthy diet and regular exercise routine. According to the Center for disease control and Prevention (CDC), roughly two-thirds of Americans are overweight, and nearly one-third are obese. The most recent research indicates that good health comes from a combination of eating a balanced diet, exercising regularly losing weight and avoiding risk factors such as smoking. Americans must strive to do better everyday to insure an healthier eating lifestyle and by exercising regularly.

Every day we get the opportunity to wake up and determine how our day is going to go. Are we going to have a good attitude? Are we going to make healthy choices? Are we going to live a healthy and active lifestyle? Are we going to live a life full of faith? These are all questions we must answer every day when we wake up. Living a healthy lifestyle goes way beyond just the obvious health benefits from being active; it is also necessary for our spiritual health as well.

Maintaining our bodies healthy help keep us happy and think positive rather than thinking negative things all the time. Being Physically active and eating the foods we need to be eating help keep our bodies running the way they are supposed to, so we do not feel sluggish and tired all day. Making our brains think is a wonderful way of keeping our minds happy and healthy, rather than just sitting down thinking about life, that just makes us worry and think about all the things we need to get done and could cause us to go into depression and could make us become mentally ill.

Throughout the project, I have noticed that my current eating habits lack several minerals and vitamins. To improve my life, I could increase the amount of water that I drink each day to help my body function. Secondly, I could decrease the amount of sugary foods that I eat, while increasing the amounts of fruits and vegetables that I eat to assist with my vitamin and mineral intake. In continuation, by incorporating exercise into my daily routine, I can keep my body in a healthy condition. Also, by changing my eating habits and lifestyle choices, I am able to impact society.

Good nutrition is a fundamental part of a person’s health (Corbin et al., 2016). Healthy eating habits can reduce risks of disease and support healthy body composition. Eating a diet rich in nutrient dense foods combined with a regular moderate exercise routine also reduces overall body fat. Poor eating habits have been linked to four of the seven leading causes of death in the United States. It is imperative to implement healthy choices and teach our children healthy eating habits so that we can improve the overall health of families. There are tools available to help people to eat better and to change to a healthier lifestyle. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has published in depth informational literature on the best eating habits for Americans called the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Their website also provides a number of tools to help Americans make healthy decisions and track their eating habits.