Pioneer A healthy body is the key to a healthy and happy life. While health refers to the wellbeing of the body, mind and soul; physical wellbeing is the first and easiest step towards it. The biggest impediment in the way of physical health is obesity and increasing cardiovascular diseases. Identifying the Problem: Changing Fast Lifestyles With the fast paced lives that people lead, everything is available at the touch of a button. Everything can be delivered to our doorstep and this makes us lazier
to current technologies, it seems that healthy foods are easily within reach. Multiple food companies now offer products that encourage a nutritious diet, such as dairy products with reduced fat or pastas that are protein enriched. However, these enhanced foods are not as beneficial as countless consumers believe. For example, foods with added or reduced nutritional qualities, such as ‘protein enriched’ and/or ‘all natural’ are highly processed which makes them detrimental to the body. Hence why
important decision you’re faced with normally about three times each day; what are you going to eat? For some people, their food choice may not be as healthy as others’ and sometimes that’s okay. But with obesity on the rise like it is today, chances are their choice of a fattening meal isn’t going to be the only time they make it that week, let alone that same day. Why would someone choose a fattening meal over a healthy meal though? Even though they might not even know what’s inside their cheeseburger
society as a whole has a misconception of how women should look and what is considered a healthy weight for women. If a heavy women walks in a room she may get glares or classified as “fat” or “ unkept”. In reality she is an average working class woman with lack of financial means to keep up with the Jones. This does not mean she is any less intelligent or beautiful then a women who lives up to societies unrealistic expectations, she is what I consider “normal”. Expecting women to “look a certain way” or
Meal Replacement Shakes - Everything You Need to Know When trying to lose weight, calories need to be cut but you still need to get the nutrition your body needs. While there is no “magic” pill to make the excess weight go away, a meal replacement shake is a good way to cut calories but still feel full and make sure your body gets the nutrients it needs. But all meal replacement shakes are not created equal. It is important to know what is in them and choose the right one for you before you even
I was a little girl, I swore that I was going to be a princess. Every night, at dinner I would sit at the table with my Cinderella costume to a typical American meal. My family wasn’t fat from our greasy meals, we were just unhealthy. I think what first made me consider to change my unrealistic dream was the day my mother decided to make a change for the family. I, of course was not all that pleased to sit down to a plate full of veggies, but our family life was transforming. My mother started to
effects that eating healthily or poorly can have on our bodies. In each decision we make, when it come to our food, there are consequence to the choices we make. These consequences can be great or disastrous to our health. Each choice we make and have affected on the quality of our skin, the overall wellness of our immune system, and the ability of our brain to function efficiently. Therefore we must have a healthy diet to keep our bodies working in optimal efficiency. Now, the immune system is one
chance of cancer and ultimately healthier people are happier. Food we eat and choices we make can prevent cancer are words society is fascinated by. These words can be reality, the decision lies in your hands. A healthy diet can vary from person to person and what a healthy diet consists of can be argued, considering the various reasons for becoming a healthier person. Most people have heard that eating healthy leads to a longer life. Studies at Harvard Medical School show just that as Dr. Frank Hu
Definitions about what a healthy person is and what illness is have changed significantly over time. The World Health Organisation states that ‘’Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’’. Whilst this definition has not changed since 1946, the understandings of what constitutes an illness has greatly. For example, at the time of this definitions publication, homosexuality was seen as deviant or an illness to be cured,
Children almost always believe what they are told, from 2+2=4, to what makes up a healthy diet. When children are taught about the food pyramid, and what makes up a healthy diet, they are consistently told that they should drink milk, at least a glass a day, to make sure they grow up healthy and strong. Why are children told that milk is good for them? If a random person on the street were asked, they would probably say “It’s because of the calcium. It makes bones stronger”. What most people do not know