Diet
Foundational Approach to Health – Diet
Eating a healthy, balanced diet is important to your body’s proper functioning—including your mind and spirit. In this way, food is medicine. Consuming a variety of fruits, vegetables, protein sources, dairy, and grains will ensure that your body receives all vitamins and minerals needed for organs to operate successfully.
Benefits of a healthy diet:
- Gain energy
- Boost your immune system
- Improve sports performance
- Delay the effects of aging
- Keep you active and fit
- Help beat fatigue
- Protect teeth and keep gums healthy
- Enhance your ability to concentrate Ward off serious illnesses like heart disease, certain cancers, mature-age onset diabetes, and gallbladder disease
What does a healthy diet look like?
Dr. Dean Ornish, MD. is founder and president of the nonprofit Preventative Medicine Research Institute. Through his medical research, he has proven that a lifestyle-driven approach to health can stop progressing diseases such as Coronary Heart Disease. He recommends low-fat, plant-based diets that use fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and soy.
Saagara's "Organic Diet Buddy" is an app that will make it easy for you to choose foods that are healthy for you.
Organic food is the safer choice when it comes to buying produce, as conventional varieties often contain high levels of pesticide residues. However, not everyone can afford to go 100% organic every time they shop. The Organic Diet Buddy is a guide to which fruits and vegetables you should buy organic. Check it out!
Diet - Information on healthy eating
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