A DIET ON VEGETABLES

Our body need an adequate diet to be healthy. Our continued growth depend on whatever food we take that gives the necessary nutrients for all the systems to function an effective manner. The body needs energy for us to move and act in our day-to-day activities. A balance diet promotes a better health and longevity. If we are always healthy, we can reduce the risk of a diet-related health conditions where most of us have now at the moment.

The benefits of vegetables attested to those persons who lived longer because they were careful to whatever they eat. They became very selective in choosing the food beneficial to their total existence. They limit the use of meat. Any nutrient equivalent of meat can be taken from other vegetables that has the same nutritional properties.

Vegetables not only give vitamins and minerals and fiber but the presence of a substance called pyto-chemicals has greatly solve the problem against chronic disease. Anti-oxidants in plants protects us against cancer and heart disease.

Vegetables is a health-promoting alternative to keep us away from the danger of a life-threatening diseases that if taken lightly and not seriously can cause death. Regular consumption of vegetables is needed by the body like green plants, cabbage, tomatoes and other vegetables that has anti-oxidant properties.

Many of us don’t like vegetables because it does not taste good in our palate. It gives a taste different from what we are accustomed and what we always crave. If we allow our taste buds to control us then there will be hardship in taking vegetables as part of our diet. Taste is not too important to better health. What is important is how you can live longer. The secret of longevity lies in the consumption of vegetables. If you want to know and follow this secret formula to being healthy then vegetables is the answer.

KEEP YOUR KITCHEN HEALTHY

Make your kitchen a healthy environment. Apply hygienic practice so that you are protected from sickness due to contamination. Mostly, the germs are coming from the kitchen where kitchen chores made daily.

Before preparing your food or eating your meals do the washing of your hands. Use germicidal soap or powders in washing your plates, cups, saucers and utensils. Sanitize your dining table during the preparation of your meals. Give much attention to your chopping board. Contamination usually comes from this chopping board and other related medium used during the activities in the kitchen like knives and can openers. The most advisable washing combination is to use a hot soapy water and 1 tablespoon of chlorine bleach mixed with one gallon of water.

Give attention to your kitchen rags and towels. It easily harbors the disease-causing germs. Include it in your sanitation process.

Don’t let your kitchen rags wet at all times. Don’t leave it there at the side of the kitchen sink. Most of the germs can penetrate in wet environment. Sanitize with chlorine and keep it dry.

When you buy fresh fruits and vegetables, buy them in supermarket. Most of this outlets are doing cleaning under sanitary practice not to expose to flies and other unsanitary handling compared to what was sold in the public wet market.

Most important of all is your drinking water. If you are using private water system, to be additionally safe, use filtration cap direct to the faucet  to filter any microscopic debris and particles in the water. If the cost is manageable, you can use handy filtration system that connects to your faucet. Drink water directly to the faucet of the filtration system, safe and fresh.

Be sure your glass is clean. Put separately away from your kitchen so that it can not easily contaminated with germs and other disease- causing bacteria during your kitchen activities. Check the glass if it is not cloudy, oily, with foul odor or have visible debris at the bottom of the glass. Clean everything, sanitize it to kill all the microbes.

Another way to ensure the safety of your drinking water is to boil it before you use, about 15-20 minutes to kill any organisms in the water.

FASTFOODS, JUNKFOODS

You all know that the food we ate today is no longer a healthful food. We are lazy to prepare our own foods at home. We choose eating in fast food store because it is the easiest way to eat without any effort compared to preparing the food in the kitchen. What we only need is money, then presto, you are full. But what it takes you?

Many of us have elevated cholesterol. We ate oily foods and other cholesterol-rich food,  fried chicken,  fried legs,  ribs or any other fried items.

When can we be more sensible in taking foods healthful to us? When can we learn our lesson seeing others rushed to the hospital because their cholesterol already over the required level of safety. Why wait being there?

Vegetables fights disease. It is a healthy food. Our body needed it as part of the daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. By eating this kind of food it can correct any of our vitamin deficiency.  But some of us are taking against it.

Look those people in the rural areas or those living in the mountain. Fruits and vegetables were mostly their kinds of food. No need to buy in the market, its free and available in their own backyard. They were very resourceful by planting vegetables in their garden sustaining them. They only bought fish, salted fish and other basic goods. When it comes to fruits, they were around their house. If harvest season come, they sells the extra to the market. But look at their health, they were mostly slim but strong. Many of them reached the age to almost 100, while those  living in the urban areas cannot match their feat of living longer. Their kind of food was different from ours. They were full of energy working from morning till noon. That’s the difference.

If we can change our ways of eating food that gives benefits to our body, we expect that we are far from getting sick and live longer. We have one life. We have to protect it. This is our only chance. Happy vegetable eating!