Healthy lifestyle and nutrition

Healthy living is a lifelong commitment. Even the small healthy changes add up to big benefits. Choosing to lead a healthy life can improve your overall quality of life, reducing your risk of health problems and support energy level.

But what is healthy lifestyle?

Healthy lifestyle includes essential elements such as a balanced diet, regular exercise, stress management, proper sleep, and routine healthcare.

Balanced diet

It is diet that provides the body with the essential nutrients needed to maintain or improve the overall health. Essential nutrients include macronutrients (fats, protein, and carbohydrates) and micronutrients (vitamins and minerals)

Nutrients are chemicals substances obtained from food and used in body to provide energy, structural materials and regulating agents, to support growth maintenance and repair of body's tissue.

six classes of nutrients

1. proteins

2. carbohydrates

3. fats (lipids)

4. minerals

5. vitamins

6. water

DID YOU KNOW?

A high or low intake of certain nutrients can increase or decrease the risk of some disease.

Other compounds present in food includes fiber, phytochemicals, additives, alcohol, etc.

Non-nutrients can be beneficial, neutral, or harmful.

DID YOU KNOW?

• 60% of body is water.

• 18-26% fat

• the rest is protein, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals.