Sunday, September 26, 2010

What A Healthy Meal Consists Of

By Mike Winters

Most of us love to binge on junk food. This is true with children as well as adults. We never give a thought to where we could be going wrong. Body needs balanced nutrition to function properly. Absence of nutrition is likely to weaken the immunity and make body susceptible to infections. Greens and fruits contain all essential nutrients that the body needs on daily basis.

Our daily food gives us sufficient nutrition for the body. However in case of individuals who are working out daily to build muscles, additional protein supplements are required to support the extra need of nutrition in the body. In case one does not take the additional external supplements, the body will end up using available nutrition to build the muscle mass and you could end up feeling fatigued and tired with low immunity.

A healthy nutritious meal should consist of:

Body requires energy that is derived from carbohydrates present in foods like cereals, pulses, rice, bread and pasta etc. Any excess carbohydrate in the body gets converted and stored as fat. Sweets and foods like candies, aerated soft drinks and sweet meat contain unhealthy carbohydrates.

Fresh fruits and vegetables are a must every day, for they provide the body with necessary vitamins and minerals that help build strength in the body and improve body immunity.

Body uses proteins to build muscles, improve immunity and aid in memory improvement. Daily diet should include foods that provide proteins in sufficient quantities.

Iron and calcium are two essentials that the body requires for strengthening bones and building healthy blood count. Calcium is available in plenty in milk, cheese and other dairy products while iron is available in green leafy vegetables and light meat like fish etc.

Fiber is another important ingredient that should form a part of our daily diet. Fiber rich vegetables and fruits and other bran cereals, oats, wheat germ, husk etc are good sources of fiber and help the body improve digestive system and excretion of waste substances.

It is important for those who are involved in any kind of regular workouts and body building training to ensure daily intake of nutrition with healthy food. Any lack of required vitamins or proteins will cause adverse reactions in the form of malnutrition and related problems including fatigue and depression.

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