Food Keeps you Fit

Personal Health Assessments One of the easiest places to begin a personal health assessment is by examining the results from your last physical. Often a person will leave the doctor's office without these results. Remember that the results belong to you and having this information on hand provides you with much of what you need to keep track of your health. During a physical, after obtaining weight and height measurements, a nurse will typically examine blood pressure. Blood pressure is a measurement of the forces in the arteries that occur during each heart beat. It is a principle vital sign and an indicator of cardiovascular health. A desirable blood pressure is 120 over 80 mmHg. In most circumstances a physical includes blood tests, which measure many health indicators, and you have to request the results. Once you have the results in hand, it is good practice to file them in a binder so you can compare them from year to year. This way you can track your blood-cholesterol levels...

Food Choices  your life is filled with choices! Every day you make thousands of choices, many related to food. Some seem insignificant. Others are important. A few may even set the course of your life. But as insignificant as a single choice may seem, made over and over, it can have a major impact on your health and your life.Eating for health is one of the wisest decisions you'll ever make! What does being fit mean to you? Perhaps being free of disease and other health problems? Or having plenty of energy, a trim or muscular body, or the ability to finish a 10 K run or fitness walk? Actually, "fitness" is far broader and more personal. It refers to your own optimal health and overall well-being. Fitness, or wellness, is your good health at its very best. Being fit defines every aspect of your health not only your physical health but also your emotional and mental well-being. In fact, they're interconnected. Smart eating and active living are fundamental to all three....

Importance of Nutrients The nutrients we get from the food we eat will affect the size and shape of our body. The use of nutrients to build tissues and supply energy at various stages of life will be different The human body consists of different types of nutrients. For example, a person who weighs 50 kg consists of 31 kilograms of water, 9 kg of protein, 7. kg of fat and 3 kg of minerals. Therefore, besides water, the most important building nutrient is protein. Fat is also important to build cells and energy stores. Some minerals are important, for example calcium, which is necessary to build bones and teeth, and iron which helps to build hemoglobin in the blood. The  body use nutrient to  build the body, produce fluids and repair tissues; for example, proteins such as meat, eggs, fish, milk.It produce energy so that the body can keep alive and warm and so it can move and grow; for example, carbohydrates such as "teff, bread, sugar and pasta. It protect the body from disease...

 Food and Social Harmony Our diet is closely linked to our environment and way of life. Every person's nutritional needs depend on the way they live, the nature of their daily work, the weather and the environment. Like a farmer or a hard worker needs more food and nutrition. So that it has the energy to work. And he remained healthy and strong. A person who works in such a relaxed manner needs less food. The brain worker needs a mental health and energy diet.   Today is the age of media. There is a race to make food of every country. Then they are served in an appetizing way that anyone would like to make. A variety of foods, cakes, desserts, juices. It has often been observed that when someone  prepares foreign food in our country, one is asked to eat it again after eating it. The main reason of it is that they have no concerns with nutrition, they work with appearance and engaging people to gain ranking. The people of every country have their own way of life. And the c...

 غذا اور معاشرتی تعلق  ہماری غذا کا ہمارےماحول اور رہن سہن، طرز زندگی سے گہرا تعلق ہوتا ہے۔ ہر انسان کی غذائی ضروریات کا تعلق اس کے رہنے کے طریقے، اس کی روزمرہ کے کام کی نوعیت ، موسم اور ماحول پر منحصر ہے۔ جیسے کھیتی باڑی یا سخت کام کرنے والے شخص کو زیادہ غذا اور غذائیت کی ضرورت ہوتی ہے۔ تا کہ اس میں کام کرنے کے لیے توانائی رہے ۔ اور وہ صحتمند اور توانا رہے۔ ایسے ہی آرام سے بیٹھ کر کام کرنے والے شخص کو کم غذا کی ضرورت ہوتی ہے۔ دماغی کام کرنے والے کو دماغی صحت اور توانائی والی غذا کی ضرورت ہوتی ہے۔  آج کل میڈیا کا دور ہے ۔ ایک دوڑ لگی ہے ہر ملک کے کھانے بنانے کی۔ پھر ان کو اشتہا انگیز طریقے سے پیش کیا جاتا ہے کہ کوئی بھی اس کو بنانا چاہے گا۔طرح طرح کے کھانے،کیک، میٹھے، جوس۔ اکثر دیکھا گیا ہے کہ غیر ملکی کھانے جب ہمارے ہاں کوئی بناتا ہے تو اس کے کھانے کے بعد دوبارہ کھانا مانگا جاتا ہے۔ اس کی ایک وجہ یہ بھی ہے کہ ٹی وی شو کے لیے بنائے گئے کھانوں میں غذائیت کا خیال نہیں کیا جاتا۔ ان کو بس عوام کو متوجہ کرنا ہے اور پروگرام کی ریٹنگ بڑھانی ہے۔ ہر ملک کی عوام کی اپنی۔زندگی گزارن...

غذا اور غذائیت  ہر وہ چیز جو ہم کھاتے اور پیتے ہیں ہضم ہو کر ہمارے جسم کو توانائی فراہم کرتی ہے۔جسمانی نشونما کرتی ہے غذا کہلاتی ہے۔ غذا ہمیں طمانیت کا احساس دلاتی ہے۔  جو غذا ہم کھاتے ہیں اور جیسے کھاتے ہیں  وہ ہماری غذائی عادت بن جاتی ہے۔ بہت سی غذائی عادات ہم اپنے بزرگوں سے سیکھتے ہیں۔ مثال کے طور پر پکانے کا طریقہ۔ اور کھانے کا طریقہ۔  ہماری جسمانی ضرورت کے مطابق جسم کو صحتمند اور توانا رکھنے کے لیے جن چیزوں کی ضرورت ہوتی ہے اسے غذائیت کہتے ہیں۔  ہمارے ہاں عمومی طور پر غذائیت کا مطلب اس کا ذائقہ لیا جاتا ہے۔ جبکہ غذائیت کا مطلب ہے ہماری جسمانی ضرورت کے مطابق ہم جو غذا کھا رہے ہیں۔ وہ صیحح ہضم ہو۔ وہ ہماری۔جسمانی توانائی کی ضرورت کو پورا کرتی ہو۔  وہ بیماریوں کے خلاف قوت مدافعت بڑھاتی ہو۔ہماری جسمانی نشونما مکمل کرے۔ اس سب کے لیے ضروری ہے کہ متوازن غذا کھائی جائے۔ متوازن غذا وہ غذا ہوتی ہے جس میں تمام غذائی اجزاء پائے جاتے ہوں۔ غذائی اجزاء میں کاربوہائیڈریٹ، پروٹین،نمکیات، چکنائی۔ وغیرہ شامل ہیں۔ عموماً شکر  سٹارچ اور فایبر کو ایک گروپ میں رکھا جاتا...

Food and Nutrition  Everything we eat and drink is digested and provides energy to our body,help in Physical growth is called food.  Food gives us a sense of satisfaction. The food we eat and the way we eat it becomes our eating habit. Many eating habits we learn from our elders. For example, cooking and eating methods. Nutrition is what we need to keep our bodies healthy and strong according to our physical needs.  In our country, nutrition usually means tasting. While nutrition means the food we are eating according to our physical needs. It should be properly digested. It meets our physical energy needs. It enhances immunity against diseases. It completes our physical development. For all this, it is important to eat a balanced diet.  A balanced diet is a diet that contains all the nutrients. Nutrients includes carbohydrates, proteins, salts, fats. Etc Sugar, starch and fiber are usually grouped together because they are all carbohydrates. Vitamins and salts are n...