Thursday, December 13, 2012

Life problems, Food or Drink?

What is the problem in our lifestyle? Food or Beverage? Often with the development of the modern lifestyle, people are faced with more options, including the consumption of food and beverages. But unfortunately, these developments are often not balanced with enough knowledge. Along with his lifestyle, formally educated people can be high, but in terms of nutritional knowledge are generally low.

The lack of knowledge about nutrition due to lack of willingness to access media and find out more in the foremost experts in the field of nutrition. As a result, individuals would choose food or drink based on their tastes or even easier to believe in the false assumptions it without first seeking the truth of its contents. For example, we often associate sweetened beverages with various diseases.

Take for example or carbonated soft drinks are often labeled as the cause of obesity. It should be understood, obesity is not caused by one single food is not only caused by food / drink habits are also considered. Obesity is an imbalance between consumption and energy use, the pattern of food consumption that is not accompanied by sufficient physical activity. This causes the rest of the unused calories are stored as fat body activity to cause obesity.

In addition, when viewed content of nutritional value, the amount of sugar and calories in soft drinks is approximately equal to that found in many fruit juices. However, juices often contain additional nutrients such as vitamins and minerals.

Humans require essential nutritional components such as carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, and water. These components must be consumed with equal proportion, according to physical activity, age and body weight. On the one hand, there is no one food that contains all the necessary nutrients, so it requires a combination of different types of foods and beverages.

There's a catchy phrase, there are no good or bad foods, just good or bad diet. All the food and drinks we enjoy, as long as the combination of a balanced and supported by adequate physical activity.

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