LIVING HEALTHY.

Medically, health is a state of soundness of mind or state of feeling good. Today, there are many ways to achieving a sustainable health one of the most popular being through the use and production of organic food production.

WAYS TO EATING AND SUSTAINING A HEALTHY LIVING.
1. The addition of staple food such as fruits, plantain, banana, maize or corn, rice, bread to each meal would be best.

2. Concentrate on the consumption of high fibred foods and low in fruits, vegetables and complex carbohydrate.

3. Drink plenty of water. Avoid drinking coffee or tea until 1-2hrs after meal that is, when the food ingested must have digested or left the stomach to ensure maximum amount of absorption of iron by the body supplied by the food ingested.

4. Youths should include food options that are rich in iron (especially females) such as dark green leaves, fish, red meat, liver and sorghum.

5. Youths should guard against diets that are high in saturated and low in fruits, vegetables and complex carbohydrates.

6. Try to get at least 3 meals per day and 3-6 snacks per day to create a healthy balance of all dietary needs.

7. Avoid sugar-rich, salty, sticky or processed food and ingredients that are difficult to digest because they cause premature ageing and inhibit healthy growth.

8. Exercise your body regularly for 15mins at a time.

9. Covering the mouth when coughing and washing of the hands regularly would go a long way in sustaining a healthy life.

10. 6-8hrs of sleep at least should be observed daily and siestas throughout the day. 20-30MINS of siesta is alright during the day.

11. Grow, buy and eat food locally to improve body health. SHUN OR AVOID CANNED OR PROCESSED FOODS.

Today, the unsettling realities of unhealthy eating practices have increased risk of diseases such as heart failure, diabetes, malnutrition, obesity and so on.