How important is healthy food?
It is very important.
In fact, what you put in your body is just as important as exercise is to good health. During the 4th
quarter we will be talking about food quite a bit in class. For starters, think of healthy food as
anything that our ancestors would have hunted, gathered, or grown. These are the foods that nature
provides to keep our bodies robust and well!
Why when you eat and sleep do you put so much weight on?
Actually, when you sleep
your body burns fat as energy to keep your blood sugar stable
throughout the night. Sleeping is
very beneficial to the body. On
the other hand, sitting around/laying around most of the day is not. Our bodies were made to be active. If you are eating a healthy diet full
of fresh, whole foods, you will put on healthy weight that is important for your
growth and development. Putting on
unhealthy weight is a problem when people eat too much of the wrong kinds of
foods. These would be junk foods
like chips, pop, candy, cookies, crackers, cakes, etc. When we stick to a diet that is similar
to what our ancestors would have eaten, it is easier to stay healthy.
