Food and Nutrition for a Healthy Life Style

‘Food’ is a simple word understood by every living being on this earth irrespective of language. There are plenty of variants, culture, flavor, taste and shapes involved in defining food. Every region is tagged with some food that is regular and also special foods popular. Some foods are descendants from ancient cultures and are still continued as is been relished by many people, some foods are though delicious been ignored or totally forsaken lack of interest or time involved and buried.

These days we find several food related courses in education system like food and nutrition, hotel management, diet analysis, balanced diet, health issues and food, etc that are designed on researching on various aspects of food, this information is valuable as it treats several health hazards and also helps in stream lining life.

Nutrition is the sole aspect that is really interested as it helps us know the intake or avoidance of a particular food item. Rated on a scale of protein, carbohydrate, fiber, vitamins etc every food items value is identified. It is well known that the amount of chemical usage on every crop is damaging the human health with uninvited diseases like cancer and other ailments. This is a serious issue which needs to be addressed with good awareness programs. Farmers focus on productivity than the quality of crop raised. This is where the classes of awareness need to start for a better future.

Some ancient methods of farming need to be cycled back to produce quality yielding food crops. There are many natural ways of preparing manure that strengthens the plant and help in producing good variety of food in huge quantities. A procedure called Jeeva-Amrutham is prepared out of natural bi products like dried leaves, cow or buffalo dung, urine, animal remains and wastages, charcoal, coconut powder etc. Manure prepared like this not only gives quality food but it is also healthy for livelihood.

Anything that is consumed more than the stipulated limit ruins health though it is nutritious. A limit check on our intake of food is also an important issue to be considered when it comes to matters of health. The amount of calories an average human body needs per day according to National Health Service (NHS) is 2,500 calories for an average male and 2000 calories for an average female in order to maintain stable weight. This ratio varies as per the region a person located in and of course the average height.

Therefore vigilance on the food consumed and its quantity also need to be considered. Say a big no to food prepared instantly or fast rely on ancient food recipes and cooking methods for a better health and good future!