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[A46]A Guide To Healthy Eating

by Ivanovich Cuxev, Iva

Our eyes are the one of the most precious and complex organs we have in our body. Such organs are vital to help us perceive the world around us, that's why taking proper care of them is a serious responsibility. Could you even imagine what kind of world would surround us if we didn't have the sense of sight?.

With the advancement of science our world has changed, communication and data exchange has become an every day practice due to the internet and television but just like cars, which represent a great transportation commodity at the expense of global warming, being associated with monitors (computer and TV), for extended periods of time, can undeniably hurt eyes causing blurry or double vision.

As you may know these are common reasons for eye problems, but there are other factors which affect our eyes' health such as:

* Reading a book in a car while it is in motion which excite our eye's hypersensitive sensors.
* Keeping our eyes set on a particular target for too long can strain the muscles which position our eyes which can also damage our vision.
* Receiving a direct blast of cold air while our body is hot due to physical activity can also damage our vision.
* Using bad or outdated prescription lenses.
* Consuming 7 or more alcoholic beverages per week increases the risk of developing cataracts.
There are many ways to take proper care of our eyes, but knowing where to find and how to use antioxidant nutrients commonly associated with ocular health can be of great help.

Minerals such as manganese, zinc and selenium are known to help preserve good ocular health. They are found in plants some meats and seafood. Vitamins A-E promote healthy ocular cells, they can be found in almost all food sources we consume daily such as milk, eggs, orange juice, cranberries, grapes, vegetable oil, salmon, etc.

Lutein is also an extremely useful antioxidant related to ocular health, it can be found in products such as Kale, parsley, spinach, chicory leaf, red bell pepper, celery, romaine lettuce, scallions, broccoli, peas, pumpkin, corn, green beans, etc. Zinc also plays an important role and can be found in foods such as oysters which provide the highest amount of zinc compared to any other food, others include beans, nuts, fortified breakfast cereals, dairy products, etc.

Cataracts are a commonly known eye disease which grows blocking the eye's natural lens located behind the iris and the pupil which focuses light onto the retina. This decease can be prevented by consuming foods which provide healthy amounts of selenium, other foods which can help prevent this condition includes carrots, blueberry, apple, etc. Reducing or eliminating the consumption of foods which contain caffeine can also help reduce the risk of developing cataracts.

Decreasing the time your eyes are focused on the TV, computers, books and consuming the products mentioned above are great practices which will help you keep good ocular health.

I have been doing push-ups five days a week for over 25 years. My arms are pretty strong but it did not happen overnight. I did not do push-ups for a couple weeks or months and then stopped. I had to make push-ups a habit if I wanted to continuously get the results I have. Exactly the same holds true with having a healthy diet.

People jump on the "band wagon" of healthy eating when they read books or view web sites that talk about nutrition. While many of these books and web sites tell you what you should eat in-order to be healthy, they fail to teach you how to make healthy eating a habit. Thus in a short period of time when temptations come, people fall right back into their unhealthy eating habits.

What is a Habit? According to Webster's dictionary a habit is "a behavior pattern acquired by frequent repetition or physiologic exposure that shows itself in regularity or increased facility of performance."

Can you see that if we simply apply this principle to healthy eating we will be on our way to vibrant health?

Bad Eating Habits:

Bad eating habits do not develop overnight. For most people these habits began forming when they were kids. Thus one reason why many adults have a hard time breaking their bad eating habits is because these habits have been a part of their lifestyle for many years.

Why Do We Eat Food?

There are two main reasons why we eat food. One is to supply fuel for our body. The other reason is for pleasure. Unfortunately some of the foods that give us pleasure are unhealthy.

Most people make their food selections based on what they see, smell or taste. Look at these three sentences: That pie sure looks good! That pie sure smells good! That pie sure taste good!

Notice that all three statements involve food and pleasure. However the food that is producing the pleasure (in this situation the pie) may or may not be good for you from a nutritional standpoint. That is why we need to be wise in our food selections and not simply leave it up to our sense of sight, taste or smell.

Healthy Eating Can Be Enjoyable:

Some people think of a healthy diet as being boring and tasteless. I think that one reason they feel this way is because most of the commercial ads we see promote foods high in calories, fat, or sugar and only a small percentage of food advertising is done for fruits, vegetables, grains and beans. Thus if there was more nutritional education, more and more people would find healthy eating to be pleasurable and tasty.

How Having a Healthy Diet Changed My Life:

In 1998 my wife finally talked me into going to the doctor to get a check-up. I was not feeling sick but she clearly said that it was a good idea to get a yearly physical examination. Thank God I listened to her.

I have been athletic all my life. I run 18 miles a week. So when I went to the doctor I was not expecting to hear the bad news he gave me. He told me I had borderline diabetes.

Diabetes can be very dangerous if not treated. It is one of the leading cause of death in the United States. It is a disease of the pancreas that causes the body to stop producing the insulin it needs to regulate blood sugar.

My doctor told me that I did not need to be put on medication, however he suggested I start reading some books on healthy eating. That was the beginning of my path to a healthy diet that turned my health situation around.

Today I can honestly say that I am in excellent health. I feel great, I sleep great, people tell me that I do not look my age, I maintain a healthy weight, I do not take any type of medication, my blood pressure is normal, my blood sugar is normal, my cholesterol is normal, my immune system is strong, and the list goes on.

I do not believe that I am healthy because of chance. I strongly believe that one main reason that I am healthy is because I take personal responsibility for my health. A healthy diet is a great part of this responsibility. Our physical bodies have laws that are governed by proper nutrition. If we violate these laws by consistently eating unhealthy foods, we are going to get sick.

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