BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES - Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie

part in building and maintaining bones. The carbohydrates, fats and
proteins in food supply energy, which is measured in calories.
Carbohydrates and proteins provide 4 calories per gram. Fat contributes
more than twice as much -- 9 calories per gram -- and foods that are high
in fat are also high in calories.
Healthy nutrition is a diet of balanced nutrients. Healthful nutrition
help children grow develop and perform well in school. A healthy diet
allows adults to work productively and feel their best. Good food choices
also can help to prevent chronic diseases, such as heart disease, certain
cancers, diabetes, stroke and osteoporosis, which are leading causes of
death and disability. A proper diet can also reduce major risk factors for
chronic diseases, such as obesity, high blood pressure and high blood
cholesterol. In opposition unhealthy nutrition can cause all mentioned
above health problems. Unhealthy nutrition is not only imbalanced
nutritionist diet but also unhealthy eating habits. Bad eating habits include:
skipping breakfast, eating before bed, excessive consuming of fast food,
starvation, eating while doing something, eating too fast, lake of water.
Healthy breakfast is very important because give boost of energy
and help clear the fog out of brain.
Eating before bed could result in bad sleep and exacerbating
indigestion.
Fatty snack foods like chips, pizza or cookies can lead to weight
gain and dissatisfaction..
Contrary to what many may think, the body’s first reaction to
starvation is weight gain via the storage of fat. Well, when one doesn’t eat
for long periods of time, one’s body thinks it needs to store calories as fat
because it doesn’t know when the chance to eat will come again. And then,
the fat remains with person.
Eating while doing something lead to overeating, and
subsequently, weight gain. Plus, once begin eating while doing something
else, one often can’t stop it and becomes a mechanical act.
Eating too quickly also encourages weight gain and indigestion as
well.
Water is necessary for the optimal functioning of all life forms,
humans included. What’s surprising is that not drinking adequate amounts
of water throughout the day can actually slow down metabolism, making
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