Approximately 65 million Americans are overweight or consider themselves .
25% of all men are on a diet at any given moment. An estimated 1.5 million people .
die in the U. S. each year of diseases associated with faulty nutrition. In the U.S. we .
have more fast food restaurants, ma and pa shops, and restaurants than any place in .
the world. This holds a lot of temptation in front of Americans just trying to get the .
best out of life. Obviously from these stats you can see we can't eat whatever we .
want forever, and still get the best out of life. There will come a time in each one of .
our lives when we will be told to eat healthier. That is unless you realize your body is .
a complex machine that needs certain nutrients to maintain its well-being and the .
longer you wait to start eating healthy, the shorter your life will be.
The first step in eating healthy is a properly designed diet that includes all the .
nutrients your body needs, and how often you consume them. For example, if you .
sleep for an average of 8 hrs. a night, then your awake for 16hrs. Since it is .
recommended that you eat 5 meals a day, you would eat a meal every 3.2hrs. This .
way not only is your body use to constantly burning calories, it learns your eating .
schedule and prepares for meals, which drastically speeds up your metabolism. A bad .
thing to do is take long breaks in between meals. If your body is not use to being fed .
enough calories when it gets them it will store it as fat. Next is knowing what foods .
to eat and when to eat them. Your largest meal of the day should be breakfast, .
gradually getting smaller throughout the day. However each meal should be within .
150 calories of all the meals that day. Foods are made up of nutrients that your body .
needs to run on a daily basis. Most important are carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. .
Some nutrition knowledge is necessary when designing a healthy diet so continue .
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