How To Eat Well To Stay Strong And Healthy

What is the best way to have a healthy and balanced diet? Eating grain, such as rice during the day will complete the protein intake and provide missing amino acids. Oats have the ability to lower cholesterol and blood pressure.

Broccoli is a member of the cabbage family and is a number one cancer fighter. Carrots are rich in vitamin A and prevent cataracts as well as night blindness caused by Vitamin A deficiency. Garlic is an edible antibiotic. It has antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral properties.

Spinach is one of the best sources of B vitamin folate and cancer fighter. Tea is the most popular non-alcoholic beverage and one of the most powerful sources of anti-oxidants, considered most powerful than any fruit or vegetable.

Regarding spices, cloves contain an inflammatory chemical, coriander seeds have been used for thousands of years as digestive aid, recent research studies have proved that though ginger was used for thousands of years as digestive aid, it has also got the ability to fight inflammation.

The list of grains, vegetables, spices, herbs and fruits having medicinal properties is endless and vegetarian diets prepared with all these ingredients have immense beneficial effects.

Vegetarian diets provide a range of health benefits and these have been amply proved by several scientific studies. Vegetarians have, considerably, reduced obesity, coronary heart disease, hypertension, type II diabetes, cancers, constipation, diverticular diseases and gall bladder stones.

In addition to being rich in fruits and vegetables, vegetarian diets tend to be lower in total fat. Vegetarians tend to eat proportionately more polyunsaturated fats to saturated fats compared to non-vegetarians.

According to several health studies, the life expectancy of vegetarians is more in vegetarians than in non-vegetarians. Nutrition experts, while asserting that benefits of vegetarian diets are many, they also recommend that one should eat the diet in smaller quantities more number of times in a day and should always follow up by physical exercise at least an hour a day to get the optimum health benefits.

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