The food you consume throughout your life has big and possibly lasting effects on your health and quality of life.
Although the concept of eating is fairly simple, the rise in popularity of “diets” and dieting trends has resulted in confusion.
Due to these rising trends, it seems that people have been distracted from the basic nutrition principles that are most essential.
This is a guide to healthy eating based on the lasted in nutrition for beginners.
I am sure most of you may have often heard of the saying ‘you are what you eat’ and there is plenty of truth in that statement.
The decisions you make in the foods that you consume will go a long way in determining the condition of your body and skin and naturally, this will have an evident effect on your appearance and the age other people may assume you to be.
Why should you be a healthier eater?
Plenty of studies continue to link serious diseases to a poor diet.
For example, your chances of developing cancer and heart disease, which are the world’s leading killers, can be drastically reduced when a person is eating healthy.
From enhancing brain function to physical performance, a good and sufficient diet can improve all aspects of life and in fact, all your cells and organs are affected by food.
If you are an active athlete and participate in exercise or sports, it is with no doubt that eating healthy can help you perform at the top of your game.
If you live on a diet of fries, burgers, and soda drinks you can’t really hope to look young and healthy can you?
Without healthy eating, your skin will be lacking the essential nutrients that are needed for it to look and be in its top condition.
You will most likely end up becoming overweight and while there are plenty of young people who are overweight, it is a state that many people closely associates with aging.
It is essential that you get all the necessary vitamins and nutrients required and in the correct balance to maintain optimum health since the food and drinks you consume very much affect the condition of your skin.
Blotches and discoloration on our skin can be caused by a lack of essential elements in your diet and blotches and discoloration is something that plenty of people experience with aging so it will also make you more aged than you actually are.
Food that you should avoid (most of the time)
By following the advice here, you can naturally lessen your intake of unhealthy food that can ruin your diet.
Although it may be hard for food to be eliminated forever, some food should be limited or saved for special occasions:
These include:
- Sugar-based products
- Refined carbs
- Vegetable oils
- Processed low-fat products
Your skin can be rid of its elasticity and will sag sooner than necessary and this will, unfortunately, make you look older than you should.
The condition of your hair and nails will be affected when you are lacking correct nutrition. Your hair will turn gray sooner than you want it to which will make you look older unless you have it colored. Your former healthy nails will become brittle and be harder to maintain in good healthy condition.
What goes on inside your body and how much you care for it becomes visible to the entire world on the outside so you had better watch your nutrition start eating healthy if you want to look younger for longer.
