I am not an ardent fan of healthy diet. But I’ve come to acknowledge it as a necessity of life, a responsibility we all should take on for our bodies. My recent discussions with a few teens make me realize that in poorer neighborhood and families, healthy eating habits are not often discussed about. Public schools don’t educate young people on affordable ways to eat healthily either. Many of us shake head at the thoughts of a meal full of vegetables, not realizing that sometimes, eating healthily just mean pouring less oil into our pans, eating more fish, or making chicken soups instead of fried wings. We all can make small steps to not have to deal with knee problems, or high blood pressure and even more restricted diets twenty years from now.
- Phy
Posts Tagged ‘Health’
Gotta Eat Healthy
Monday, October 31st, 2011
Benefits Of Moving
Friday, August 12th, 2011
I am not an athlete. In fact, nobody in my family is. Even though I am small-framed, healthy looking, the simple act of running for the bus every morning disproves such assumption. When I started working last year, I realized everybody needed to go work out – even me. I realize that even if one does not desire the six-pack belly, working out is essential to one’s body. It helps us eat better, sleep better, and stay more focus during the day. For girls, regular exercises significantly reduce PMS pain. You don’t need to be overly conscious about your appearance to go work out. In the long run, regular exercises will reduce many diseases. It helps me build my stamina to study and work. If you haven’t tried working out, starting thinking about it now is a good idea.
- Phy
Healthy Eating
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
Recently, I spoke with a few young people about food and cultures. Even though living in Chicago, some of them shrugged at the thought of trying ethnic food. They yuck at strange-looking dishes even though they’ve yet to try them once. What is more bizarre is that many people growing up in America only like highly processed food. Chicken needs to be boneless, wrapped in powdered, overly flavored with an artificial mixture before fried up in a pan filled with greasy oil. Many young people consider being health conscious a pretentious act of the rich. It might be. But for many, it is simply the awareness that one is what one eats and the long-term consequences of eating McDonald’s everyday are costly and painful.
Even eating requires us to take a step out of our comfort zone, try new ideas, and be responsible for ourselves.
- Phy
Food Choices
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
With childhood and adult obesity rates on the rise, a lot of politicians and pundits are proposing plans to help our nation drop some pounds. Some people think that the government should place taxes on unhealthy foods, while reducing the price of healthy foods through subsidies. The idea is that making junk food more expensive would discourage people from buying it. While this could encourage healthy food habits for certain people, it would do little to help those who live in so-called food deserts, where healthy food isn’t even available, much less affordable. Some proponents of a tax on junk foods, like soda, say that the government artificially lowers their prices because they subsidize corn, which is omnipresent in snack foods. Thus, they say, a tax would reverse the government’s practice of encouraging unhealthy choices. Whether or not this will happen remains to be seen, but taxing and subsidizing choices are only a part of the obesity issue. Much more will need to be done to give everyone access to healthy choices.
- Will