Healthy Diet

Healthy diet is a diet containing the correct proportion or the right amount of all the six food substances required by an organism or man. The balanced diet must contain the six food substances such as carbohydrates, proteins, fats and oils, minerals, vitamins and water.

Diet Composition 

Good diet composition varies based on the need. Generally, balanced diet contains 60% of carbohydrates, 15% of proteins, 15% of fats and oils, 15% of vitamins, minerals, and water.

Importance of Balanced Diet

·         Healthy growth

·         Resistance to diseases

·         Prevent malnutrition

·         Repair worn-out tissues

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Having a diet rich in some fruits and vegetables as part of healthy diet plan may do you good by protecting your body against certain diseases. Fruits and veggies are rich in fibers. So they .. Read More

Diabetes (Type 1 and Type 2)

Diabetes is a condition associated with high level of sugar in the blood. Insulin  is secreted by pancreas helps to lower blood sugar.  Diabetes occur when there is absence or insufficient production of insulin, or inability of the body to properly use insulin.

Types of Diabetes

Types of diabetes include: type 1(insulin-dependent) and type 2 (non-insulin-dependent).

Symptoms of diabetes include:

• Excessive thirst,
• Weight loss,
• Fatigue,
• Skin problems,
• Yeast infections,
• Blurred vision,
• Increase urine output,

What can you eat if you have diabetes?

 

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