Tips of Good Health Habits

1. Start your day with a healthy breakfast. Children who eat breakfast have the trend to perform better in school, and adults, better at work.

2. Drink lots of water throughout the day, the more the better. A good amount to aim for is at least four to six 8-ounce glasses per day. When you first get out of bed in the morning is an excellent way.

3. Variety is the excitement of life. Get into a habit of eating a diversity of foods with your meals; just make sure that at least five portions are fruits and vegetables.

4. Eat plenty of lean, high protein foods in your daily diet such as lean meat, fish, chicken and beans. Stay away from salted and processed meats. Also eat grains, whether they be in the form of wholegrain cereal, breads etc.

            * Grains provide the body with fiber, iron and B vitamins and are therefore a necessity. 
5. Milk is more than delicious; it is very good for healthy body.

6. Some foods, such as potatoes and cheese often get a bad tap as being extremely fattening.

7. Beware of excessive intakes. Avoid coffee, soft drinks and chocolate. It can cause thirst.

8. Take vitamins on an usual basis.

9. Adopting the vegetarian lifestyle and vegans even more so, need to supplement their diets with vitamins to replace what they no longer receive from specific kinds of foods.

10. Dieting can be treacherous