HEALTH

 So, the first question arises in our mind after hearing the word HEALTH is "What is Health?"

• WHAT IS HEALTH ?



According to the World Health Organization, is "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity". A variety of definitions have been used for different purposes over time. Health can be promoted by encouraging healthful activities, such as regular physical exercises and adequate sleep, and by reducing or avoiding unhealthful activities or situations, such as smoking or excessive stress. Some factors affecting health are due to individual choices, such as whether to engage in a high-risk behavior, while others are due to structural causes, such as whether the society is arranged in a way that makes it easier or harder for people too get necessary healthcare services. Still other factors are beyond both individual and group choices, such as genetic disorders.

In 2009, researchers publishing in The Lancet Trusted Source defined health as the ability of  a body to adapt to new threats and infirmities. 

They base this definition on the idea that the past few decades have seen modern science takes significant strides in the awareness of diseases by understanding how they work, discovering new ways to slow or stop them, and acknowledging that an absence of pathology may not be possible.  


Eating a healthy, balanced diet is an important part of maintaining good health, and can help you feel your best. For maintaining a balanced diet, we have to know about what are the basic requirements in our diet.

• Requirement of Healthy Diet :


The best way to eat for health is to choose a variety of foods from each of the 5 food groups everyday:

• vegetables and legumes (beans)

• fruit

• grains and cereals 

• lean meat, poultry, fish, eggs, legumes(beans) tofu, nuts, seeds 

• milk, cheese, yoghurt or alternatives 

Each food group has important nutrients.

The amount of each food you need will  vary during your life, depending on factors such as how active you are and whether or not you are growing, pregnant, breastfeeding and more.

1) Vegetables and Legumes (beans and peas)



Vegetables and legumes have hundreds of natural nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, and dietary fibre.

To get the most from this group:

• choose vegetables and legumes in season 

• look for different colours:

          • green like beans, peas and broccoli

          • red, orange or yellow vegetables like capsicums, tomatoes, carrots, sweet potato and pumpkin

          • purple vegetables like red cabbage and eggplant

          • white vegetables like cauliflower, mushrooms and potatoes 

2) Fruit



Fresh fruit is a good source of vitamins and dietary fibre. It's best to eat fresh fruit.

3) Grains and cereal foods 



Grain foods include rolled oats, brown rice, wholemeal and wholegrain breads, cracked wheat, barley, buckwheat and breakfast cereals like muesli.

Wholegrain have protein, dietary fibre, minerals and vitamins. In processed grains, some of these nutrients are lost.

4) Lean meat, poultry, fish, eggs, legumes (beans) tofu, nuts and seeds



These foods provide protein, minerals and vitamins. Legumes, nuts and seeds also have dietary fibre. It's good to choose a variety of foods from this group.

5) Milk, cheeses, yoghurts 



Milk gives you protein, vitamins and calcium. Soy drinks with added calcium can  be used as a milk substitute for children over 1.

Children should have full-cream milk until aged 2. Reduced-fat varieties may be suitable after that.



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