How Your Body Is Affected By Your Food
July 25th, 2009 Subscribe To Our Feed
It is a saying as old as time itself and very popular with doctors and mothers alike, and it goes “you are what you eat”. In layman’s terms this boils down to mean that each and every portion of food or drink that goes into our body will affect our looks, our health and really everything else. You only have to spend 10 minutes in front of the TV to be bombarded with messages about what is good for you, what is bad for you, and what you simply cannot live without. It is not always easy to know which advice to follow though and which is the most import, so lets examine some of the most important foods to control.
Salt. For a long time, people didn’t even know about the harm that salt can do to the body. The Food Standards Agency in the UK state that people should have no more than 6g of salt and day and most people exceed this. If you are very active then you will need more salt in your diet as it is lost via sweating and important to muscle function but most people should cut down as high in salt intake is closely linked to high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke. Rather than put it in your body, salt is good at conditioning skin and is in fact an ingredient in many skin care products
Fats. We need different types of fat in our diets in order to maintain healthy cells and for all the various functions of the body. They are generally unsaturated fats that we need and not the type that most people get far too much of, which are saturated fats (AKA trans fats). In basic terms, you will not only become overweight if your saturated fat intake is too high, but you’ll be putting yourself at risk of getting blood pressure and heart problems, joint problems and many more. It won’t matter how many times you get a body polish, inside and out will not be great if you don’t watch your fats
Water. Whilst you might not strictly eat water, it is vitally important to your health. Although many experts suggest you drink 2lts a day, it really depends on myriad factors such as age, location, activeness etc.Water is not only very important for internal processes of the body, but additionally it has a large influence on external appearances, so if your a big water drinker you wont need any cleansing facial wash quite so often
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