| Still in the air of joyous celebrating mood for our | | | | definitions when comes to healthy diet. To some, |
| Food Safety Excellence Award, I like to share one of | | | | healthy diet means taking a lot of vitamin and mineral |
| my post I wrote for my Nutritional Immunology | | | | pills. To some, healthy diet means boiling some soups |
| health blog here. May you enjoy getting all these | | | | with animal parts or some expensive parts of rare |
| health tips and start taking actions to lead a healthy, | | | | species.. According to Nutritional-Immunology, healthy |
| wealthy and happy life. | | | | diet means nutrients deriving from the plant sources. |
| 1. Stable Emotion ~ "Don't worry, be happy!" Do you | | | | In fact, we use the below 6 criteria to determine if |
| know that everytime when we are very angry or | | | | the food is a safe source of nutrition: |
| stressed, our body will secret a hormone call | | | | (1) Plant source - Plants are high in antioxidants and |
| corticosteroid which will suppress our immune | | | | phytonutrients which are very beneficial to our |
| system? Long term anxiety and restlessness will | | | | immune system. On the other hand, animal sources |
| cause our immunity to fall rapidly and unable to work | | | | contain fats, hormones, cholesterol, animal protein |
| optimally. As we've discussed how our immune | | | | and viruses which can be very harmful to us. |
| system can protect us and keep us healthy, now I | | | | (2) Healthy Plants - Not all natural plants are healthy. |
| think getting angry or stressed is too high a price to | | | | Some plants have medicinal properties, some are |
| pay, don't you agree? | | | | very toxic and some are additive which we cannot |
| 2. Exercise ~ The benefits of exercise has been | | | | use them in big quantities and long term. |
| emphasized over and over again. Do not overlook | | | | (3) Wholesome Plants - Wholesome means not going |
| how light and moderate exercise can help us too. | | | | through chemical processing. |
| Regular deep breathing and after-dinner walks not | | | | (4) Varieties & Quantity - Choosing a variety of |
| only keep our fitness, it keeps us in calm and joyous | | | | plant foods is also crucial for there is no particular |
| mood as well. | | | | plant that can accommodate all of our nutritional |
| 3. Quality Sleep and Rest ~ Everyone needs sleep. It | | | | needs. Scientists say that we must consume at least |
| is during sleep that our body cells can repair and | | | | 10 different types of plant foods daily for an |
| rejuvenate themselves. Quality sleep does not mean | | | | adequate supply of nutrients. |
| sleeping for long hours. Have you experience feeling | | | | (5) Power Nutrients - Power nutrients like |
| even more tired and zombie after sleeping for too | | | | phytochemicals, antioxidants and polysaccharides are |
| long? Quality sleep is going into deep sleep without | | | | essential in our diet to boost, strengthen and balance |
| disturbance. Adult that sleep about 7-8 hours is more | | | | our immune system. |
| than good enough. | | | | (6) Functional Foods that can help our immune |
| 4. Healthy Diet ~ Many people has their own | | | | system to repair any damage cells in our body. |