Nutritional Nuggets for Natural Health
7. Drink 8 glasses of water every day. TRUE – But only if you weigh 128 pounds. Here’s the rule – Take your weight (actual, not what you dream about!) and divide it in two. That’s the minimum number of ounces you should drink every day. In other words, if you weigh 128 pounds, you divide that by 2 and get 64 and that’s 8 – 8 ounce glasses water. If you weigh 150 you would drink 75 ounces of water and that’s more than 9 glasses. If you drink coffee that’s dehydrating, you need to drink more water. Your body is mostly water, fill it up often!
8. Alcohol is bad – FALSE – Too much alcohol is bad for you. Too much of anything is bad for you. Six ounces of wine and 12 ounces of beer are considered moderate amounts, and shouldn’t result in any bad health effects to the average healthy adult. All alcohol is an anticoagulant and red wine also contains antioxidants, so drinking a small amount daily can be beneficial.
9. If you watch what you eat, you don’t have to exercise – FALSE. It’s better, that’s for sure. But exercise is good for more than just your weight. Regular physical exercise, especially cardiovascular forms, can help you strengthen your lungs and heart which can prevent or prolong heart disease. Physical activity can also improve your cholesterol level by increasing your good cholesterol. Regular exercise can also be a stress reliever.
10. Eggs are bad for you. FALSE. Eggs don’t raise your cholesterol. You’d have to eat a lot of eggs to have it affect your serum cholesterol levels. In healthy people, “the research with eggs has never shown any link of egg consumption with blood lipids or with risk of heart disease,” says Don Layman, PhD, professor emeritus in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Eggs are actually a great source of about 13 vitamins and minerals!
See previous posts – N is for Nutritional Nuggets – fact or fictioN – parts 1 & Part 2.
So eat up, eat well, eat healthy, eat enough, drink enough and do everything in moderation and you will be a naturally healthy person, and beautiful as well!
