Healthy Eating April 2019

HEALTHY EATING FOR HEALTHY LIVING

HEALTHY SUGAR LEVELS

• Eating a diet rich in monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats can help to reduce your risk of developing diabetes. Good foods are olive oil, nuts, avocados and whole grain foods.
• Eat green leafy vegetables, eat non-starchy vegetables like mushrooms, peppers and garlic.
• Beans, lentils and other legumes are the ideal carbohydrate source.
• Eat 3 fruits a day preferably those with a low sugar level like oranges, melon and kiwi.
• AVOID junk food as they contain processed sugars and contain no nutrient and fibre necessary to properly metabolize carbohydrates. Consistent eating of junk food can cause raised insulin levels.

HEALTHY BRAIN

• Good nutrition and healthy eating habits improve your day-to-day mental health and well- being.
• Eat food rich in vitamin – B to assist with the possible reduction of dementia.
• Good brain food includes fatty fish, blueberries, broccoli, nuts, oranges and eggs.
• Good news for coffee fiends is that coffee is thought to boost alertness and could offer some protection against Alzheimer’s disease.
• Bad diets can be linked to dementia due to high blood pressure and high cholesterol disrupting the blood supply to the brain.
• AVOID junk food which studies are showing can be linked to depression, and mood swings.

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