Consume Foods From Home Encourages Healthy Living

Health becomes an important part of a person's life, and one way to keep your health is to eat healthy foods, either at home or outside the home. Unfortunately to get healthy food while being active outside is quite difficult.

By bringing your own food from home, one can still eat healthy food anywhere, especially hygiene and food portions can be maintained and regulated as required.

According to Guidelines issued by the Balanced Nutrition Department of health of the Republic of Indonesia by 2014, balanced food composition for healthy living is the multi-faceted food consists of staple food, side dishes as a source of protein, vegetables, fruits and water. In Indonesia, rice is the main source of carbohydrates with a total consumption of 114kg/year per capita.

In addition, meat, nuts and soy is a good source of protein. Fruits and vegetables provide essential vitamins and fiber source that can help digestion and overall health. All benefits can be achieved by preparing food from home.

Expert Nutrition Lagizi Indonesia, Jansen Ongko, says the key to start the first healthy food consumption is an understanding of the quality of the food is more important than quantity. "You have to know what is needed by the body, and then adjust with the diet so that it can apply effectively a healthy lifestyle. Good carbs can provide the energy needed for her daily activities. Protein and fiber helps digestion and muscle growth, "he said.

In addition, increasing fruit and vegetable consumption are colorful highly recommended because many contain vitamins and minerals that are good for the body. How to cultivate food and nutrition can also affect the quality of the food. By having the provision of knowledge about good nutrition and the supported by the solution and the right equipment, every family in Indonesia can live healthier lives by making food or compiled a list of daily menu for the family.

According to a number of food servings Jansen each person varies depending on several factors such as gender, age, daily activities, a special physiological condition (pregnant and nursing) and whether the person is in the form of healthy or healing time.

As for the children, Jansen did not advise to do the diet though classified as obese. To overcome this problem is to add physical activity regularly. If forced dieting, can lead to psychological problems like eating disorders or behavioral disorders consumption.

"It should be understood that mindful eating is more important than the calculation of the calories consumed. Because the concept of eating mindfully teaches to focus and conscious when eating to enjoy flavor, aroma, texture, and color of the food. This method can avoid someone for no longer complained about what was eaten, "he said.

While Senior Marketing Manager, Philips Personal Health Indonesia, Maria V Simanjuntak, adding the health and welfare of every individual has always been a major focus for Philips in developing any innovation.

"Advances in technology are increasingly making motherhood and creative people to prepare healthy meals at home as a lunchbox. Through campaigns in social #BekalSehatKita we would like to encourage everyone, especially the mothers to prepare healthy with the right portion to be brought to school or to the Office. We believe that healthy life starts from home, "said Maria.

 

This health articles sourced from Republika.