Being A Healthy Eater
Becoming a healthy eater requires one to be both educated and smart about what healthy eating actually is. To be food smart doesn’t consist of ONLY calculating grams or fat, counting calories or studying labels.
Healthy eating is about moderate and balanced eating. To be a healthy eater, you’ve got to eat healthy food. It’s as simple as that. You are what you eat. If you think about that literally, you’ll understand it better. It’s advisable to eat healthy meals at least three times per day. Even if you eat out alot - it’s still possible to eat healthy! Now, this doesn’t mean that as a healthy eater one must limit themselves to one specific food type or group. On the contrary, healthy eaters eat many different types of foods.
For instance, I’d like to consider myself somewhat of a healthy eater. With that said, my diet is very wide. Sometimes I eat sushi, other sea-food, salads, sandwhiches, not to mention I follow an intense big fruit diet.
In fact, eating healthy requires a liberal approach. You
should always keep your body happy and your brain healthy by eating a wide variety of foods. Even though you are to eat a wide variety of foods, as a healthy eater, you must be always aware of what they eat, and know the effect that it will have on their bodies.
Do remember, however, there are certain things that we should avoid consuming in excess. For instance, soda is not healthy. I think it should be avoided at all times. It serves no nutrional value and comes with a myriad of health ailments. Remember to always look at the nutrional information label on all foods before consuming. 
Alchohol is also very unhealthy when consumed excessively. It can have advserve effects on ones liver, heart, stomach and general well being.
Foods with high content of sugar in them are also very dangerous to the body. Not only does sugar lead to obesity and high blood pressure, but it can also lead to poor oral hygeine. Those who eat alot of sweets usually have to spend alot of time at the dentist to get rid of cavities.
Besides taking an effect on their bodies (and mouths), eating also seems to be a metaphor our lives. I’ve noticed in my patients, that when someone is unable to take control of their eating habits, they are also likely to get out of control with other aspects of day to day life also. Often times it is the person battling overeating with high cholesterol that also end up spending too much, talking too much and/or exhibiting poor sleeping habits.
As I always say, healthy eating is a way of life and is something that you can do to enhance your body or your lifestyle. If you’ve thought about making your life better, healthy eating is just the place to start - everything else will follow in good form.
