How Your Body Is Affected By Your Food
Food experts and parents up and down the country have been warning us since the beginning of time that “we are what we eat”. What they mean by this of course is that whatever we put into our mouths has a direct influence on our health, fitness, beauty and even mood. Because of this, we are forever being ordered to eat certain things, drink certain things and avoid lots of things. It is not always easy to know which advice to follow though and which is the most import, so lets examine some of the most important foods to control.
Salt. This is something that we didn’t even know was bad for us until scientist decide to tell us recently. 6g of the stuff is what the UK Food Standard Agency states we should not be exceeding per day if possible. Those people who are very sporty or drink lots of water may need higher levels of salt in their diets as they lose it through sweating. The majority of people need much less than they are currently eating however as it is attributed to heart failure, stoke and elevated blood pressure. Rather than put it in your body, salt is good at conditioning skin and is in fact an ingredient in lots of skin care products
Fats. We need different types of fat in our diets in order to maintain healthy cells and for all the various functions of the body. If the fats that we needed were the saturated type (trans fats) then there would not be so much of a problem as lots of people eat vast amounts of these, but unfortunately its not, it’s is the unsaturated fats that we need. Put simply, eating too many saturated fats will not only make you fat but could also cause heart disease, organ failure and diabetes to name a few. It won’t matter how many times you get a body polish, inside and out will not be great if you don’t watch your fats
Water. Although water is not something you strictly eat, it’s still something that should be on your radar. Although many experts suggest you drink 2lts a day, it really depends on myriad factors such as age, location, activeness etc.Water is not only very important for internal processes of the body, but additionally it has a large influence on external appearances, so if your a big water drinker you wont need to have exfoliating scrub treatments quite so often
