You will never be healthy, eating healthy foods occasionally. You have
to make healthy eating a habit if you want to obtain nutritional
health. I have been doing push-ups five days a week for over 25 years.
My arms are pretty strong but it did not happen overnight. I did not
do push-ups for a couple weeks or months and then stopped. I had to
make push-ups a habit if I wanted to continuously get the results I
have. Exactly the same holds true with having a healthy diet. People
jump on the "band wagon" of healthy eating when they read books or
view web sites that talk about nutrition. While many of these books
and web sites tell you what you should eat in-order to be healthy,
they fail to teach you how to make healthy eating a habit. Thus in a
short period of time when temptations come, people fall right back
into their unhealthy eating habits. What is a Habit? According to
Webster's dictionary a habit is "a behavior pattern acquired by
frequent repetition or physiologic exposure that shows itself in
regularity or increased facility of performance." Can you see that if
we simply apply this principle to healthy eating we will be on our way
to vibrant health? Bad Eating Habits: Bad eating habits do not develop
overnight. For most people these habits began forming when they were
kids. Thus one reason why many adults have a hard time breaking their
bad eating habits is because these habits have been a part of their
lifestyle for many years. Why Do We Eat Food? There are two main
reasons why we eat food. One is to supply fuel for our body. The other
reason is for pleasure. Unfortunately some of the foods that give us
pleasure are unhealthy. Most people make their food selections based
on what they see, smell or taste. Look at these three sentences: That
pie sure looks good! That pie sure smells good! That pie sure taste
good! Notice that all three statements involve food and pleasure.
However the food that is producing the pleasure (in this situation the
pie) may or may not be good for you from a nutritional standpoint.
That is why we need to be wise in our food selections and not simply
leave it up to our sense of sight, taste or smell. Healthy Eating Can
Be Enjoyable: Some people think of a healthy diet as being boring and
tasteless. I think that one reason they feel this way is because most
of the commercial ads we see promote foods high in calories, fat, or
sugar and only a small percentage of food advertising is done for
fruits, vegetables, grains and beans. Thus if there was more
nutritional education, more and more people would find healthy eating
to be pleasurable and tasty. How Having a Healthy Diet Changed My
Life: In 1998 my wife finally talked me into going to the doctor to
get a check-up. I was not feeling sick but she clearly said that it
was a good idea to get a yearly physical examination. Thank God I
listened to her. I have been athletic all my life. I run 18 miles a
week. So when I went to the doctor I was not expecting to hear the bad
news he gave me. He told me I had borderline diabetes. Diabetes can be
very dangerous if not treated. It is one of the leading cause of death
in the United States. It is a disease of the pancreas that causes the
body to stop producing the insulin it needs to regulate blood sugar.
My doctor told me that I did not need to be put on medication, however
he suggested I start reading some books on healthy eating. That was
the beginning of my path to a healthy diet that turned my health
situation around. Today I can honestly say that I am in excellent
health. I feel great, I sleep great, people tell me that I do not look
my age, I maintain a healthy weight, I do not take any type of
medication, my blood pressure is normal, my blood sugar is normal, my
cholesterol is normal, my immune system is strong, and the list goes
on. I do not believe that I am healthy because of chance. I strongly
believe that one main reason that I am healthy is because I take
personal responsibility for my health. A healthy diet is a great part
of this responsibility. Our physical bodies have laws that are
governed by proper nutrition. If we violate these laws by consistently
eating unhealthy foods, we are going to get sick.

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