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World Health Day, Small Steps Can Make Your Body Healthy
Friday, 11 Apr 2025
Still in order to celebrate World Health Day, which is celebrated every April 7, we need to remember again to do small habits that can ensure our bodies stay healthy. For some of us, a "healthy lifestyle" can mean eliminating a number of foods from our diet. In fact, you don't need to make extreme changes just to make your body healthier. Making a few small changes in your eating habits can actually produce huge results.
Quoted from Eating Well, several nutritionists say that health should be simple and sustainable. Here are some easy steps to make your life healthier:
1. Consume Protein and Fiber at Breakfast
Try having breakfast with foods high in protein and fiber such as eggs, yogurt, chia pudding, or whole wheat bread with peanut butter, instead of sugary cereal or white bread. Breakfast is an important step every day to keep you full longer and delay a decrease in energy.
2. Fulfill your body's fluid needs
We've all mistaken thirst for hunger. So before eating a snack, drink a glass of water.
Add lemon juice, cucumber, or mint leaves to make it more refreshing. Herbal tea or coconut water can also be very useful to hydrate the body throughout the day.
3. Control Portion Size Without Making You Starve!
Portion control is the most important thing, because it is the foundation of a healthy diet. Instead of cutting out all your favorite foods altogether, try moderation, serving food on smaller plates and listening to your hunger cues. Eat slowly and stop before you overeat.
4. Snack Smartly
Replace your collection of potato chips and cookies with very healthy snacks such as nuts, seeds, yogurt, or fruits. Whenever you want something crunchy, try eating popcorn without butter and sugar or eating roasted nuts.
5. Reduce Sugar Intake
Just because you don't consume refined sugar, doesn't mean you can't have dessert. Replace white sugar with honey, palm sugar, or dates in sweet foods prepared at home. In addition, you can also replace sweet snacks with dark chocolate or fruits. 6. Add More Color to Your Plate
Eating more colorful foods is another way to improve your diet. Each color in food represents different nutrients. Green stands for iron, orange means vitamin C, and red implies high antioxidants. Be sure to vary the colors on your plate to keep your body healthy. These small changes can add up to big results in the long run. This World Health Day, we can all take steps toward better health by making small, simple and realistic changes to our diets.
