Nutrition and Well Being
Eating right is key to living a healthy lifestyle. Incorporating a few simple steps into your regular routine can reduce your risk of heart disease, stroke, and other chronic diseases.
Mindful Eating
Mindful Eating means being fully attentive to your food as you buy, prepare, serve, and consume it. When you eat mindfully, you use all of your senses to choose foods that are both satisfying to your palate and nurturing to your body. As you practice mindful eating, you will become aware of physical hunger and satiety cues and learn to use them to guide your decisions about when and what to eat, and when to stop.
Read the Nutrition Facts Label
Learning how to understand and use a Nutrition Facts label can help you make healthier eating choices and identify nutrient-dense foods for a healthy diet. Find tips from the American Heart Association for making the most out of the information on food labels.
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Living Healthy, Eating Healthy
According to the CDC, adopting healthy eating and lifestyle choices such as these can help you:
- Live longer
- Achieve and maintain a healthy weight
- Keep your skin, teeth and eyes healthy
- Support your muscle strength
- Boost your immunity
- Strengthen your bones
- Lower your risk of heart disease, Type-2 Diabetes, and some cancers
- Support healthy pregnancies and breastfeeding
- Support your digestive system