Hand Me That Celery Stick! - The Importance of Healthy Eating

Teenagers around the world need to understand the significance and importance of eating healthy. Some of you might believe that you're "invincible" and can do/say/ EAT anything you want but it'll come back to haunt you later in life. So eat healthy, nutritious, and delicious food, now! Because the truth is that healthy eating doesn't only affect you're insides, but it also affects your physical appearance (such as too much sugar and sweets make acne develop all over your face), performance (being overweight slows you down in sports and therefore makes you perform poorly), state of mind (obesity is linked to depression!) , and overall well-being. You teenagers are growing and require oodles important macro/micronutrients such as...

MACRONUTRIENTS:

1. Carbohydrates

2. Protein

3. Fat

[important] MICRONUTRIENTS:

1. Calcium - it's needed for strong and healthy bones & teeth, normal blood clotting, and nervous system functioning

2. Iron - it's needed for the formation of hemoglobin, which carries oxygen from the lungs to the cells of the body

etc.

Eating healthy foods leads to a healthy body and a healthy body is critical because it affects you throughout your entire life, not only the future but in the present too. Also, unhealthy eating habits can lead to diabetes, high blood pressure, increased LDL (low-density lipoprotein) which is the bad kind of cholesterol.

http://nutritionquestions.org/how-does-eating-healthy-when-youre-young-affect-your-future-health.html

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=specialneed&dbid=6

http://www.nutrition.com.sg/he/heteens.asp

http://www.nutristrategy.com/nutrition/

Pictures:

http://www.visualphotos.com/image/2x2438344/close-up_of_a_young_man_eating_celery

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