Healthy Habits

Question 1

Why is it important to develop healthy habits?

Answer 1

It’s easy to focus on what you eat in a short period of time, but it’s what you eat over a longer period that makes up your diet. It is therefore important to develop healthy habits and to prioritize wellness.

Question 2

What are three healthy habits?

Answer 2

Prepare your own meals (avoid restaurants and dining out), eat whole foods instead of processed foods, and get good physical exercise

Question 3

Why should you prepare your own meals?

Answer 3

Restaurants generally use refined oils, more salt, and the meals tend to lack vegetables. When you make your own meals, you know exactly what goes into them. If you can’t cook every night, prepare meals ahead of time.

Question 4

Why should you eat whole foods instead of processed foods?

Answer 4

Processed foods are designed to be very pleasure inducing and therefore, addictive. Unfortunately, the majority of processed foods contain empty calories and lack nutrients (think of potato chips, chocolates, cookies, etc…)

Question 5

Why should you get physical activity?

Answer 5

There are many benefits associated with regular physical activity:

• increase longevity
• improve mental health
• reduce the risk of some cancers
• reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes
• reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease