“A sound mind [resides] in a sound body.” Written by Roman poet Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis or Juvenal in 2nd century AD, this saying still holds true in the 21st century. This underlies the importance a healthy body plays in the overall health of a person which the UN defines as the state of physical, mental and emotional well-being. Nothing is as important to keeping a person physically healthy as food, or more correctly speaking – food containing all the nutrients that body needs; a healthy diet. Food is the fuel on which the body runs, so the better your fuel the better you body will function. And better fuel refers here to a healthy diet.

A healthy diet can be defined as the collection of food that contains all the nutrients you require to keep your body functioning in the normally. The body requires much despised fats in order to function well but not too much of them. There is no food that doesn’t contain fats, the difference lies in the amount. Besides fats, humans also need to supplied with adequate amounts of carbohydrates, water, proteins, vitamins and minerals to keep things in order. Meal and cereals are main sources of fats, carbohydrates and proteins. Vitamins and minerals are usually found in vegetables and fruits. A healthy diet involves eating foods that provide your body with right amount of each of these essential nutrients. Both, a deficiency and excess of these nutrients is not good for humans.

Before the advent of the internet you would often turn to a health expert or to your friends to guide you on how to go about having a healthy diet. The information explosion brought about by the internet has changed the situation drastically. Now tons of information is available to you at the click of a mouse; though how much of that information is credible is still doubtful. Therefore this blog is an attempt to give you quality information on topics related to healthy diet at a rate which is digestible; only one or two new articles a week. Here you will find interesting information on what constitutes a healthy diet, how to prepare several delicious and nutritional recipes and lots of other interesting information. If you find the information provided here useful, you can subscribe to the blog. Subscription will ensure that you don’t miss any article. Just in case you don’t happen to find what you want or have a suggestion or want us to correct an error, you can kindly let us know on Contact Us. We will try our best to respond to your query as soon as possible.

Bon apetit!