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Wherever you look these days we are bombarded with advice to "eat healthy". Eat five a day has become a mantra that has gone unchallenged for more than a decade. This begs several questions.
Proteins should be an important part of any meal. Your body needs enough proteins and eating food Healthy living advice rich in proteins helps the body get what it needs. You could try including protein milk shakes or fish or even beans in your meals as these are rich in proteins.
When I was in my late forties, I used to joke that I must be approaching my "best before" date! Within just a few short years into my early fifties, I had a succession of health issues. I had been well and healthy all my life, but suddenly the bottom seemed to fall out of my world. I had shingles, then I had gall bladder surgery, then I had a heart attack - two actually, one week apart, later I had a hernia operation, plus I'm coping with the unpronounceable Dupuytren's Contracture, and not to even mention benign prostate enlargement (BPH) or erectile dysfunction (ED). Yes, it's horribly true, I now suffer from Acronyms. I thought my entire body was going to slowly fall apart!
I am not one to suffer in silence, much as I'd like to be stoic and brave in the face of my own mortality. I complain. Often loudly. This, it turns out is not such a bad thing. And here is the real advice - when something feels wrong, go do something about it. I can never understand someone who says, "I'm scared to go to the doctor in case it's cancer." WHAT? If I thought I had cancer - and many times I've thought exactly that (I've had three prostate biopsies) - I would be instantly out the door and on the way to see my doctor.
If you had fast food for lunch, then re-group, and have an apple in the afternoon. Go to the gym and have a healthy dinner. If you said a harsh word to someone, go back and apologize. If your frame of mind was crap all day, change it with your next thought.
The old saying was "eat breakfast like a king; lunch like a prince; and dinner like a commoner." I like that thought, but not for me. I eat a high protein, high carbohydrate breakfast, a light lunch, and a moderately heavy, yet balanced dinner. I find Fun healthy habits that anything other than a light lunch puts me to sleep. Generally, about mid-afternoon, I will have a banana or a muffin.
And, last, if you're still smoking, by all stop. Smoking kills. It's not only linked to cancer of the lung and throat, but it doubles your risk of stroke and quadruples your risk heart disease. Smoking also yellows your teeth and wrinkles your skin, making you look much older than you are.