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Dietary Guidelines for a Long and Healthy Life: You Are What You Eat!

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The latest studies reveal that our food choices significantly influence our short- and long-term health. Poor eating habits contribute to 4 of the 10 leading causes of death in the U.S.: heart disease, cancer, stroke, and diabetes. To achieve a long and healthy life, balance your dietary fat, sodium, protein, and carbohydrate intake, drink plenty of water, maintain your ideal body weight, and incorporate regular exercise and stress management into your routine. Remember the keys to a healthful diet: variety, balance, and moderation.

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Dietary Guidelines for a Long and Healthy Life: You Are What You Eat!

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  1. Dietary Guidelines

  2. YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT! • The latest studies show that the foods we choose to eat – and not eat can determine one’s short and long term health and quality of their lives. • According to recent statistics, our eating habits play a major role in prevent 4 out of the 10 leading causes of death in America. (heart disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes)

  3. Guidelines to Promote a Long and Healthy Life: • 1. Balance the FAT in your diet. Lower the fat intake to no more than 30% of the total daily calorie intake. Reduce cholesterol consumption to no more than 300 mg/day. • 2. Balance the sodium in the diet to no more than 2000 – 3000 mg/day.

  4. Guidelines to Promote a Long and Healthy Life: Continued • 3. Balance the protein in your diet. Not more than .8 gms/kilogram body weight. • 4. Watch the Simple Carbohydrates (simple sugars) in the diet.

  5. Guidelines to Promote a Long and Healthy Life: Continued • 5. If you consume caffeine – do so in moderation. • 6. Drink 8 – 10 glasses of water a day.

  6. Guidelines to Promote a Long and Healthy Life: Continued • 7. Achieve and maintain your specific ideal body weight. • 8. Get regular exercise, rest and stress relaxation for total health.

  7. Keys to a Healthful Diet! • Variety • Balance • Moderation

  8. ABC’s of Good Health • A – Aim for good fitness routine • B – Build a healthy daily food plan • C – Choose food options sensibly and in moderation

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