How do you feel today? Are you feeling tired or do you feel full of energy and vitality? Well, most of how we feel can be related to what we eat, and indeed how much we eat. This week we have asked the ecoTrain community what we should be eating be healthy and vibrant and it was amazing to see how many people have responded, in so many ways, with your own personal responses. It was very good to see such a variety of posts, with so many different answers. There is no right or wrong answer to this question, and indeed we all do need to eat different things in order to be healthy. Some of us need some meat, others can not tolerate it, and many of us will thrive on fresh vegetables and some fruits. The keyword here is balance and moderation, because even if we eat very healthy foods, but don’t balance them, we may not be healthy and vibrant.
That being said, there are some crucial common points that are true for all of us.. despite us all needing different types of food, there are some foods and types of food that are not really good for any of us. Highly processed, refined and packaged food is always going to have detrimental effects and we should be careful to eat them as part of a balanced diet. There is nothing wrong with enjoying some junk food from time to time, but that is very different to living on a fast food diet, or a very nigh carb and high sugar diet. These foods are addictive, not because they are healthy, but because they alter our brain chemistry and often mimic the effects of very strong drugs such as opioids! Carbs and sugar are a great example of this, which is why many people around the world are totally addicted to them. The spiral effects of this means that the more we eat of them, the more we crave them. We never get satisfied, at least not for long, and are often left feeling very poorly indeed when we consume too much of them. That is, in fact, the definition of addiction.
So this week i have chosen a handful of fantastic posts that you have shared with the ecoTrain community and the #qotw tag. Thank you to everyone who took part, and for posting such great content on this very pertinent topic. You can read a snippet of these posts below and click through on the ones that interest you the most. As always, don’t forget to follow and comment on the posts that you enjoy!
Also don’t forget to check out the https://staging.dreemport.com website to see who wins the curation. They will be curating tomorrow (Monday) and you can see the winners from Tuesday onwards! If you missed this weeks dreemport submission date from last Friday then you have one more chance for the next QOTW which will be posted tomorrow! Remember you have to submit your posts on Friday to qualify for curation and the chance to win some dreemport tokens!
@delrosario
The first thing to do is understand what your body needs. If you don't know, ask your nutritionist who can help you determine the right foods for you. It's important to eat a variety of fruits and vegetables because they contain different vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and phytochemicals that may be beneficial in preventing disease. Some nutrients are better absorbed from fresh produce than others. For example, beta-carotene is more easily absorbed from carrots than from cooked ones. And some people have trouble digesting fiber from whole grains, so it's best to start with refined grain products like breads and cereals.
When choosing fruits and vegetables, choose those that are bright in color, especially yellow and orange. They usually contain the most nutrients. The darker the green, the less nutrient dense the fruit or vegetable. A good rule of thumb: the darker the color, the richer the flavor! To remove any dirt, pesticides, and bacteria fruits and vegetables should be washed thoroughly.
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@marbrym
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I eat foods from all food groups, however I am convinced that we were created to be vegetarians. I believe that God made us to live on the produce of every tree that grows on the earth. However, due to a change in world circumstances, humans began to include animal meat in their diet.
Nowadays, there are people who do not eat animal meat or any of the products derived from them, such as milk or eggs, for reasons of conscience or because they are against animal abuse, others because they consider that it is harmful to their health, some because of their religious beliefs and it is likely that there are other reasons why people do not eat meat.
I respect and sympathize with the vegan diet and maybe one day it will be my lifestyle, but family customs and culture accustoms us to a certain lifestyle, which includes diet, with which we are familiar and often satisfied.
I consider myself a health-minded person. I have usually tried to eat healthy without going to extremes or being fanatical, especially after having my own family. In my mother's house we always ate very well, in almost every meal there were salads, we consumed a lot of fruit and fruit juices, we didn't eat a lot of sausages or canned food, but cheese and milk were part of the daily diet. As well as beef, chicken and fish.
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@itsostylish
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- it's so unequivocally true that it’s difficult to understand why we feed ourselves junk foods. Haha, I know, some are spiced just right to trick your brain into thinking that if they taste so good, they must be great for your body. Of course not! If you want to murder your health live on takeaways.
But takeaways are not the only bad guys. In this age of instant gratification, processed foods have become the norm, foods stuffed with dodgy chemicals, preservatives and “sprayed” with pesticides to keep them looking good on the shelves.
The enemy is the system that panders to our modern desire for perfection and easy living; fewer people grow their own fruits and vegetables and cook their own food than at any other period in the past. This fact is particularly true in developed first world countries where almost everyone is on the gravy train of fast, furious living that offers minimal time for anything but adding to the financial coffers.
Stop!
_Commit to cooking your own food and growing as much of your own as possible.
_Commit to sourcing suppliers of organic products that are grown without pesticides and growth hormones.
_Commit to eating fewer processed animal products and eating a plant-based diet.
_Commit to replacing at least one cup of coffee or tea per day with grated root-based, filtered tea, such as ginger or turmeric
_Commit to drinking water rather than soft drinks
_Commit to eating fruit for desert
_Commit to eating vegetables when snacking
_Commit to a lifestyle change that will improve longevity and health
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@yosoyada
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Happy day to all fellow members of the Eco Train Community 🍒 and other HIVE colleagues. Today I very pleasantly wish to join this week's question. What should we eat to be healthy and with vitality?"🍎🥔🥑💪 The truth is that it seems a very simple and easy question to answer, but when I sit in front of the computer I realize that there are so many foods that exist and the factors that influence to achieve a healthy diet, that I feel that it is complicated to answer it easily.
So this time I will focus on my diet and the way I have found to give me energy and vitality while maintaining good health. I think by now, with so much information on social networks and other media, the vast majority of people are aware of the foods that are good and not so good for our body, so I do not intend to bore you by explaining the benefits we can get by eating properly.
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@nathyortiz
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Food is important for the human being because it gives us energy and vitality that our body needs to continue the day to day, that is why many of us choose to enter our menu some foods that we want to be convenient for the vital development of our body and our health. In the world there are a number of foods that are perfect for human consumption but each one has its advances and properties which will be incorporated into the system of the people who consume them, which is why each person is critical and judge of their own health, we will never really understand or reach the end of this whole situation as some consider some food healthy for our body and others not so much because it has high percentages of chemicals.
ersonally I consider that there are many food groups which are suitable and favorable for our body, among which we can mention: proteins, carbohydrates, fruits, vegetables and grains which constitute a high percentage of positive things for our body which is necessary because it is our home that we must feed to keep balanced, that is why it becomes necessary to create a meal plan according to our needs and what is set is healthier for our body.
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@blackdaisyft
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Eating is an essential part for our body to get the fuel it needs to operate. If we fuel it correctly, that is, in a way it fits our individual nutritional needs, then we'll most definitely will have better health. However, those needs vary from person to person, depending on our overall life habits like sedentary behaviours, possible chronic diseases, amount of sleep and even depends on what part of the globe we live in.
People who live in countries with less sun, therefore less probability to get vitamin D, will have different nutritional needs than me, since I live in a sunny place. Here in Portugal, the Mediterranean diet is the most known and classified as balanced.
This type of diet incentivizes the consumption of vegetables and fruits from season and if possible buying them from local farmers and producers. As you can see in the image, water intake is at the base of the pyramid. According to the Fundación Dieta Mediterránea,
A DAILY INTAKE OF 1.5 TO 2 LITRES OF WATER SHOULD BE GUARANTIED. A GOOD HYDRATION IS ESSENTIAL TO MAINTAIN THE CORPORAL WATER EQUILIBRIUM, ALTHOUGH NEEDS MAY VARY AMONG PEOPLE BECAUSE OF AGE, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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@princessbusayo
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When we were young, our parents made sure we were given healthy meals and many times in the morning, we take Pap and Beans cake or Bean pudding as breakfast. We eat rice or beans in the afternoon and most times go for a solid meal at night. This has been our routine every day but many times are different.
The food we eat as breakfast today might be different from the breakfast for tomorrow. Another thing Mom would mandate for us is taking herbs before eating because we consume a lot of sugar and the bitter herb is what prevents us from getting sick. There is no day without taking herb even though we tried ignoring it, but mom was smart to make sure we don't miss it. She will say "If you don't drink this herb, you will not eat" and we love food so much, who wouldn't comply with the condition when there is a delicious meal staring at you and the only way to eat it is to drink the bitter herb.
While growing up too, we were taught the six classes of food by our teachers which are Carbohydrates, Proteins, Vitamins, Mineral Salt, Fats and Oil, and Water. We were taught the right proportion of food to take and how much of the combination to make a balanced diet.
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@hive-world
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High time for my friends to join and engage in an ecotrain community. Even if you don’t want to write about the contest, there is resourceful information that will help in all ramifications of life. I participated in most of the contests and I also read articles from different authors here. The Ecotrain contest is like providing solutions to what some people are going through in life. Four months ago, when I saw an ecotrain question of the week saying, “what does spirituality mean to you?”
This really questioned the level of spirituality with GOD and gave me insight of how I can improve. I also realized that the world spirituality is not connected to Christians, Muslim and traditional worshippers.
The word has different meanings for individuals based on different articles read in the ecotrain community. If you look at my post, I was just narrating spirituality in Christian perspective. You can check what I have written about spirituality here
Reading other people's articles broadened my ideas and gave me more knowledge about spirituality.
It is really true that, “no man’s is an island of knowledge”.
I thought miracles only happen in a setting but after reading so many articles, I realized that we all experienced miracles every day in our life. if you Check my post about have you ever witnessed a miracle you will notice I was talking based on my level of understanding. After reading many articles about the question of the week: I realized sleeping and waking up is a miracle.
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@irvinc
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I have had the opportunity to see how food habits have evolved since the middle of the twentieth century when I was born.
During my childhood and a good part of my adolescence I only knew natural products, vegetables, fruits, meats, chicken, fish, butter. We did not consume processed products such as hams, sausages, or any industrially produced sausages. However, my mother had some unhealthy habits, such as abusing fried foods and sugar to sweeten fruit juices and coffee, we also consumed a lot of homemade sweets.
Although it may seem strange to you, I can't remember that we consumed a single product that came in a plastic bag or container. Meat, chicken and fish were delivered in thick pieces of paper. Vegetables and fruits were put in fique bags, woven from a natural fiber, which each person carried for shopping. Bread was delivered in paper bags. The contamination capacity of those containers was minimal.
Later, at the end of my adolescence, when I started my university studies at the beginning of the seventies, I got to know hot dogs and hamburgers; they were somewhat exotic products that I consumed in the street, because in my mother's house hot dogs were unknown.
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@george-dee
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Food is one of the basic need of every human, it remains the most important because we need it to stay alive; from it we derive energy to go with doing a lot of things that includes surviving. I love food a lot and I can say it has over 65% impact on our health, the things we take into the body have so much effect on our health physically and mentally.
I grew up in a family that places so much importance on the things we put in our belly, and our style of living can be passed down to the coming generation. During childhood days, we lived in an undeveloped area where fruits and vegetables were accessible to everyone, all you had to do then was clear an empty land and sprinkle your seeds. The owners of the lands were happy giving their lands out because it would save them the stress of coming to clear the bushes from time to time, there was natural food in surplus in the community and you can get them at a very cheap price.
We usually take vegetables directly from our backyards which doesn’t happen anymore, people reared their meat and fish. We use to have snails picked during the rainy season, we cared for our chicken egg so that it can hatch and we do have more chicken for consumption when they grow but these things can be hardly seen today. My mother ensures she cooked every meal. She doesn’t trust food vendors and that habit has been passed on to my generation, I can’t even remember the last time I bought cooked food, a lot of families were like that as well then but suddenly everything changed all in the name of development in the society.
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@eco-alex
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I have just returned from almost two months travelling around Phuket in Thailand as well as North India. Suffice is to say that over this time, whilst i have eaten many healthy lunches and dinners