Healthy Eating and Sport
Below you will find some examples on how healthy eating and sport, can make you healthier.
Healthy Eating and sport combine together in ensuring that we keep fit and healthy in our everyday life, whether doing sport competetively or recreationally.
The benefits of sport
How sport can enrich your life, whatever your age or ability
For most people, taking part in sport improves your general health and well-being. There are many other reasons why you should become involved in sport as it has lots to offer.The following are just some of the benefits of sport.
It helps reduce body fat or controls your bodyweight
You will meet people with a similar interest to yourself and are likely to gain many new friends
You will gain the satisfaction of developing your fitness and skills
It will help fight depression and anxiety
You will challenge yourself and set goals
It strengthens bones
It aids co-ordination, balance and flexibility
It improves stamina and concentration
You are more likely to have a healthy lifestyle
You will experience winning and losing!
What is healthy eating?
Eat your way to a more healthy you
‘Boring!’ I can hear you say, why should we eat healthily? This is a good question when it’s so easy to grab a muffin and a latte as you dash to work. Why then should we make the effort to have a ‘proper’ breakfast and take time to plan other meals in the day?
Well we would all like to think that we are immortal but the facts remain, if we eat healthily we can dramatically reduce our risk of heart disease and some cancers. If that doesn’t convince you to swap the sausage sarnie for a smoothie, give these facts a thought:
Remember this: ‘Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food’ Hippocrates, AD 390. You wouldn’t put diesel in your unleaded car now would you?