Water For Good Health

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Having a good time?

Did you know that a good source of minerals is water! It is important for us to prevent our body from dehydration. As you know that our last entry is about consuming enough nutrition and perform physical activities, we would like to remind you that water is important to our body beside the food taken.

 

Nearly three-quarters of our Earth is covered with water, our body consists of about 60% water. Most fresh fruits and vegetables store up to 95% and meats 50%. Water is a major component in all living matter as it is needed for food digestion and for the absorption and transportation of nutrients in the body. It also cleanses our body system by its waste products through urine and keeps us cool by regulating our body temperature. It’s also a natural moisturiser for youthful-looking skin! We can survive without food for several weeks but will only live a few days without water. In fact, a 20% loss of body water is fatal. Our body loses about 2.5 litres of water daily through urine, faeces, sweat and breath. To stay healthy, we need to maintain this delicate balance of water consumption. We are encouraged to consume 6-8 glasses of water daily.

So drink a lot of plain water and avoid from drinking any carbonated water.

Drink Mineral Water!

Avoid Carbonated Drink!

Good Eating With Exercise!

Hello…

How's your life..???

Hope you are in a good condition ….

Have you already eaten..??? Are you following the food pyramid guide that we had post earlier..?? I guess you are. Did you consume more than the suggestion…?? Please eat in moderation. Actually, we should take the food depending on the calorie. Every gram of food contain a calorie such as 1gram of fat is equal to 9kcal, 1gram carbohydrate is 4kcal, 1gram of oil is 8kcal, 1gram of protein is 4kcal, and 1gram of fiber is 2kcal. The calorie should be taken by a man in a day is around 2000kcal and for a woman is 1500kcal a day. If we take more than the suggestion, it will leads to fatness. It is because the calorie from the food we eat produce an energy for our body.

1 gram Fat = 9 Kcal

1 gram Carbohydrate = 4 Kcal

1 gram Protein = 4 Kcal

1 Gram Fiber = 2 kcal
*1kcal = 4.2kJ

Nevertheless, it may be overcome by exercising such as jogging, playing badminton, tennis, football, rugby and etc. An evening on weekdays, majority of MICET students will perform physical activities to train the body (exercise). It is an activity that will reduce the percentage of fatness among students. On others, it produces a healthy lifestyle. It is differ for weekends because just a minority of students will perform exercise in the evening. Others, they preferred to hang out with their friends, shopping and so on. As a result, there is no MICET student jogging on the jogging track in the weekends compare to weekdays. There is some pictures taken:

On weekends

Food Guide to Healthy Eating

How's your life today?

Getting good diet?

We hope you will choose a balance diet as in the food pyramid ;)

You must be wondering what exactly food pyramid or maybe some of you know about it and yet do nothing about it (We guess) and some feel satisfied that they are already following the majority of these guidelines. Don’t worry; we are here to guide you for a better life. Just like we said before, food pyramid is a guide for you to consume healthy diet and show you the right amount of food should you consume daily. This dietary guideline encourages you to choose variety of healthy food; it also recommends eating a variety of fruits and vegetables each day. In the food pyramid, you are suggested to consume from each group, in right proportion, example, the number of servings for each section of  a food pyramid is determined based on your recommended calorie level.

Example of a Food Pyramid

Now that you have read about the food pyramid and digest the information given(to get a knowledge, we shouldn’t just read but it must be digest) the information from the figure above. According to it, we will realised which groups of food that should we take in moderation. If we follow the guidelines, we will get a healthy diet and we will not be like this

No matter who you are (a doctor, gardener, lawyer, teacher, fishermen and etc), how old are you (2months, 1years, 7years, 15years, 22years, 40years or 60years), and where do you live (village or town), if you are not following the guidelines of food pyramid you also will get affected with any diseases. An obesity person not only suffer from obesity but also will affected with other diseases such as heart attack, diabetes, high blood pressure, and kidney failure. Furthermore, if we look to our eating style, we just eat anything without thinking about the consequences. So, if we don’t want to be like the picture above, we need to change our life and eating styles. Think about it, and take action…. :) good luck.

Good Food Good Life

Hello again,

Have you taken your meal today?

Hopefully you will eat something which contains nutritional value.

What is nutrition?

If you think that the word nutrition means the same as food? You’re right. Nutrition is the science that studies food and how food nourishes our bodies and influences our health (Janice Thompson), but it depend on how we consume and how these nutrients affect our bodies.

Today, we would like to share with you about food have taken by students in MICET, whether our food contain complete nutrition as food pyramid or not. On weekdays, students usually eat food which have been prepared by the cafeteria. While on weekends, many students prefer to eat outside the campus-in fast food restaurants. Others will just eat junk food for snack. As a Micetian, have you ever think that the food you consume is good or not? If you have the responsibility to take care of yourself, you would not eat food that can affect your body and will start eating food regarding to the food pyramid.

What is a food pyramid?

Food pyramid is a guide for you to consume healthy diet and shows you the amount of food should you take daily. The food group in food pyramid includes grains, vegetables, fruits, oils, milk, meat and bean.

Do you think you’re following the food pyramid?

If not, it is better for you to start changing your eating style NOW..:)

Example Foods Prepared by Cafeteria Al-Razi (Pak Ya)

Hello to everybody ! : )

Hello everyone,
How are you today? Have you taken your meal? Hopefully you consume healthy food for your tummy. First of all, we would like to thank you for visiting our blog. You will not regret reading our blog because we would try to give you more information regarding food. Maybe our facts on food will improve your knowledge and make you healthier.