PLANT AND HEALTH I

PLANT AND HEALTH

HEALTH IN SIMPLE TERM

There in a saying in my Mothers tongue which says we might not be rich but we live in sound health. There is nothing like living healthy because someone healthy is someone that has everything.

Wikipedia defines health as the level of functional or metabolic efficiency of a living organism. In humans it is the ability of individuals or communities to adapt and self-manage when facing physical, mental or social challenges.

Health in a simple term is the complete state of all well-being which can be physical, emotional, mental, social and even spiritual.

Remember the saying, Health is Wealth? Yes it is taking about taking care of our health.

Maintenance of our health

Just as we take care of our material things we should also care for our health like that. Most of us put our jobs, family, gadgets before our health forgetting that if we are not in sound health we can do the things we do.

Therefore, we need to care for our health because it’s our life, wealth and everything we have. Ways we can care for our health:

a)     Eating well: Many people want to be as slim as super models that we forget about our health. We skip meals, drink less water, and eat fewer balanced diets and so on.

b)    Exercise: well, as a person who doesn’t have time to register for a gym always make sure I take a little walk every day. Places where I can get to in 5minutes, I take a walk there instead of driving.

c)     Sleep: scientists have confirmed that 8hours of sleep daily goes a long way to improve our health.

d)     Eating fruits: As the saying goes an apple a day keeps the doctor away is actually true. Taking fruits daily no matter how little really goes a long way to keep us healthy as fruits contain vitamins and minerals that help keep our immune system steady and healthy.

How does plant help our health?

It was reported that millions of people in the world suffer from malnutrition. In a 2005 report, the World Health Organization (2005) assessed chronic disease (such as cardiovascular disease, stroke, and diabetes) as a major challenge for public health worldwide and listed an unhealthy diet as a major factor contributing to chronic diseases. This happens when people do not get to eat good and balanced diet if it food is even enough. The role of plant in this is that there so many crops that are so nutritious than the junks we eat daily.

This is an image of high tomato salad. Photo credit: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3226216/

Also, it was found from researches that a fruit gotten through plants especially the fresh ones help to improve our immune system. Our Immune system is responsible for keeping us healthy all the time and it should be kept steady for it to function properly. Immune system fights against germs, infections and diseases.

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