Its not just about how you look…

While most people tend to focus on their diet for aesthetical reasons, this article on the guardian.co.uk gives us a timely reminder of how important a good diet is to our health and wellbeing – not just our waistline.

The report outlines that the rise in attention deficit disorder, depression, Alzheimer’s disease and schizophrenia over the past 50 years can be linked directly to the rise in consumption of junk food and the lack of fresh vegetables and essential fatty acids in our diets.

The article highlights the following do’s and don’ts:

Good for the brain:

Vegetables, especially leafy
Seeds and nuts
Fruit
Whole grains
Wheatgerm
Organic eggs
Organic farmed or wild fish, especially fatty fish

Bad for the brain:

Deep fried junk foods
Refined processed foods
Pesticides
Alcohol
Sugar
Tea and coffee
Some additives

Getting in shape and having an aesthetically good body is a handy and very rewarding added bonus when eating right and exercising – and I think when we set our health goals it should be seen as this – an added bonus rather than the main aim.

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