Breakfast fills your "empty stomach" and gets you going after a long night without food. Eating a good breakfast can help you to re-energize and work efficiently through the day. Easy to prepare breakfasts include: cold cereal with fruit and low-fat milk, whole-wheat toast with peanut butter or a wheat sandwich with scrambled egg whites, idli or upma with a fruit. It's easy to fit physical activities into your daily routine. Walk, bike or jog to see your friends. Take a 10 minute activity break every hour while you read, work on PC or watch TV. Climb stairs and indulge in dance or yoga. Try to do these things for a total of 30 minutes every day. Snacks are a great way to refuel. Choose snacks from different food groups - a glass of low-fat milk and a few wheat crackers, an apple or carrot sticks, handful of peanuts or roasted chana with a dry cereal, etc. If you eat smart at other meals, cookies, chips, and candy are okay for occasional snacking. Regular work-outs help your heart pump better, give you more energy and also help you look and feel your best. Start with a 10 min. warm-up that stretches your muscles. Include 20 minutes of aerobic activity, such as running, jogging or dancing. Follow-up with activities that help make you stronger such as push-ups or lifting weights. Then cool-down with more stretching and deep breathing. You don't have to give up foods like burgers, french fries, and ice cream to eat healthfully. You just have to be smart about how often and how much of them you eat. Reduce intake of not so healthy foods while increasing intake of healthy foods. Give your body what it needs- nutrients like protein, carbohydrates, fat, and vitamins and minerals like vitamins C, vitamin A, iron, and calcium, from a variety of foods. A healthy eating style is like a puzzle with many parts. Each part, or food, is different. Some foods may have more fat, sugar or salt, while others may have more vitamins or fibre. There is a place for all these foods. What makes a diet good or bad is how foods fit together. Balancing your choices is important. And don't forget about moderation. If two pieces of pizza fill you up, don't eat a third. Start drinking more water. Usually recommended is eight glasses per day. The easiest way to do this is to spread out your water intake throughout the day and use containers that will help you keep track on how much you drink. If you aren't drinking much water currently, try easing into it. You can add one cup every few days until you reach 8 or more per day. Be adventurous - try new sports, games, and other activities as well as new foods. You'll grow stronger, play longer, work better and look and feel healthier! Set realistic goals - don't try changing too much at once. Choose a change that you can adopt today and continue for a lifetime. Swap your carbohydrates- Replace your unhealthy carbohydrates (sugar-based products and refined starches like white pastas, white rice and white bread) with healthy carbs (like whole grains and anything with increased fiber). Trivia: You're More Likely To Be Hungry If you’re Cold. Temperature can affect your appetite. During a lifetime, the average person eats about 35 tonnes of food It is recommended that you eat five servings of fruit or vegetables a day. A serving equals one-half cup. Most of the nutrients in a potato reside just below the skin layer. Cigarettes and cigarette smoke contain more than 4,000 harmful carcinogenic ingredients. Cholesterol is made faster from sugar than fat. Heavy drinkers of soft drinks will have greater risk for osteoporosis and damaged arteries 90% of headaches are caused by lack of water in the body Chewing gum may keep you slim by boosting the metabolic rate by about 20%. Fat carried in the hips and thighs pose lesser heart risk than compared with the kind carried around the abdomen Our brain consists of 85% water and works slower if we don’t replenish our bodies with adequate fluids. Chewing ginger while consuming alcohol saves you from the next morning hangover.

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