Contest: Food is Medicine

Food can be the medicine of humans in case of overall well being of humans. But here is the point that food could be a medicine before an ailment attacks. But generally when a disease approaches a being, food possibly can't be enough as food.

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So we have to focus on our diet, its nutritional value and its importance to prevent any disorder in health.

Do you believe that the foods we eat have medicinal value?

Casually, if we focus on the intake routine and the ingredients we include in it, we can achieve the moto of" food is medicine". I observe many examples of some elderly people who focus on their diet and are very active and healthy in their seventies and eighties.

And also I found many careless people suffering in their fifties just because of their irrational behavior of food intake. They eat just for taste.

Give 5 examples of foods that you consider to be powerful "medicines" for the body, and what they do?

➡️For me, food containing antioxidants should be placed at the top of the list of food as medicine. It includes broccoli, potato, spinach reddish lettuce. Antioxidants, along with many other benefits, reduce the risk of many types of cancer, heart disease and help to control aging.

➡️ Chia seeds help to maintain blood pressure and diabetes.
➡️ Water is also on the list. The human body needs water to keep it hydrated and contribute to well being.

➡️ To avoid the brain and bones disorder and keep them in good condition, dry fruits prove very beneficial.

➡️Milk helps to boost up the immunity in humans, so this could be the real example of food as medicine. Milk also helps in improvement of digestion.

How can we use food in our daily lives to keep healthy?

Food has benefits and harm as well. But if one makes some calculations with respect to calories and the amount of essential nutrients, it helps to avoid ailments. Like eating fruits and veggies instead of other items keep the digestive system in excellent condition. The major problem caused by food is weight gain. If we control it through food, it is the best way to get rid of many diseases.

Do you think it's important for schools to teach about how food can be like medicine for our bodies? Why?

Yes, it is essential for school to teach about the fact that food could be your medicine. School is a place which nurtures the behavior of kids and impacts on psychology because children are at their early stage of learning. And the things which they learned at school always keep going with them in their whole life. So if this long lasting beneficial fact they learn in school, they must apply it in their whole life.

@rehman57 , @anjinoor and @barbareek you guys are invited for contest.

🌷Thanks for your time.🌷