Contest: Food is Medicine

Hello, all the wonderful steemians from different part of the world. Warmest regards to you all.

Thank you for having me in this community, I am @owulama and I will be participating in this contest titled: Food is Medicine.

I want to also sincerely appreciate all the wonderful people of Steemit for your usual support. One love keep us together.

Today contest topic is about our health, so I hope you all enjoy, get educated and learn from my post.

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

Source

Yes!! I totally agree that the food we eat have medicinal value because,

The food that we eat have or contain some essential nutrients which includes proteins, vitamins, fats, as well as other ingredients which can be used to treat some illness and improve human health as a whole.

You will agree with me that most atimes the people who do not eat balance diet usually looks malnourished and easily fall sick than people who eat balance diet, that is to tell us that food prevents us from a lot of diseases and can be used to treat some illness.

So therefore, we all are encouraged to eat well and ensure that what we eat are balance diet in order to prevent us from falling sick easily, cause food is used to support the treatment of diseases.

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

i. Sweet potatoes: sweet potatoes serves as a powerful medicine for the body, as it provides vitamin for the body which makes our skin looks healthy and also protects our skin from damages.

Source

ii. Garlic: it is commonly used in our homes for prevention of cold and other illness. Majority of our homes mix garlic with rob for prevention of cold.

Source

iii. Oranges: Orange is a fruit which which serves as a source of vitamin c, and it helps in reducing the symptoms of cold and also helps the human immune system to function better.

Source

iv. Blueberries: It another food that serves as powerful medicine for the body, it reduces the chances of being contacted with respiratory tract infections.

Source

v. Turmeric: it is a spice that many used for cooking in their homes, and it health benefit include improvement of the response of a person's immune system.

Source

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

We can use food in our daily life to keep healthy simply by eating balanced diet and food that nourishes our body and build our immune system.

And avoiding or not eating food that are harmful to our health and body i.e avoiding the consumption of none balance diet.

By so doing, we will be able to stay healthy and strong, also our body will be resistant to any form of illness or disease that will want to benetrate into our body.

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

Yes. It is very important for school to teach and create awareness on the importance of food as medicine to our bodies.

A lot of people today especially those living in the villages have little or no knowledge about how important food is to our body and how medicinal it can be to our body.

That is why majority of the people today pay less or no attention to the diet the consume into their bodies.

Therefore, if schools will take this burden to teach and educate students in school about the importance of food as medicine in our body, then I guess the rate of different kind of diseases that is rising everyday will reduce drastically.

I will love to invite @pandora2010, @esther123, and @victorlives to participate in this contest.

THANK YOU ALL FOR STOPPING BY🤗
Please do well to drop your comment and vote for my post, I will greatly appreciate that🙏

Warmest regards!!