Balanced diet means that choosing a wide variety of foods and drinks from all the food groups according to the USDA Food Guide ( Food Pyramid ) and Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension ( DASH Diet ) to take in nutrients need for health at the recommended levels.
Lots of people have wrong concept that imbalanced diet means consuming excessive of a particular food types. However, meals that lacking of certain types of nutrients or consuming inadequate nutrients also consider as imbalanced diet.
Hence, there will be a lot of health problems occurs if we don’t practice a balanced diet. For example:
1. Obesity
2. Malnutrition
3. Cardiovascular disease
4. Scurvy
5. Kwashiorkor
6. Pellagra
7. Diabetes
8. Hypertension
9. Osteoporosis
10. Atherosclerosis
11. Anemia
12. Kidney and liver damage
Further information:
http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/nutrition/balanced-diet/overview.html
http://www.livestrong.com/article/252920-the-effects-of-an-unbalanced-diet/
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/causes-of-high-blood-pressure.html
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