According to the World Health Organization, better nutrition means stronger immune systems, less illness and better health. Healthy children learn better. Healthy people are stronger and are more productive. Better nutrition is a critical milestone to achieving a better quality of life.
However, the world is also seeing a dramatic increase in obesity, cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes. The prime suspects are unbalanced dietary and lifestyle practices, but even those who make an effort to eat well are hampered by the overprocessing of our food, the depletion of nutrients in our soil, and the use of insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, growth hormones, and additional chemicals used in agribusiness. In addition, there is still a great deal of study to be done as health experts define the relationships between mental illnesses and nutrition.
How many meals do you eat each day?
How many meals do you skip each day?
Do you often eat on the run?
How much of the food you eat each day is prepackaged or processed?
Do you know how much of each food group you should consume each day?
4 Keys Wellness is based in Lexington, KY. If you are familiar with Lexington, you will not be surprised by the following piece of information.
Five cities in the southern United States occupied the top five spots as the nation's 100 spring allergy capitals, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America's annual rankings for 2005.
The foundation said it compared recorded pollen counts, actual medication use, and the number of board-certified allergists in each metropolitan area.
The top five cities of sneeze and wheeze are:
Lexington, Ky.
Little Rock, Ark.
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Louisville, Ky.
Johnson City, Tenn.
A complete list is available at www.AllergyCapitals.com.
