There is a thin line of difference between eating good food and eating healthy food. Good food is the one, which suit our tongue but healthy food enhances our longevity. The primary objective of eating is to sustain our life contrary to popular perception. Food provides our body with nutrients, which helps us to grow. Your body needs 40 different varieties of nutrients which can’t be provided by a single food.

Our daily food selection should include bread and other whole-grain products like fruits, green vegetables, dairy products, meat, poultry, fish and other kinds of protein foods and we should intake these according to the requirement of calorie in our body. Surveys show that most people don’t eat all these foods in right proportion; instead they eat lots of fatty food, which causes an increase of weight and as a result people become quite prone to diabetes and other heart related problems. But that doesn’t mean that one should totally leave eating spicy food but a proportion & balance is important. For example Japanese food has proper balance while American and sub-continental food lacks that balance. So everyone without a hurry should sit down and enjoy the food and then he or she should think whether he or she is eating the right proportion of food or not. This the key is to build a healthy eating habit. So finally you should eat ‘proper food’ in ‘proper proportion’ so that you can stay healthy; afterall health is wealth.

The best way to reduce the numbers of smokers is only by stopping them when they start. Most of the youngsters who start smoking at a tender age of 13-14 years are not even aware of the ill-effects and risks of smoking. Young smokers face problems like addiction to nicotine, getting linked with other drugs and often suffers from respiratory and non-respiratory problems. Most people who start smoking in their young age, keep this habit for the rest of their lives.

According to several studies, physical activities of the youngsters are inversely related to their smoking habits. People who have never smoked are healthy and have a proper lung function as the growth rate of lung is reduced due to smoking. Another study of US high schools shows that students who participate in one outdoor game are less likely to be a regular smoker by 40%. Lack of self confidence is often considered as the reason for the growth of smoking habits, especially among the youngsters. Proper counseling should be provided to youngsters who are hooked onto smoking so that it helps them to reduce the peer influences. People who have never smoked always have a healthy body and mind unlike regular smokers.Teenagers who smoke suffer from shortness of breadth almost three times than the non-smokers. Smoking is often associated with risky behaviors like fighting and indulging in unprotected sex. The youngsters need to be informed about the addictiveness of nicotine and professional assistance should be provided, if required.