So what exactly is
HEALTHY
FOOD
?
Wong Kai Yuen
EcoGreen Organic

When you say you’re
HEALTHY,
you should be
1
full of strength and vigor

When you say you’re
HEALTHY,
you should be
2
free from signs of disease

And when you say
FOOD,
you’re actually saying
macronutrients
Protein Carbohydrate Fat
micronutrients
Minerals . Vitamins
Antioxidants . Phyto-nutrients

why
EAT?

why
EAT?
PROVIDE ENERGY VITAL PROCESSES
Walk, Run, Talk….. Breathe, Heart Pumping, Digestion…
SUSTAIN GROWTH REPAIR MECHANISMS
Regenerate tissues, DNA repair…

Why do we need
REPAIR MECHANISMS ?
DAMAGE TO THE BODY
Caused by…

Why do we need
REPAIR MECHANISMS ?
FREE RADICALS TOXIC CHEMICALS
Smoking, deep-fried food, metabolism… Pesticides, medication, food additives,
Environmental pollutants
RADIATION MICROBES & VIRUSES
EM Wave, radioactivity Bacteria, Fungi, Virus

REPAIR KITS
for damages to cells
Sufficient Amounts of
Phyto-nutrients
Minerals
Vitamins
Antioxidants
But PREVENTION is better than REPAIR….

PREVENTION KITS
prevent damages to cells
Sufficient Amounts of
Antioxidants
Minerals
Vitamins
Fibres

HEALTHY
REPAIR
=
+ PREVENTION
FOOD
of cell damages

HEALTHY
HIGH NUTRIENT DENSITY
FOOD =
Macronutrient:
Carbo,
Protein, Fats
Micronutrient:
Minerals, Vitamins,
Antioxidant, Phyto nutrients
High amount of nutrients to calorie value…

HEALTHY
FOOD =
How do you know
its healthy?

Look out for these:
Free of Additives
No Transfat
Fresh
Natural
Wholefood
Organic

1
FREE OF ADDITIVES
e.g. MSG, colourings, preservatives

2
FREE OF TRANSFATS
look out for hydrogenated oils (margarine)

3
FRESH!
Characteristics:
•Just harvested
•Recently manufactured
•Not preserved by freezing, canning,
pickling, salting, drying
•Having its original qualities
intact/unimpaired

4
NATURAL
As nature intended:
Chicken Nuggets shaped like Alphabets???

Natural
• being in accordance with or determined
by nature
• existing in or formed by nature
• having undergone little or no processing and
containing no chemical additives

5
WHOLEFOODS
a natural food and especially an unprocessed one
(as a vegetable or fruit)

Whole Food
• Whole foods
– Unprocessed
– Unrefined
– or processed and refined as little as possible
before being consumed
– They typically do not contain added ingredients,
such as sugar, salt, or fat
[ wikipedia ]

Whole Food
• Whole foods are not:
– White Sugar
– Iodized Salt
– Plain white flour
– White Rice
[ wikipedia ]

6
ORGANIC
A sustainable lifestyle

6
ORGANIC
means
• Veg & Fruits • Animals
– Grown Without (e.g. poultry)
• Synthetic Pesticides – Reared Without
• Synthetic Fertilizers • Antibiotics
– Mix and Rotation Crop • Growth Hormones
– No GM • Free Range
– Processed Without
• Artificial preservatives,
colouring and additives
• Ionizing radiation

Where do we go from here?
Steer and Strive towards HEALTH with
1. Healthy Food
2. Free of Toxic
3. Filled with Nutrients
Healthy is Real Tasty

Q&A
Thank you.