Eating Skills

1. Course – Diploma Subject – English
Communication and Life Skills
Unit - 5

2. Importance of Healthy Lifestyle and necessary
components.
• A healthy lifestyle is important for everyone.
• ‘Healthy living’ means maintaining a healthy
lifestyle and introducing habits that improve your
health. (Define: Healthy Living)
• It’s about enjoying yourself without risking your
health. It’s what you eat and drink; sleeping well
and managing stress.
• It’s about feeling fitter physically, mentally and
emotionally.
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3. • Those who truly enjoy a healthy lifestyle take a
number of things into account. Beyond eating
right, they also pay attention to exercise,
emotional well being and business well being.
• A healthy lifestyle is important for a many
reasons. The first reason a healthy lifestyle is
important is to remain as free of disease and
illness as possible and to have as long a life
expectancy as you possibly can.
• The second reason is that it makes life more
enjoyable. When you are fit and healthy you
have much more energy and a much better
outlook on life without having to worry about
health problems.

4. • A healthy lifestyle is one that that concerns itself with
good physical and mental health. Good physical health
can be achieved by following a healthy diet and doing
regular exercise.
• The basics of a balanced healthy diet are lots of fruit and
vegetables, wholegrain foods such as brown bread, pasta
and rice, a source of protein and low fat dairy products.
• Exercise is an important part of a healthy lifestyle because
it helps to burn off excess calories, is good for strength and
flexibility.
• Exercising is also a great way of boosting the metabolism
and promotes healthy weight loss and any form of physical
activity.

5. • Good mental health is also
important. Stress is a big problem for many
people these days and has been linked to
many health issues. Stress can also cause
the body to put on weight. Controlling
stress can be hard but relaxation techniques
such as yoga, massage and aromatherapy
have been shown to be a big help.

7. • The Components of Healthy Life Style are as follows:
1) Healthy Food
2) Sufficient Sleep and Water
3) Proper Exercise and an active body
4) Enough sunshine and fresh air
5) Healthy relationships
6) Sound (strong) career
7) Balance between work and relationships
8) Healthy mindset and spirituality
9) Proper finances
10) Healthy eating habits

8. Conclusion:
Therefore to
conclude, Getting
healthy helps you feel in
control of your life.
Regular exercise can
lift your mood and help
you feel better.
Eating junk food,
smoking, and drinking
sugary drinks or alcohol
are all expensive habits.
Living a healthier
lifestyle means a lower
risk of developing many
illnesses.

9. Tips for
Healthy Eating:
1) One of the most
important tip for
healthy eating
includes a
balanced diet
and meal.
2) We should never
skip meals.
3) We should drink
plenty of water.

10. 4) One should eat a variety of nutrient rich
food.
5) One should enjoy plenty of whole grains,
fruits and vegetables.
6) Eat moderate portions.
7) One should choose what to eat and
keeping in mind what our body needs.
8) Reduce not eliminate certain foods.

11. 9)Make changes
gradually and think
about what you can add
to your diet rather than
what you can take away
first.
10) Every meal should be
enjoyed and consumed
slowly. This will aid
better digestion of the
food.

13. Food pyramid and its relevance with eating skills.
The Food Pyramid shows us in decreasing order
what we should consume in a day and in what
quantity.
According to the food pyramid, the first level
shows fats, oils and sweets should be consumed
the least. We should not have more than one
serving of fats, oils and sweets in a day. Hence, we
should use it sparingly.
Following the order, in the second level comes
Milk, yoghurt and cheese group along with meat,
fish, eggs, dry beans and nuts group. We should
not have more than two-three servings per day.

16. In the third level, comes fruits and vegetables
group. As per the pyramid, we should not have
more than three-five servings of vegetables and
two-four servings of fruits, in a day.
In the last level (fourth level) comes rice, pasta,
bread, wheat group. We can have six – eleven
servings of it in a day.