EAT RIGHT BE BRIGHT

27th March 2016: ‘We are what we eat’. This quote is very famous when we talk about healthy lifestyle. Today, a talk entitled ‘Eat Bright Be Bright’ delivered by Dr Bustari Eddie, personal nutrition coach and a physician emphasize about the important of consuming healthy and balanced nutrition.

Nutrition is what our body needs on daily basis to stay healthy. According to Dr Bustari, people tend to consume foods but not nutrition. Food like junk food, fast food and processed food are very bad for health. The basic of nutrition includes fiber, water, macronutrients, micronutrients, and phytonutrients. Macronutrients include the uptake of carbohydrate, protein and fat while micronutrients include the uptake of vitamins and minerals.

Moreover, water is very vital for body. For every 25kg of body weight, people need to drink 1L of water to keep healthy. Women’s water index is about 50-55% for normal person. Less water index percentage will lead to dehydration and causing the urine colour to be darker.

Dr Bustari also reminding about the importance of taking breakfast. As people getting busy nowadays, they neglect the importance of taking breakfast and tend to directly take lunch in the afternoon. This will cause body to feel fatigue, sleepy, hungry and cannot concentrate. There are 3 types of breakfast, no breakfast, quick breakfast and traditional breakfast.

Lastly, to stay healthy, we must practice balanced nutrition, drink enough water, exercise and get enough rest.

There was Q&A session after the talk. One of the student asked, ‘What is teenagers take a multivitamins supplement but not practising healthy and balanced diet?’ Dr Bustari replied, ‘There is no used to take the supplement but at the same time, not practising balanced diet, there will be no change.’

Keep practising balanced diet by taking healthy food. Eat right, be bright!

Prepared by: Marjana Darus