Moderation And Good Nutrition Are Important Too

Judy Ramsook
A few decades ago in some societies in the world, it was known that if some people had a little excess flesh on their bodies, they were considered to be financially well off. Well off enough to be able to feed on all things edible to gain the bit of visible excess on their being.

It is amazing what a little medical research and technology can do to change that way of thinking. Of course, everyone is now aware that in order to maintain a healthy body and life, it is beneficial if one tries to maintain a slim/slender figure, but is the matter of losing weight as simple as it sounds?

Most first world western countries have not seen a more healthy society. People all over it seems, are cutting back on their fast food consumption.

Some are taking away hamburgers, cheeseburgers as delicious as they are from their diets, while the same and others are doing other things such as joining a gym, walking, jogging and making certain their refrigerators and pantries are stocked with all things nutritious and healthy.

Some people have even replaced their ice cream or piece of pie dessert with a chockful of vitamin C fruit instead, while others are not only eating less but are also deliberately starving themselves to avoid gaining any unwanted extra weight.

Little do such individuals know how much they are hurting themselves and their bodies by doing that same thing; not feeding the body properly.

It?s one thing for someone to want the look of a super model, it?s quite another to starve oneself to the point of ending up hospitalized and hooked up to a couple machines and tubes. Moderation and good nutrition are the key.


You can have the fast food and the dessert, but not too much. Some persons tend to go overboard by consuming fast food three times a day seven days a week because it?s easier and and most of all, faster.

If one continues to eat in this fashion, for extended periods of time, sooner or later he or she will be seeing more of his or her doctor than he or she ever planned on doing.

Sometimes again though, moderation does not always work for some people. For some persons have higher metabolisms than others, so they burn off calories at a faster rate than others who have slower metabolisms due to family history and related factors. What?s a person with a slow metabolism to do then?

He or she can try to adhere to a nutritious diet and still have the occasional hamburger or cheeseburger. For sometimes, some persons might still want the tasty, delicious bit of fast food that is not so good for them.

It tastes better than that nutritious stock awaiting them at home in the refrigerator. No matter what you do, to lose weight though, do not starve yourself.

If nature intended all of mankind not to consume food, ever, then we would be in a world that is void of all things edible. Exercising moderation and good nutrition are what are important.
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Judy Ramsook

Born and raised in the twin island nation of Trinidad & Tobago, Judy Ramsook came to the US in the mid eighties where she attended San Antonio College and the University Of Texas At San Antonio.

In November 2004, she published her first book, Karen's Adventure which is available on amazon.com, www.buy.com and www.bn.com just to name a few of the sites where it can be purchased. You can read an excerpt from it at: publishedauthors.net.

Since then she has written a sequel, or part two to Karen's Adventure which is available on amazon.com as an Amazon Short work.
She also writes tourist related blogs for:www.hotelsbycity.net/san antonio_blog_usa and has a blog at:ramsook.wordpress.com Send comments to: judyramsook@gmail.com

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