Healthy
Eating
Health is taught as a science course, and addresses
matters of personal hygiene, diseases, and the broad
spectrum of health as it applies to the masses. No individual
attention is given to how to attain optimal health via
our eating habits. It’s funny that we skip the
most important, fundamental building block to good health:
our nutritional and caloric consumption in our food.
I personally believe we should have the field of nutrition
and physical activity married into something combined
to provide every person that enters the school system
with a personal knowledge of their bodies’ needs,
caloric, and nutritional, so that they complete their
education with mental and physical competencies, as
well as analytical and mathematical competence.
 Nutrition is a concept that should be as important to
our educational process as our ability to count. The
ability to recognize our nutritional requirements, find
the foods we need to fulfill those requirements, and
differentiate between healthy food consumption and “unhealthy”
eating habits is not an option. Not for a healthy, happy,
long, and quality life.
What we should absorb as we travel along life’s
daily path is a way to incorporate good nutrition into
our lifestyle. There is generally just as much room
for good as there is bad, it just so happens that bad
nutritional habits hold more appeal.
Bad nutrition receives more advertising dollars than
healthy nutritional options, and is often more visible.
But that doesn’t mean it’s any easier, more
convenient, or cheaper. Habits, generally take about
two weeks to make the switch from conscious action to
unconscious thought. Two weeks is not long, it’s
not long at all for decisions that will affect you for
the rest of your life. It’s also not long for
the potential reward that comes from setting an example
your children can follow, and you can be proud for them
to follow. Teach them daily about the good habits you
want them to develop.
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