why the average teen should take part in a healthy diet

  A study of Canadian and American adolescents has shown that not getting enough of the essential nutrients needed in your diet puts you at risk for respiratory problems. It is suggested that the intake of antioxidants, and anti-inflammatory micronutrients are linked to people getting less respiratory infections, as well as less severe asthma symptoms. People who have low dietary intakes of fruit, vitamin-E and omega3 fatty acids at greater risk of getting asthma. Also most teens lack calcium iron and zinc in their diets, and by drinking soda you actually leach the calcium form your bones. So in other words you are losing calcium form your already weak bones. The iron is needed to support an increasing amount of blood supply. Zinc is needed during the sexual maturation an adolescent goes through during the teen years. So by eating the right foods you are giving yourself the nutrients and minerals that you need to grow and mature properly, as well as ensuring that physical problems don’t arise due to dietary habits.

posted by Christopher