Your beer-drinking, fast-food-connoisseur uncle was wrong: Eating well isn’t just for health nuts. Everyone has a body that works better when it’s given the right fuel, such as our good-bacteria-promoting kefir. Here are seven compelling reasons to eat a well-balanced diet.
Getting fit
Everybody knows that junk food is fattening. (I hope.) But when you eat a well-balanced diet, you’re not only abstaining from greasy French fries and processed bacon, but you’ll also often be eating more proteins, amino acids, and other good stuff that helps form muscle. Therefore, healthy eating, combined with exercise, is powerful for fat loss and building muscle. So when you eat healthy, you’ll be shooting 40-foot jump shots in no time. Look out, LeBron! (Just kidding.)
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More energy
Feeling slow and sluggish? Does your five-year-old run like Usain Bolt compared to you? It’s okay, honey. Just like a 747 will run like a clunker on automobile gasoline, your body is going to go nowhere if you put French fries, ice cream, and processed bread into the gasoline refilling hole known as your mouth. But good food is good fuel. Kefir, in particular, can help increase energy.
Decreased pain
There’s nothing worse than when you lift a box and feel like you’re being stabbed with a ninja sword. According to Harvard Medical School, pain is often caused by inflammation, and eating certain healthy foods (like nuts, berries, and certain vegetables, which contain polyphenols) can reduce pain-causing inflammation.
Better mood
Are you experiencing anxiety and depression? Are you unable to go out in public without imagining that Frankenstein is about to jump at you? Don’t worry, sweetie: Just take a chill pill, aka food. An old bearded guy named Hippocrates once said, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” A study from the journal Psychiatry Research suggests that fermented foods, such as kefir, decrease social anxiety. Kefir also contains lactobacillus, a potentially mood-boosting bacteria. So take grub instead of Zoloft. It tastes a lot better. Trust me.
Saving money (in the long run)
The number one reason for not eating healthy besides “I don’t want to eat kale” is “We’re too poor” (well, not really, but you get the idea). Many people would be surprised to know that eating junk can be more expensive in the long run! Why? Well, I’ll tell you why. Imagine this: for every dollar you save by buying that box of Cap’n Crunch instead of organic oatmeal, you are losing at least that amount on future medical expenses for the cancer you will get when the millions of grams of artificial sweeteners, artificial colors, preservatives, junk fats, sugars, and who-knows-what-the-heck-that-stuff-is catches up with you, causing the equivalent of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in your body. So instead of going to Tech-Mart and buying a four-foot-wide crystal nuclear LED quantum-boson-powered TV, why not buy some of our delicious kefir instead?
Living longer
As people get older, their bodies often experience chronic inflammation, which can lead to disease and poorer aging. But a review of 46 studies strongly suggests that healthy diets decrease inflammation. Another review proposes that diet be used to help people live longer and age better. So if you eat well, you can still be BASE jumping off the Empire State Building when you’re 95.
Having more time
As busy as you are, you’re going to work, dropping the kiddos off at school, going to the gym, and jet-setting all the way to I-don’t-even-know-how-to-pronounce-the-name-of-this-place, so getting sick is the last thing you need. So many people say, “Hey, I want to do aerobics and make green juices, but I’m too busy going to Wal-Mart and buying the latest iPhone.” But when you eat healthy, and you don’t have to deal with IBS, anxiety, diabetes, asthma, and so on, you have more time to accomplish your galactic mission in life. After all, wouldn’t you rather learn how to snowboard than deal with cancer?
How do you start? Kick the bad fats, excess sugar, and unpronounceable ingredients out of the fridge. Replace them with a whole gallery of fruits, vegetables, grains, humanely raised meat and fish, nuts, legumes, and healthy dairy such as kefir from Live Kefir Company. Make time for eating healthy, because you’ll help not only yourself, but all of humanity. After all, how will you be able to eliminate poverty, volunteer at an animal shelter, or save the universe using your superpowers if you’re dealing with your bloating and diarrhea?
