5/30/2017 0 Comments Personal Wellness ReflectionWhich aspect of wellness is the one I feel is most important?There are many different aspects of life that govern our functioning and ability to thrive. Some of these are easier to manage than other, some may play a larger role in life, some might even be integrated into an individual's goals. For me, proper nutrition is the most important aspect of wellness. Proper nutrition can improve mental health by lowering depression, it is a vital part of practicing healthy sleep cycles, and vitamin A, Vitamin C, and zinc are necessary to execute functions like collagen synthesis, epithelialization, cell mitosis, and cell proliferation. A proper diet that provides healthy amounts of things like protein, vitamins, and polyunsaturated fats can be difficult to obtain. In the U. S., many people don't have access to healthy foods, and some may be targeted by corporations that wish to capitalize off of their diets. And where we lack availability in natural foods, we make up for in saturated fats and sugary drinks. In America, we consume about 82 grams of sugar a day per capita, and the average American drinks about 54 gallons of soft drinks per year. This places us above every other country in sugar and fat consumption. Our obesity rates are higher than they're ever been, and we aren't exactly exhibiting a commanding knowledge of nutrition information. Even so, it may be that our diets are becoming more balanced. With the advent of more marketing campaigns for healthy diets in the U.S., we may be able to change the way americans eat in a positive way, possibly like how anti-smoking campaigns reduced the prevalence of smoking in adolescent groups. If you're interested in our collective nutritional health as a country, I suggest visiting the site Healthy People 2020. It's a program by the Department of Health and Human Services that outlines an agenda and goals to achieve a healthier America by 2020. It provides information about health statistics in the U. S. and empowers citizens to make "informed health decisions", as well as hosts interactive infographics about the data they've collected.
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