Why is healthy eatting important?(用英文答)

A. Healthy foods supply nutrients.
Healthy, balanced eating habits provide nutrients to your body. Nutrients give you energy and keep your heart beating, your brain active, and your muscles working. Nutrients help build and strengthen bones, muscles, and tendons and also regulate body processes, such as blood pressure.

B. Healthy eating can lower your risk for disease.
Healthy foods can help you prevent and treat disease. Eating more fruits and vegetables can help lower blood pressure and may lower your risk of lung, oral, esophageal, stomach, and colon cancer. Eating less saturated fat may also lower your risk for cancer and heart disease.


C. Healthy eating can help you manage certain diseases.
Diabetes

If you have diabetes, healthy eating can help you control your blood sugar, and prevent or reduce complications of diabetes. For more information on the role of nutrition in treating diabetes, see the topics Type 1 Diabetes and Type 2 Diabetes.

High cholesterol

You may be able to lower your cholesterol levels by eating foods low in saturated and trans fats and cholesterol and high in soluble fiber. For more information about nutrition's effect on cholesterol and heart disease, see the topic High Cholesterol.

High blood pressure

Making changes in the way you eat may help lower blood pressure.

Eat 8 to 10 servings of fruits and vegetables per day.
Eat 3 servings of low-fat dairy products per day.
Eat foods low in total fat and saturated fat.
Reduce the amount of salt you eat.