Everyone should strive for optimum health. Optimum health is having an ample supply of nutrients. On the other hand, the recommended daily allowance for nutrients is designed to just prevent us from getting seriously sick and that's all.
We need enough nutrients to ward off diseases, help us recover from colds easily - or avoid them - and to prevent us from suffering from degenerative diseases.
This is why nutritional information is a vital part of education and why vitamin and mineral supplements are an essential part of any program to maintain good health.
Here's a short list of essential tips to reach and maintain optimum health:
1. Reduce the amount of meat, cheese and dairy products consumed
2. Eat some meals based on soy products such as soy beans and tofu, and other beans each week
3. Eat two helpings of vegetables (about 100 grams or 3 oz each)and three pieces of fruit - such as one banana, one orange, and one apple, for example - daily
4. Eat a few raw nuts (not roast nuts) daily
5. Use canola oil or olive oil for cooking
6. Take a multi-vitamin, multi-mineral supplement
7. Take some essential fatty acids in the form of flax oil or oily fish