The Benefits of Dieting Are Simply Weight, Plus More
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Sport is life 1 AAArrrtttiiicccllleeesss page 3 Interviews page 14 News page 26 Fun Section page 36 2 Tabacco advertisin g and teens hy teens are Smoking can cause bad important to tobacco breath and yellow teeth, Wcompanies profits and isolate teens from largely non- how marketers catch smoking peers, and their attention ? possibly lead to a deadly, lifelong habit. Everyone knows that smoking is bad for your health, and tobacco Tobacco Companies prevention efforts are everywhere. So why do so many need Kids teens continue to do it ? Tobacco advertising may impact that There are several reasons why decision more than we realize. tobacco companies target children We know that kids feel peer and teenagers. In order to keep pressure from other kids in their profits up, new customers need to everyday lives. But the teens may be recruited to replace the be one of the most inflencial peer thousands of smokers that dies groups of all. each days. Tobacco companies know that very few people begin Targeting teens smoking as adults; therefore, their best bets for these customers are... KIDS. As they move into their teens, Smoking That’s why ads are often geared kids often feel insecure about is specially for teens. They use their appearance and their colourful graphics and images bad ! popularity. that catch their attention. Cigarette ads use these insecurities to make empty promises. Ads give teens the message that smoking can help them become more attractive, ll this advertising seems desirable and independent when to work and tobacco the reality is quite different. companies realize that once a teen smokes their brand, they are likely to remain loyal to that brand FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES ! 3 Schoolchildren are more likely Have a Breakfast !!! to eat breakfast if easy-to- And you’ll feel good ! prepare breakfast foods are reakfast is readily available at home. B considered an important meal because it breaks the overnight fasting Going without becomes more period, replenishes your supply common with advancing age - of glucose and provides other approximately 15 per cent of essential nutrients to keep your teenagers and one third of energy levels up throughout adults don’t eat breakfast the day. according to a survey carried out in our school. Here is Skipping breakfast what people answered the following question : Some Extensive research has found : suggestions Why do you skip include : 1 Many children who skip breakfast ? breakfast are significantly Commercially prepared heavier than those who eat 1 Not enough time breakfast. 1 whole wheat breakfast cereals 1 Too tired to bother Bread 1 Skipping breakfast can 1 diminish mental performance. 1 Wanting to spend the extra 1 Fresh fruits time dozing in bed 1 Breakfast helps learning, as you are better able to pay 1 Yoghurts 1 No readily available attention and are more breakfast foods in the house. 1 Fresh fruit juices interested in learning. 1 Low fat milk. 1 Eating high fibre breakfast cereals reduces fatigue. 1Tea or coffee 1 Children who eat an inadequate breakfast are more likely to make poor food choices for the rest of the day However a healthy breakfast THINGS and in the long term. may reduce risk of illness. Indeed, TO people who skip breakfast tend to 1 People who eat breakfast nibble on snacks during the mid- REMEMBER have more nutritious diets morning. This can be a problem if than people who skip those snacks are low in fibre, breakfast, and have better A healthy breakfast has vitamins and minerals but high in eating habits as many health benefits. fat and salt. To help you through they are less likely to be that mid-morning hunger, try a hungry for snacks during the Children who skip nutritious snack such as fresh day. breakfast lack sufficient fruits or yoghurt. vitamins and minerals - including iron, calcium, Breakfast foods zinc and vitamin B2. 4 HHHEEEAAALLLTTTHHH &&& SSSPPPOOORRRTTT Diets damage your health he world's largest study the body means most people of weight loss has would have been better off not T shown that diets do not dieting at all. work for the vast majority of Research has shown the repeated slimmers and may even put rapid weight gain and loss lives at risk. More than two- associated with dieting can thirds pile the pounds straight double the risk of death from back on, raising the danger of heart disease, including heart heart attack, stroke and attacks, and the risk of diabetes. Indeed most dieters premature death in general.Such end up heavier than they did to yo-yo weight loss has also been start with, the researchers linked to stroke and diabetes and found. They warn this type of shown to suppress the immune yo-yo behaviour is linked to a system, making the body more host of health problems. And vulnerable to infection. they say the strain that repeated weight loss and gain places on The University of California another study actually ended up researchers analysed the results of heavier than other volunteers who more than 30 studies involving hadn't tried to lose weight thousands of slimmers. Pooling the results of the various studies clearly showed that while people do lose weight initially, most quickly put all the pounds back on.In fact, most people end up weighing more than they did to begin with. Researcher Dr Traci Mann said: ‘You can initially lost 5 to 10 per cent of your weight on any number of diets. But after this honeymoon period, the weight comes back. We found that the majority of people regained all the The benefits of dieting are simply weight, plus more. Half of those too small and the potential harms taking part in one study were of dieting are too large for it to be more than 11lb heavier five years recommended as a safe and later, while dieters taking part in effective treatment for obesity." 5 To stay hungry all the time just to harmful for your organism. be slim and fit is actually Many of the world’s famous diets effect on their organisms. Not only can lead to damage to your immune most of famous diets don’t work but system. Although people choose they are also harmful. from a variety of diets just to get their body into shape they have a bad Scientists also say that people who have problem with their weight have Jogging. And many more activities to not only lose those kilos but to that aid your quest for a better take in vital food for their heart. figureSo diets rarely help. A good They say that sport also aids the food program that includes all sorts process of losing pounds/kilos. of vital food, a good training There is a list of sports made just for program and a lot of effort is what people with this kind of problem you need so you can lose those such as: Swimming, Basketball, harmful/dangerous kilos/pounds. It Tennis, Mountain Biking, Cycling, all depends on what you think is best for your health’s future. 6 HHHEEEAAALLLTTTHHH &&& SSSPPPOOORRRTTT Nutrition & Physical Education Eating for exercise and sports milligrams of vitamin C at the performance can be complicated. In beginning of the onset of a cold. order to simplify the role of nutrition in sports performance, it's often ) Drink warm black tea. easier to break it down into phases. Many people drink tea only Get the basics on sports nutrition. when they are sick, but We aim to bust popular myths and certain components in tea provide you with a roadmap for 4may help maintain healthy immune becoming stronger, healthier, function when you’re not sick sharper, leaner, more energetic and feeling years younger in mind, body ) Eat selenium-rich foods, and spirit. including nuts, oysters and 10 Tips for healthy people to clams, whole grains, pork, help maintain a strong immune beef and lamb. Selenium is system 5an antioxidant and mineral that plays Instead of just focusing on ))) a supporting role for the immune vitamin C, enjoy a medley of system and in controlling healthy foods and beverages, inflammation including plenty of plant- 1based11 foods with smaller amounts of ) Eat zinc-containing foods, lean animal products (fish, poultry, such as oysters, beef, seafood, lean beef) and dairy selections. poultry, nuts, seeds and whole grains. Zinc is a Keep up your natural ) 6mineral necessary for a healthy defenses with yogurt and immune system. Zinc, taken at the other probiotics that contain onset of a cold, may decrease the live and active cultures, duration and severity of illness 2which may help ward off infections by improving the balance of bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract. A popular myth that dairy foods cause mucus is wrong. ) Enjoy citrus and other vitamin C-rich foods such as peppers, broccoli, tomatoes and potatoes. Vitamin C, a 3potent antioxidant, may help decrease the duration and severity of a cold. Try 1,000 7 ) Don’t overdo it physically. ) Be sure you are getting Daily moderate physical enough sleep consistently. cardiovascular activity has Lack of sleep can cause a been linked to a stronger cascade of hormonal 7immune system. However, very 9responses that can actually promote strenuous exercise, such as training weight gain increase stress hormones for a marathon, has been shown to and decrease immune function make the body more vulnerable to colds and flu ) Wash hands frequently with soap ) Be sure to get plenty of and water wherever vitamin E, an immune- you are, including boosting antioxidant whose 1before 0and after using exercise nutrients are rich in equipment at the gym.