Our Health and well-being is dependent on the food and lifestyle habits which we choose.
There are many different circumstances in people’s lives to make them require special diets. With these different circumstances, the health and well being
Some circumstances that can affect a person’s health and well-being include being born with a certain dietary need, how they are bought up, a person’s religion, being born with type one diabetes, certain food allergies, and being macrobiotic. These special diets require different recipes that these people eat. Although people may think that being vegetarian is a good thing, they don’t know what cutting out important nutrition can do to your body.
The difference between being born with a special food need and having a special food that that can develop by illness or the environment that they live in is that when you are born with the disease, you are stuck with it and if you have a certain food that you are allergic to, you could end up with a serious allergic reaction, and possibly face death. However, the way you live can influence the diet you eat. If one family member, or the whole family is either vegetarian, is allergic to a certain food or just loves the high fat food, then you normally eat what they eat. In the economy, families wouldn't want to spend a lot of money on different types of food just because one family member is a vegetarian. Your body recognizes this diet and adapts to it quite quickly.
There are different religions that require for the people to have restrictions on their diet, by cutting out certain types of food. The dietary laws for the Jews are called Kashrut. The Kashrut is one of the most complex religion practices. The term ‘Kosher’ means fit and it describes all the food that’s allowed to be consumed by Jews. A Kosher kitchen has different segments for the different types of food; one for dairy, meat and pareve. A pareve is food that is not meat or dairy, doesn’t contain any meat or dairy products or hasn’t been cooked with any meat or dairy, such as eggs, fruit and vegetables and grains. Any meat cannot be eaten with any dairy, and vice versa. If meat was eaten in the same day, the person would have to wait 6 hours before there are allowed to eat any dairy products. There are different sets of utensils, pots and pans, plates, knives and chopping boards; one for meat and poultry, and the other for dairy products. Jews only drink kosher wine; they only eat fish that has fins and scales, they don’t eat pork or shellfish and they eat all animals that have split hooves, including sheep and cows. When eating the ‘Jewish Diet’, there are some disadvantages, which can affect the health and well-being of the person. People don’t realise that some of the Kosher foods are actually high in fat and calories. People believe that a Kosher meal is actually a very good way of losing weight, however people are or likely to gain weight, with the high amount of fat and calories present, as well as there being no portion sizes present in the Kosher diet.
Being vegetarian means that you don't include certain types of food in your diet, such as meat, seafood and possibly dairy products. There are 3 types of vegetarians. There is lacto-ovo vegetarians, lacto vegetarians and vegans. A lacto-ovo vegetarian is a person that doesn't eat any type of meat or seafood, but they do eat plant type foods (such as lettuce and tomatoes) and dairy products (such as cheese and eggs). A lacto vegetarian doesn't consume meat, seafood or eggs, however they do eat other dairy products (such as milk) and plant type foods. People who are vegans do not consume any type of food relating to living animals, or even products that are made by animals (such as eggs and milk). Vegans only consume plant type food.
Being lactose intolerant means that the person cannot digest milk sugars, called lactose, properly. For people who are not lactose intolerant, their body can break down Lacoste into the simpler components, with the help of the lactase enzymes. When a person's body doesn't have enough lactase, their digestive system can start to incur problems, such as abdominal pains, diarrhea and flatulence. The lactase enzymes break down the lactose into glucose and galactose. When the body doesn't have enough lactase, the body skips the digestive process and the lactose is partially broken down by the intestine bacteria. That type of fermentation cause things such as bloating and abdominal pain. Lactose that has not been digested is sent along the intestinal tract. Diarrhea occurs when water isn't removed from the fecal matter
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