Why eat healthy?
Because otherwise, you might die young! But seriously, eating healthy brings all kinds of benefits, and avoids all kinds of downsides. The benefits of eating healthy are:
- You feel better
- have more energy
- can think more clearly
- are generally in a better mood
- better able to deal with life
- live longer
- reduce the chance of many diseases and illnesses
- promotes weight loss
The downsides to not eating healthy are:
- type 2 diabetes (and all the dangers that go with it)
- high blood pressure
- cirrhosis (liver)
- heart disease (including heart attack)
- higher risk of breast, prostate, and lung cancer
- overweight and obesity
- decreased life expectancy
- lethargy
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