How does it happen that some people never have to see the doctor while some are wasting much money in hospital? The answer lies in their proper, healthy diet. A balanced diet actually means eating all kinds of foods to provide the body with all the nutrients (营养物) it needs for its daily work. It means eating the right type of foods and eating a right amount of food for each meal.

Each food group contains different kinds of nutrients, and our body surely needs all of these, but in different amounts, and it differs from person to person. When it comes to going on a healthy diet, one size is not suitable for all. Everyone leads a different lifestyle, and has different jobs and fitness levels.

A balanced diet matters for everyone. If the body gets all the required nutrients, it’ll improve the immune (免疫) system, which prevents all kinds of diseases. A balanced diet would also be good for the state of mind and then help you remember something better. What’s more, if the body is supplied with all the necessary nutrients, the skin and hair also become healthier. A balanced diet also prevents our body from aging. As a result, you’ll have a more youthful look.

However, for a healthy body, a balanced diet is not enough; it has to be combined with the proper amount of sleep and exercise. These three things, when included in your daily routine, will make sure that you not only have a healthy body but also a healthy mind. So, go ahead and adopt a healthier lifestyle!

Here comes a great new book. It has claimed that people can lose weight by eating anything they want, but only during a set eight-hour period. The 8-Hour Diet: Watch the Pounds Disappear Without Watching What You Eat! is co-written by David Zinczen and Peter Moore.

They argue that staying up late and eating around the clock is responsible for the high rates of diabetes (糖尿病) and obesity. Our bodies can’t process the food we eat after these hours. These calories end up where they shouldn’t, around our bellies and butts (臀部). The book claims we can lose ten pounds in a week and up to 20 pounds in six weeks, and asks that we choose any eight-hour window for eating, such as 9 am to 5 pm or 11 am to 7 pm.

Staying up and eating late may be the cause of diabetes. Simply, limiting food intake to 8 hours gives people all the benefits—without having to worry about food intake.

In the simplest terms, the 8-hour diet is a way of extending the period between our last snack and our breakfast, giving our body the chance to burn away our fat stores for the energy it needs.

Restricting (限定) the time period during which we eat makes our body burn more calories in the day. So the longer we eat, the lazier our metabolism (新陈代谢) becomes. However, if we fit food intake into an eight-hour window, our body burns more calories day and night as well as preventing diseases, such as diabetes and heart diseases.

You could dunk (泡一泡), twist, lick or bite it. Though consumers have no agree mention the best way to enjoy Oreos, a kind of sandwich cookies, the ways of eating the cookies are really so attractive.

Food scientists and specialists in the field of sensory studies, however, can offer some research-backed methods for gathering pleasure from an Oreo.

The 40 billion Oreos produced each year are commonly sweet, but they also pack a certain amount of fat. And as food scientists know, sugar and fat make a winning mixture if you reaiming to inspire your brain’s reward system.

But Oreos don’t attract you with taste alone; scents have a huge impact on the eating experience. When you bite into an Oreo, chemicals in the cookie release odor ants into the air inside your mouth. These scents flow to your nasal cavity (鼻腔), where they interact with smell receptors (感受器) and enter your brain’s decoding (解码) process. Your brain is likely to find those smells delightful, says Charles Spence, a professor of experimental psychology at the UK’s University of Oxford. Spence says chocolate and vanilla are two of the world’s most liked smells.

Childhood memories are probably another key driver of our Oreo enjoyment. Foods that stimulate memories have been linked to positive emotions, suggests a paper. So, whether you’re a dunker, a twister, a licker or a fast snacker, you might boost your cookie experience by stimulating simpler, more carefree moments, and eating like you’re a kid again. Oreos might remind you of that period of your life when you were looked after. Biting into an Oreois like your brain saying: Somebody loves you.