{"id":3060,"date":"2015-10-22T16:10:37","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T21:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greenheartclub.staging.wpengine.com\/?p=3060"},"modified":"2018-09-16T19:54:33","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T00:54:33","slug":"healthy-eating-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenheart.org\/blog\/greenheart-international\/healthy-eating-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthy Eating Around the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Kelsey Holmes, Greenheart Club Intern<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Maintaining a well-balanced diet is an essential part of leading a healthy lifestyle.\u00a0 Cultures across the globe have different ways of approaching meal time.\u00a0 Research has shown that varying ingredients, lifestyle, and culture can affect people\u2019s diets.\u00a0 Here is a great link that highlights <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/greatist.com\/health\/healthy-habits-from-around-the-world\">10 Healthy Eating Habits<\/a> from around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Due to variances in soil and environment, some studies even suggest that getting all the benefits of a diet from halfway around the world may be as easy as walking to your kitchen.\u00a0 Simply making sure that you are <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dsm.com\/campaigns\/talkingnutrition\/en_US\/talkingnutrition-dsm-com\/2014\/09\/MyPlate_variety_geographically.html\">eating foods from different regions<\/a> can help you create healthier meals for yourself.<\/p>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/greenheartclub.staging.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/world_food.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3061 \" title=\"Image courtesy of DSM Nutritional Products AG\" src=\"http:\/\/greenheartclub.staging.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/world_food.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"508\" height=\"277\" \/><\/a>\n<p>While diet is important, it\u2019s equally vital to make sure that you are staying active.\u00a0 &#8220;The only overlapping feature in most of these healthy countries around the world is that they all walk way more than the average American,\u201d says Harley Pasternak\u00a0in his book \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2015\/01\/16\/healthy-diets-around-the-world_n_6446140.html\">The 5 Factor World Diet<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/greenhearttravel.org\/teach-in-a-homestay\/in-italy\/the-benefits-of-a-mediterranean-diet-in-italy\">Greenheart Travel Language Exchange Participant<\/a>, Alyssa Giesler, spent her time abroad in Italy, and talks about her experience with a Mediterranean diet in her <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/alyssagiesler.blogspot.it\/2013\/03\/the-benefits-of-mediterranean-diet.html\">blog<\/a>.\u00a0 She highlights the cultural difference between American views on food versus Italian ones, stating, \u201cThe difference in mentality between Americans and Mediterranean cultures is that the latter look at food\/drink as source of energy as well as pleasure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A great way to make sure that you are staying active and healthy yourself, while promoting health and wellness for others is through volunteering!\u00a0 Find issues you\u2019re passionate about, and go make a difference \u2013 either on a local or global scale.\u00a0 Check out these organizations that focus on health and wellness:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Action for Healthy Kids,<\/li>\n<li>No Kid Hungry (Cooking Matters program)<\/li>\n<li>Feeding American (or finding your local food pantry)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We love Alyssa\u2019s suggestions about keeping a healthy balance between body and mind. 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