3 Healthy Life Tips From Cut Memey, Starting From Limiting Sugar Consumption

Healthy Lifestyle (Photo: ANTARA)

Cut Memey called for restrictions on daily sugar consumption on National Nutrition Day on January 25. Cut Memey wants to help increase knowledge about the dangers of excess sugar consumption and the importance of fulfilling balanced daily nutrition for a healthier life.

"Based on information from the Indonesian Ministry of Health, sugar consumption per day should ideally be 50grams (equivalent to 4 tablespoons). However, nowadays, it seems that quite a lot of people consume more than that amount of sugar," Memey said as quoted by ANTARA, Friday, January 27.

"In line with this, according to BPS data, the average consumption of white sugar per capita per week of Indonesian people will reach 1,123grams in 2021, which means that one person in Indonesia consumes 160grams of sugar in a day," he added.

Memey said that with so many packaged foods and drinks as well as the trend of sweet drinks circulating today, people must be smarter when consuming sweet foods and drinks and be more careful to maintain consumption patterns to maintain health.

On the other hand, Researcher from the Center for Public Health Research and Nutrition of the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) Sudiknk also said that in order to reduce the risk of hypertension, diabetes mellitus,▁soalmic heart disease and obesity, people must adopt a healthy lifestyle, control their diet and exercise.

"Every individual is expected to pay attention to nutritional intake and eat nutritious food," said Sudikno.

Check out some of the following healthy tips from Cut Memey: 1. Maintain a healthy and balanced diet Taking advantage of eating a variety of foods to obtain all the nutrients needed by the body. A balanced nutritious food consists of staple foods, vegetables, fruits, nuts, meat, fish and others. Also, don't forget to balance it with adequate water consumption, around 8-10 glasses a day.

2. Limiting consumption of sweet, salty and fatty intake Consumption of sweet, salty and fatty intake can increase the risk of certain diseases such as heart disease, hypertension, diabetes to stroke. In addition, this is done in order to maintain ideal body weight and the body becomes healthier.

It is difficult to limit the consumption of sweet, salty or fatty foods. If you want to continue to consume this type of food, you might be able to limit the portion and intensity," explained Memey.

3. Regularly carry out physical activities In addition to paying attention to and maintaining the intake of incoming foods, you need to make the body healthier by routinely doing physical activity or exercising. Not only making the body healthier, exercising regularly can also help control body weight and make the body more energetic.

"There are many types of exercise that can be done to maintain the health of the body. Let's celebrate National Nutrition Day by continuing to improve the health of the body through a balanced consumption pattern and actively doing physical activities," concluded Cut Memey.