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HEALTH & WELL BEING How does healthy eating help me?

Building Healthy Nutrition Habits Onboard

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Food is fuel for your physical health Food is fuel for energy and focus

All the following are ways that healthy eat- Choosing the right foods can help us be safe.
ing can help our bodies. Jotun Hull Skating Solutions
A healthy, well-balanced diet can help us
Eating well: • think clearly and feel more alert; Always clean hull – For the most challenging operations
• boosts immunity; • improve our concentration and atten-
• protects our bodies against certain tion span;
types of diseases, such as obesity, dia- • sleep better;
betes, and heart disease; • prevent fatigue, poor decision-making,
• helps prevent some types of cancer • and slower reaction times.
and bone conditions;
• helps keep our teeth healthy; Research suggests that regularly eating food
• helps us maintain a healthy body with the right nutrients will help keep our
weight. brains healthy and improve specific mental
Good food choices and healthy, balanced tasks, like our ability to concentrate. Choos-
meals can help manage weight and prevent ing the right foods can also help us have
disease. Eating the right things can improve higher energy levels throughout our day.
our health and help our bodies respond bet- Good energy levels and a healthy brain can
ter when we are ill. All the above are true. help how we feel, but they are also impor-
tant in helping us be more productive and
Food is fuel for your mental health What do you notice about the foods safer by being more attentive at work.
you eat when you do not feel good?
Food is linked to your mood. Research suggests
that the food we eat can help us cope with our How we feel can sometimes influence what we
feelings, for example, dealing with anxiety. eat, and we do not always make good choices.
For example, think of some foods that you For example, when we are stressed, sad, or
like to eat when: busy, we might eat too much or too little. We
1. you are sad or stressed; might also be more likely to eat snacks or ‘fast
2. you have been working hard; food.’ These foods are often very high in sugar,
3. you are relaxing with friends or family salt, or bad fat, and we like to eat them be-
at home. cause they trigger the parts of our brain that The HullSkater is a revolutionary onboard solution specially developed for
are linked to reward and pleasure.
This makes them highly addictive and can proactive cleaning. Together with the premium antifouling SeaQuantum Skate, Jotun Hull
mean we eat more than the recommended
amounts of sugar, salt, bad fat, and calories. Skating Solutions will maintain a clean hull, even in the most challenging operations.
Studies have shown that eating lots of these
foods is particularly bad for our health, as it
increases the risk of many diseases (e.g., dia- Operational needs arising from a dynamic market in combination with challenging environmental conditions
betes, heart diseases, obesity). increase the risk of fouling. The end-result being increased fuel cost and Green House Gas emissions. To combat
If we slowly reduce the amount of these foods fouling, Jotun Hull Skating Solutions is engineered to keep the hull fouling-free at all times. This groundbreaking
or replace them with healthier alternatives, we
can begin to change the way our brains work, approach is now in the final verification stage, in collaboration with leading industry partners.
which helps reduce how much we want them.

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