What did you eat this morning or today? Did you eat a well balanced diet that's full of whole grains, lean proteins, vegetables and fruits? Or, was your breakfast a cup of coffee and maybe a bagel, loaded with cream cheese?

You are what you eat, The standard American Diet is a term that's been coined to describe the fast food crazy, greasy, fatty and high sugared diet thatmost Americans eat. Even if you live on the other side of the planet, chances are good that you are not eating a diet that's rich in the foods that are important to your aging process.

If your body has a large midsection, then you have a high risk of having a heart attack due to heart disease. Just a few extra pounds are all it takes.

If you consume a diet that is rich in salt, you are destroying your kidneys as well as some of the other organs in your body. If you are eating fatty foods, you are killing your heart by suffocating it under layers of cholesterol.

Diets that go from one extreme to the next are everywhere you look. Those that are facing a diet that is high in protein are still putting their heart's at risk because of the increase cholesterol there.

Those that are following a low fat diet are doing the opposite. They are not giving the body enough protein to build muscle mass, which actually helps you to burn fat faster.

Because diets are so extreme, they rarely work for people that are facing these conditions.

Continue to Part 5.