Healthy Eating

I will admit that I am not the healthiest eater in the world, not even in my house.  I have a major sweet tooth.  If I haven't had something sweet to eat then I feel like I still need to eat.  It's not that I don't know how to eat right, it's just that I don't want to.  So, I was thinking about sharing some incentives for healthy eating that may motivate me and maybe even someone else. 
The most important reason to eat right is to prevent disease.  Eating has an enormous relationship to health.  For example, overeating can lead to obesity which is a major cause of heart disease in America.  Heart disease is the leading cause of death in America.  Obesity can also lead to diabetes, hypertension, and stroke.  On the flip side, eating right can actually help fight off certain cancers.  For example, garlic contains compounds that can help prevent skin, lung, and colon cancer. 
Another reason to eat right is to feel better.  Eating a diet full of fatty foods can make you feel like crud.  They can make you sluggish, slow down your digestive system, cause breakouts (which affects your self-image), and give you heartburn.  When you eat a diet full of fiber, fresh fruits and vegetables and whole grains you will have more energy, better skin, and a healthy digestive tract.
The biggest incentive for me to eat right is to look better.  I know that sounds very vain but when you are young and healthy you don't care as much about diseases you may get 20 years down the road.  We care about how we look even though it may not actually be the most important reason to eat right, it is the best incentive.  Eating right will help lose weight and prevent gaining weight so that we can keep wearing our favorite size jeans.  Ok, now I kind of regret what I had for lunch.