The Importance of Nutrition

By Sienna Nalin


Our health is something we all need to pay attention to. Everyone wants to be at their best so the way to kick start that is to watch the things that you are eating, consuming bad food will not get you to your best version of you. Eat healthy and you will be healthy.(Image by Pink Sherbet Photography via Flickr)

Eating right is the cornerstone to a healthy lifestyle. There are many factors we can't control in regard to health -- hereditary conditions, environmental concerns -- but we can control what we eat, which can help us fight disease, encourage healthy metabolism and more.

Living life is all about staying healthy in order to be happy and live forever. The tips that are about to be presented to you will help you be able to know what you need for your body to function and perform much better than it does now.

Water is essential to life. Every part of your body relies on it. Your blood, for example, is more than three-quarters water. Other body fluids, like saliva and digestive juices, are based on water. Almost every chemical reaction in the body takes place in a water medium and you couldn't get rid of body wastes without it.

Breaking Down Vitamins and Minerals. Because there are so many, vitamins and minerals can be very confusing topics. But they are often a necessary dietary element. Vitamins and minerals are crucial to normal body functions and some of them may have a role in preventing our most deadly diseases such as cancer and heart disease. Getting enough for normal metabolism used to be our primary concern, but we now know that certain vitamins and minerals may be beneficial in even greater quantities, while others can be dangerous in excess.

Sometimes, everyone's diet needs a little something extra. Although nutritionists like to insist on "food first," that isn't necessarily the end of the story. Supplements, by definition, are there to supplement a diet, not substitute for it. Pills can't provide you with the disease-fighting phytochemicals that are in plant foods. Yet with smart supplementation, you may be able to make a good diet better.

Food preparation and how you read labels will start to help you see and realize what exactly you are putting into your body. You want to make sure that you understand what labels are saying so you can assess if you should introduce that food into your diet or into whatever it is that you will be preparing to cook.

...More at Discovery Health "Introduction to How Nutrition Works"

Treat your body to the foods that it wants and need, not the foods that will just tear it down. From the information you have received you know have the correct information to build up a better healthier body and life for yourself.




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