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Understanding the Basic Principles
Good nutrition and healthy eating are the most important things you can do to maintain and improve your general health. From the prenatal period throughout life, sound dietary practices and proper nutrition are essential in keeping current and future generations of people healthy across the life span. People with healthy eating patterns live longer and are at lower risk for serious health problems such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity and many other diseases. For people with chronic diseases, healthy eating can help manage these conditions and prevent complications.
Nutritious, balanced meals and healthy snacks are part of healthy eating plan. Healthy eating plan will boost your overall feeling of well-being, giving you more energy and vitality. It will also make you look better and feel good about yourself, inside and out.
Physiologically, proper nutrition with nutrients like: carbohydrates, fats, protein, vitamins, minerals, dietary fibre and water are ESSENTIAL, which means, they must be consumed in adequate quantities on a regular basis. Find out more...
Nutritional stages are ingestion, digestion, absorption, transport, assimilation, and excretion. Nutrition is also the science or study that deals with nutrition and interprets the nutrients and other substances in food in relation to maintenance, growth, reproduction, health and disease of an organism. Nutrition science also includes behaviors and social factors related to food choices. Learn more...
Breast-feeding women should eat nutritious meals with a variety of foods because breastfeeding is an energy-demanding process and nutrients consumed will affect the quality of the breast milk. Proper nutrition will help ensure your child's normal growth and development. Some women need to take iron supplements to replenish the iron transferred to breast milk. Consult your physician for advice. Maintain a healthy diet and lifestyle, both for your own good and to ensure that your baby is getting the healthiest breast milk possible. More about breastfeeding and diet...
Functional foods are the forefront of healthy nutrition. They are defined as any food or food ingredient that contain not only recognized nutrient(s) but also a health benefit beyond the traditional nutrient it contains. Functional foods are similar to a conventional food and play an important role in regular and healthy diet. Learn more...
Antioxidants are essential to your body's defense against free radicals. There is research now that shows antioxidant vitamins C, E and beta carotene (the plant form of vitamin A) can help lower the risk of heart disease and cancer by protecting you from free radicals. Find out more...
Excitotoxins are substances added to foods and beverages that literally stimulate neurons to death, causing brain damage or varying degrees. Excitotoxins are linked to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Dementia, Lou Gehrig’s Disease and others. Excitotoxins are found in ingredients such as Monosodium Glutamate (MSG), Aspartame (Nutrasweet®), Sucralose (Splenda), cysteine, hydrolyzed protein, and aspartic acid. These powerful toxins are not added to food and drinks for health benefits, they are added to boost sales. These additives have no purpose, other than to enhance the taste of food and the sweetness of various diet products. Learn more...
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