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Nutrition
Let's discuss the term nutrition first: what it is, how is defined, healthy nutrition, nutritional stages, malnutrition, undernutrition, poor nutrition, and nutrients. Understanding these nutrition terms may make it easier for you to make better nourishment choices. The most important part of nutrition is the process of taking in the proper amount of essential nutrients and other substances that are necessary to support life and using them for growth, metabolism, maintenance and repair.
Healthy nutrition means making good food choices and eating a variety of foods that give you the nutrients you need to maintain your health, feel good, and have energy. Healthy nutrition is a critical part of health, prevention of disease, functional abilities and development of an organism.
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.
Malnutrition is a condition that results from eating a diet in which one or more nutrients are either not enough or are too much to the point that such diet causes health problems. It is a category of diseases that is an imbalance between the nutrients the body needs and the nutrients it gets which includes undernutrition and overnutrition. However, the term malnutrition is commonly used to... Read more...
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When ready to incorporate healthy habits into your lifestyle, remember that there is no substitute for a balanced diet, regular exercise, and sufficient sleep. Keep in mind that fast results may provide short-term gratification, and drastic temporary behavior changes are very hard to maintain. So, start facing your fears and design an action plan based on your personal motivation in order to build habits you could incorporate into your daily life forever. Personal motivation may be the most powerful tool to achieve long lasting results. Read full article...
"Nutrition is the only remedy that can bring full recovery and can be used
with any treatment. Remember, food is our best medicine!" ~ Bernard Jensen
Did You Know?
Nutrition field of study focuses on foods and substances in foods that help animals (and plants) to grow and stay healthy. Nutrition science also includes behaviors and social factors related to food choices.Your small intestine does most of the digesting of the foods you eat. If you have a malabsorption syndrome, your small intestine cannot absorb nutrients from foods.
Symptoms of different malabsorption syndromes can vary. They often include chronic diarrhea, abnormal stools, weight loss, and gas. Your medical care provider may use lab, imaging, or other tests to make a diagnosis.
Obesity means having too much body fat. It is different from being overweight, which means weighing too much. The weight may come from muscle, bone, fat, and/or body water. Both terms mean that a person's weight is greater than what's considered healthy for his or her height.
"To change our eating habits, we must learn to eat mindfully, being more aware of chewing and tasting what we eat so that the brain can register the incoming nutrients." ~ John M. Poothullil"
