Nutrition - What Is It and how does it work?

Nutrition is a science that defines what you put into your body and how your body processes it. You need food and water to survive, and you need good nutrition to keep your body going. Think of it as a machine and food as the fuel that makes it go.
To keep your bones healthy, you need foods that contain calcium. Without Vitamin C, your gums will become diseased causing a myriad of problems. Without iron, your blood may lack the necessary oxygen to keep you going. In a nutshell, nutrition is about why you eat what you do eat and how that food affects your body and your health.
The two basic functions of good nutrition are energy from food and the nutrients in food. Energy allows you to perform functions and the nutrients in food help your body to build, maintain and repair tissues and to empower cells to send messages back and forth to conduct essential chemical reactions such as the ones that make it possible for you to breathe, move, eliminate waste, think, see, hear, smell and taste.
You've heard the expression: you are what you eat. How many times have we heard that? The human body is built from the nutrients it gets from food: water, protein,fat, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. When you weigh yourself, about 60 percent of your weight is water; 20 percent is fat; and 20 percent of your weight is a combination of mostly protein plus carbs, minerals and vitamins. The exact amount of each varies with a person's age and gender.
This blog will cover a variety of topics about nutrition and how you can make better choices to become nutritionally sound. You will find links to other sites that can help you with diet selections, food choices and sound nutrtional recipes. Basic nutrition is important to everyone: mothers, fathers, children, and adults who maybe have mistreated their bodies for years and who need to start getting serious about what they are putting into their bodies.
Please come back and visit often. Hopefully your nutritional skills will improve, along with your overall health. ~ Aunt Millie