Nutrition-Energy-Balance

Good nutrition and regular exercise: help you stay healthy and live longer. You are what you eat. Everything that you eat and drink affects how your body functions. And, as your body's needs vary from time to time at various stages of your life, and according to how you live your life, your nutritional needs vary too.

Knowing your body's needs: is the connection between diet and health is clear: to grow properly and function normally, you need a complete range of nutrients, including carbohydrates, proteins, fats, fibre and water, as well as a variety of vitamins and minerals. Many of these nutrients are not just essential for normal body functioning, but they can actually improve your state of health and protect you against a number of diseases. Eating well makes you feel well, which improves your mood and enables you to cope better with stress.

Is your diet healthy:? If your diet lacks any nutrients or provides too much of certain factors,
you will not function at an optimum level. At the same time, you may be creating future problems. For example there is strong evidence that eating too much animal fat can lead to cardiovascular disease while skipping calcium-rich foods in your teens may lead to osteoporosis later on in life.

The food-energy balance: To maintain a healthy weight, you need to balance the energy you take in from the food you eat with the energy you expend in the course of your daily life. Depending on our lifestyle, many of us do not get as much exercise as we need. Excess food intake is stored in the body as fat, leading to weight and possible obesity. This, in turn, can lead to various medical conditions, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and joint problems.

It is patently obvious that we need to look after our body and you are in charge of this action. You know this makes sense, so make the necessary changes to your diet and lifestyle.