Nutrition Tips

               NUTRITION IS NOT JUST FEEDING... 
Nutrition(also called aliment or nourishment) according to biologists is the provision to cells of the body,of the materials necessary(in the form of food) to support life.

Nutritionists define nutrition as the intake of healthy or balanced diet for the proper growth and development of the body.

Balanced or healthy diet is a food that contains all the classes of food in their right amount.The classes of food include;Carbohydrates,proteins,fats and oil,vitamins,mineral salts and water.While macronutrients/energy(carbohydrates,proteins and fats) are essential for providing energy and replacement of worn out tissues,micronutrients(mineral salts,vitamins and water) are responsible for the freshness and tender look of the body.

 Note that water is very essential to the body.Research has shown that humans can survive for two to eight weeks without food,depending on the stored body fat.But survival without water is usually limited to three or four days.

A child suffering from Kwashiorkor

A poor diet can have an injurious impact on health,causing deficiency diseases such as scurvy,beriberi,and Kwashiorkor;health-threatening conditions like Obesity and metabolic syndrome;and such common chronic systemic diseases as cardiovascular disease,diabetes and osteoporosis.
Obesity is caused by consuming more calories than are expended, with many attributing excessive weight gain to a combination of overeating and insufficient exercise.

      World Health Organization (WHO)

Obesity

The World Health Organization makes the following 5 recommendations on nutrition with respect to both populations and individuals: 

1. Achieve an energy balance and a healthy weight.
2. Limit energy intake from total fats and shift fat consumption away from saturated fats to unsaturated fats and towards the elimination of trans-fatty acids.
3. Increase consumption of fruits and vegetables, legumes, whole grain and nuts.
4. Limit the intake of simple sugar. 
5. Limit salt/sodium consumption from all sources and ensure that salt is iodized.

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