What is Nutrition and why it is important for humans?
Nutrients are the good things that we get through food which we need to nourish and nurture ourselves, and to be happy and healthy people. In scientific terms, nutrition is the supply of food that we need as an organism to feed our cells and keep them alive. We can get nutrients from products such as vitamin supplements, however, when we talk about nutrition we mostly mean the nutrients we get from food.
Nutrition means getting the food and nourishment that you need for health and growth.
Without nutrition, we grow weak, sick and at the very worst can even die. We miss developmental milestones and can’t put our bodies through the daily mental and physical tasks that we need them to. We aren’t able to grow and may also be unable to reproduce.
Nutrients are the fuel we need to enable the body to break down food and then put this to use in the body to repair and build cells and tissue, which is basically our metabolism.
What are micronutrients and why are essential?
The healthy human body needs seven different kinds of nutrients to thrive; proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals, fiber, and water. Macronutrients are the ones we need lots of, while with micronutrients (the vitamins and minerals) we can get by with a bit less.
Many of the fuel energy, while others have other important roles like digestion and hydration.
Vitamins are the most commonly known micronutrients, which are essential organic compounds that the body needs to function but that it can’t create on its own. There are thirteen different vitamins people need including A, D, E, K, eight different B vitamins, and C.
Other micronutrients are minerals, which we don’t need in as large a quantity as the other nutrients listed, but there is a wide range of minerals that we should be getting, which can make it difficult to get them all.
The minerals we need include magnesium, iron, zinc, potassium, calcium, chloride, sodium, manganese, copper, and several more. There are 16 different minerals that we need to thrive.
What is Nutritional imbalance?
A nutritional imbalance happens when you are not getting the right amounts of all of the nutrients you need. You can have too much of something, but it is generally more serious to have too little of a nutrient.
To help maintain your body and keep it strong you need to have a balanced diet as well as a nutritional one.
Different nutrients have very different jobs in the body and show up as different kinds of deficiency when they are lacking.
If you are missing all of the nutrients in general, such as being completely deprived of food and water then you can become malnourished.
You can become deficient in certain nutrients for a number of reasons:
- Not consuming enough of them
- Your body has difficulty processing one or more
- Disease
- Medications can deplete them
- Stress
- Your digestive system isn’t working properly
- You have an allergy or sensitivity to certain nutrients
Nutritional imbalances or deficiencies are usually very easily tested for, and in most cases can also be easily remedied.
Easy ways to improve your nutrition
The best way to get the nutrition you need is through your diet. The body usually processes food better than supplements, so this is the most effective and efficient way to get what you need.
But if diet can’t do it because you can’t get the food you need or your body won’t tolerate it, then supplements are available too, well, supplement your diet and nutrition needs.
Why FLP Nutrients are the best in the world?
At Forever, we believe good health begins with good nutrition. Our range of nutritional supplements incorporates nature’s most beneficial vitamins and minerals to help you to support a healthy and balanced diet. Our ingredients are carefully selected, always keeping health and wellbeing in mind
