Importance of Food Nutrients

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In today’s class, we will be talking about the importance of food nutrients. Enjoy the class!

Importance of Food Nutrients

Good nutrition is an important part of leading a healthy lifestyle. Combined with physical activity, your diet can help you to reach and maintain a healthy weight, reduce your risk of chronic diseases (like heart disease and cancer), and promote your overall health.

• Decreases the chance of developing various diseases:

Having quality eating habits can reduce your risk of developing certain diseases that could severely impact your health. Among these maladies are hypertension, diabetes and heart disease, which was the leading cause of death. If you want to increase your chances of staying well, it’s best to stick to a healthy diet.

• Help keep a healthy weight:

Eating natural food instead of processed foods can have a positive effect on your weight. Plus, your weight also influences your overall health. For example, being overweight raises your risk of developing Type II diabetes. It can also harm your joints, limiting your mobility.

• Increases energy levels:

Have you ever eaten a bunch of junk food and experienced a sudden jolt of energy, only to feel completely exhausted a short time later? That is how your body reacts when you absorb an abundant amount of refined sugar. By avoiding such unhealthy foods and fueling your body with nutritious options instead, you’ll be able to increase your energy levels throughout the entire day, not just for an hour or so, and you won’t endure that crash and burn effect. You’ll be able to focus on what’s going on around you rather than on how tired you feel. So, put down that candy bar and pick up a piece of fruit that contains natural sugars!

• Improves skin health:

Good nutrition doesn’t just affect your weight or your energy. It can also play a role in the health of your skin. According to the American Academy of Dermatology, foods that contain vitamins C and E, lycopene and other antioxidants, as well as olive oil, can help to protect your skin against sun damage.

• Boosts immune system:

When you practice good nutrition, you’re consuming natural and healthy foods that can help your body. This includes improving your immune system.

The choices you make when you eat don’t affect just one part of your body—like your stomach. 

There is your heart, your brain and your skin to consider, too. Good nutrition can benefit you on many levels. It’s one of the best ways to improve your health and your quality of life. And that’s important.

 

In our next class, we will be talking about the Functions of Food Nutrients.  We hope you enjoyed the class.

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