Sunday, July 4, 2021

The importance of nutrition in our daily life

Nutrition plays a great role in our daily life. The food or liquids affect our body and health because each food or liquid contain particular nutrition which is very necessary for our physical and mental growth. A particular level of any particular nutrition is essential for our body. So we should know that what food we have to take, how much and what type of nutrition contain a particular food.


Whenever we take any food or

nourishing liquids, our body digests and absorbs the simple but

essential minerals, vitamins, fats, proteins, carbohydrates, fats and

water from these food or nourishing liquids and converts it into the

bloodstream and energy that help our body to grow and keep it healthy.

The nutrition value is more important for any individual's health.

The food or liquids whenever we take it affect our body and health as

well both. So it is very important that we should be more aware of the

foods or liquids whatever we take in our daily life. A large number of

diseases occur only due to wrong diet. Some certain diet may itself

cause some disease or alter the course of a known disorder such as

diabetes, heart or kidney disease.

Why Nutrition is important for us?

As we know that food and water is necessary to build up our body and

keep it healthy. Every good food and liquid contains some important

nutrition like proteins, carbohydrate, fats, some vitamins, minerals and

water. These all play different role to keep our body healthy and build

new cells in our body.

These are the important nutrition and their role in our body:

Protein:

Protein helps our body to build muscles and strong immune system.

Basically proteins are made up of long chains of amino acids. There are

22 different types of amino acid and our body needs all these amino acid

to function properly. Protein is abundant type of nutrient in our body

that builds new tissues and repairs all damaged cells in our body. It

also helps in formation of hormones and enzymes which play variety of

roles in our body such as metabolism and sexual development. There are

many types of protein that play different types of important role in our

body. For example collagen is a protein and it gives the strength,

elasticity and composition of our hair and skin. Some of the good

protein sources are lentils, low-fat dairy products, tofu, nuts, seeds,

peas, tempeh. Some common foods such as whole grain bread, potatoes,

corn and pasta also have protein. Soya protein is the most essential and

strong protein and it is equal to any animal origin protein.

Carbohydrates:

Carbohydrates give us energy. This is an ideal source of energy for

the body because carbohydrates converted more readily into glucose. It

helps our body to supply the energy for the formation of cellular

constituent. Carbohydrates are made up of three compounds Carbon,

Hydrogen and Oxygen formed by plants. There are four types of

carbohydrates are important - Sugar, Starches, Fiber and Gum. If

carbohydrates taken regularly it doesn't cause any weight gain, unless

like other food group. There are two types of carbohydrates - Complex

and Simple. Efficiency of carbohydrates can cause the production of

ketones in the body, it can results into a condition known as ketosis.

The good examples of carbohydrates are breads, potatoes, pasta, soda,

chips, candies/sweets, cookies/biscuits, puddings, cakes, sugar, bananas

etc.

Fats:

Fat provides us extra energy. It is a nutrient and a particular

amount of fat is necessary for our body. It doesn't always make us fat.

It play role to insulate our bodies by giving us protection from sudden

changes in temperature and also protects our vital organs. Fats consists

of a wide group of compounds are soluble in organic solvents and

insoluble in water. Fats provide 9 calories per gram. When dietary fat

is digested, fatty acids are produced. It is also important for healthy

skin and blood pressure regulation.

There are two types of fats Saturated (solid at room temperature) and

Unsaturated (liquid at room temperature). To obtain an adequate amount

of linoleic acid, one of the few fatty acids the body cannot produce on

itself. Any adult needs one tablespoon of unsaturated fat daily.

Saturated fats mainly occur in dairy products like butter, cream, cheese

and some chocolates. The source of unsaturated fats are soybean,

sunflower and corn oils.

Vitamins:

A vitamin is an organic compound, it regulate our body processes and

plays an important role to make our body function properly. The term

vitamin was derived from 'vitamine', a combination word from Vital and

Amine. Today a chemical compound is called a vitamin. Our body needs

vitamins as substances to grow and develop normally. There are 13

vitamins necessary for our body. Some of them are A, B, C, D, E, K,

vitamin B-6 and vitamin B-12. In our daily life we get all most all

these vitamins form foods whatever we take. Our body can also produce

vitamins D and K.

Each vitamin plays specific jobs. Any particular low levels of

vitamins cause deficiency disease. For example, if we don't get enough

vitamin D it can cause rickets. Deficiency of vitamin 'A' can cause

Night Blindness.

If we eat a balanced diet we get enough essential vitamin

automatically form our daily food or liquid. We don't even need to take

any particular vitamin separately. Only in some cases we need to take a

daily multivitamin for optimal health.

Minerals:

Minerals regulate our body processes and also make body tissues.

Minerals make our body work properly same as vitamin play the role but

it doesn't prevent weight loss. Although we get it form our daily foods,

so we don't need to take it separately. Minerals boost our immune

system. Some important minerals are Chloride, Calcium, Copper, Chromium,

Fluoride, Iron and Iodine. These types of minerals can be found from

our daily food or liquid supplement like salt, soy sauce, milk,

vegetable oils, whole grains, cheese, nuts etc

Water gives cells shape and acts as a medium where body processes can

occur. It is the well known yet most important nutrient our body needs.

It is also the most abundant type of liquid found in our body

contributing 70% of our total mass. It helps to dissolve and carry the

essential nutrients to all parts of the body. It is also needed to help

maintain the body temperature and aids to carry away the body's waste

products.

Water:

In human body there are 70% of total mass is covered by water. Water

gives cells shape and acts as a medium where body processes can occur.

It is very necessary nutrient than available all nutrients. It is also

the most abundant type of liquid found in human body. Water help

maintain the body temperature and aids to carry away the body's waste

products.

We see that nutrition plays a very important role in our lives, each

food and liquid contains its own nutrition value which is very necessary

in our life. It could help to extend or decrease our life span as well

as define our degree or livelihood. It helps in our mental and physical

development as well. We must should aware about the food and liquid what

we take regularly. Popper food in our daily life leads to a lifetime

habit toward a healthy extended life.

Check out this website http://www.eatyourveggie.com

for more information about the vegetarian foods and recipes.

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