Ill bet youve never even taken the time to consider what your nutritional needs might be, or the importance of that nutrition on your health. Did you know that if the brain doesnt get enough protein, it doesnt develop correctly, or if the healthy female body doesnt get enough flax oil, omega-3 and omega-6 her bodys metabolism will not function correctly and she is more susceptible to weight gain? All these pieces of information and many more are contributing factors to our nutritional needs, and our nutritional needs are met through our eating habits, good or bad.
Nutrition as it applies to our daily lives means that we take in what we need to maintain our bodys healthy state. Nutrition has become an important word thanks to the involvement of the USDA in our daily food requirements, and the FDAs involvement in determining what is and is not dangerous for us to consume.
But what is our responsibility in the nutrition game? Do we understand what our nutritional requirements are, how to fulfill those requirements, and how to look for real nutritional value in our foods? Im not sure that nutrition has been successfully addressed in its own right. We hear nutrition in...