NAME:
MAASYAH NASUHA BINTI MOHD NASIR
CLASS:
203
COLLEGE NUMBER:
12008
BAND:
B6D2E1
CONTENT
NO. | TITLES/TOPICS | PAGES | 1. | THE IMPORTANCE OF EATING NUTRITIOUS FOOD | | 2. | GOOD EATING HABITS | | 3. | BALANCED DIET | | 4. | DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD TO THE NEEDY AND UNDERPRIVILEGED PEOPLE | | 5. | TABLE MANNERS WITH SENSITIVITY AND RELIGIOUS BELIEFS | | 6. | SOURCES | |
THE IMPORTANCE OF EATING NUTRITIOUS FOOD
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Why is Nutrition Important?
The Benefits of Eating Healthy
The question, Why is Nutrition Important, is a relatively easy one to answer. One of the basic causes of chronic disease is poor nutrition. There are many food myths, so it's important to familiarize yourself with facts about sugar, facts about fats (especiallysaturated fats), and follow some simplehealthy eating guidelines that will bolster your immune system, keeping you from contracting chronic diseases, such as coronary heart disease and diabetes, in the first place.
A healthy eating plan incorporates healthy foods from a wide variety of food groups. The new food pyramid puts greater emphasis on consuming a wide range of foods, though still subscribes to the myth that fats are bad for you. So to answer the question, Why is Nutrition Important, we must understand how it relates to our health.
Your immune system can be either bolstered or damaged by what you choose to eat, and though it would be convenient if we could get all our necessary nutrients in the form of supplements and continue to eat the way we always have, nature does a much better job of combining the micronutrients and phytochemicals necessary for the body to properly absorb and utilize the nutrients in the food we eat.
In the 1930s Dr. Weston Price studied a number of indigenous cultures throughout the world who understood why nutrition is important. Though they had little knowledge of nutrition data, he found that in virtually every