Nutrition

What is your basic understanding of nutrition ?

Nutrition is the process by which living things receive the food necessary for them to grow and be healthy.

Nutrition is the process by which living things receive the food necessary for them to grow and be healthy.

Food is needed to maintain health, as a source of energy and to carry out life processes such as breathing, growing, excreting and reproduction.

Food is needed to maintain health, as a source of energy and to carry out life processes such as breathing, growing, excreting and reproduction.

Food is needed to maintain health, as a source of energy and to carry out life processes such as breathing, growing, excreting and reproduction.

When we think of food, we think of it in terms of its calorific value.

Food energy is measured in calories (cal) or kilocalories (kcal).

One calorie is equivalent to 4.2 joule and one kilocalorie to 4.2 kilojoule.

There are factors that would affect the calorie requirements of humans.

Males generally need more calories than females because they are more active than females.

A person who carries out more manual work needs more calories than an office worker who does more sedentary work.

A person who carries out more manual work needs more calories than an office worker who does more sedentary work.

A person who carries out more manual work needs more calories than an office worker who does more sedentary work.

Sick people need more energy than healthy people to fight against diseases and repair damaged tissues.

Sick people need more energy than healthy people to fight against diseases and repair damaged tissues.

Sick people need more energy than healthy people to fight against diseases and repair damaged tissues.

The fifth factor sit he surrounding temperature.

People who live in cold climates need more energy to maintain a constant body temperature.

The individual is energetic and healthy and all his basic life processes function smoothly.

The individual is energetic and healthy and all his basic life processes function smoothly.

On the other hand, should a person indulge in poor nutrition intake, he may face immediate health ailments and face more serious health problems in the long run.

On the other hand, should a person indulge in poor nutrition intake, he may face immediate health ailments and face more serious health problems in the long run.

Poor nutrition intake means not having a balanced diet of sufficient proteins, carbohydrates, fats and vitamins. he may consume too much red meat and too much fats. he stays away from vegetables, fruits and drinks very little water but drinks too much soda.

Poor nutrition intake means not having a balanced diet of sufficient proteins, carbohydrates, fats and vitamins. he may consume too much red meat and too much fats. he stays away from vegetables, fruits and drinks very little water but drinks too much soda.

Poor nutrition intake means not having a balanced diet of sufficient proteins, carbohydrates, fats and vitamins. he may consume too much red meat and too much fats. he stays away from vegetables, fruits and drinks very little water but drinks too much soda.

Poor nutrition intake means not having a balanced diet of sufficient proteins, carbohydrates, fats and vitamins. he may consume too much red meat and too much fats. he stays away from vegetables, fruits and drinks very little water but drinks too much soda.

Firstly, a person with bad nutrition intake may suffer from malnutrition.

He may suffer from undernourishment, scurvy, rickets and even night blindness.

His body weight drops. he becomes thin and lethargic.

Vitamin deficiency can be seen in swollen and bleeding gums, soft bones and poor vision.

Vitamin deficiency can be seen in swollen and bleeding gums, soft bones and poor vision.

Vitamin deficiency can be seen in swollen and bleeding gums, soft bones and poor vision.

It is an eating disorder where a person limits eating and weighs at least 15% less than his ideal weight.

It is an eating disorder where a person limits eating and weighs at least 15% less than his ideal weight.

He fears being fat. the victim is thin and depressed.

Thirdly, Poor eating habits can result in obesity.

Excessive eating results in excess fat being stored in body parts like the abdomen, buttocks and limbs.

Excessive eating results in excess fat being stored in body parts like the abdomen, buttocks and limbs.

Excessive eating results in excess fat being stored in body parts like the abdomen, buttocks and limbs.

The person looks fat and sometimes develops low self-esteem.

Next, when there is excessive intake of salts, fats and cholesterol (in food like egg yellow, meat, prawns, cuttlefish), the person may develop high blood pressure, the silent killer of this era.

Then, there is the diabetes mellitus which is a metabolic disorder.

High sugar intake may result in this modern disease of luxury living.

These two diseases can lead to stroke, a debilitating condition.

In addition, another is heart disease or heart attack caused by arteriosclerosis which is cholesterol accumulation on the inner walls of the arteries.

In addition, another is heart disease or heart attack caused by arteriosclerosis which is cholesterol accumulation on the inner walls of the arteries.