SIMPLE NUTRITION GUIDE

Foods and nutrients are the fuels for our bodies. They provides energy and essential components to keep our bodies work perfectly like how it should. In this post, I'm going to explain and give a little bit of exposure about what nutrients really is. So, let us jump into the components! 

1. Water 

Having appropriate water level in body is vital. Water protect and cushions vital organs and joints, converts food into energy and helps in nutrients absorption. Water also helps regulating body temperature. Our bodies lost water through breathing, sweating and digestion. So, it is very important to re-hydrate by drinking enough water liquid. However, drinking too much water can cause water intoxication!

2. Fats

Yup. That's right. Just like the picture says, there are healthy kind of fats and the unhealthy ones. Basically, it is just saturated and unsaturated fats but we will get more to that later. Fats help in cell growth, regulate body temperature, produce important hormones and acts as addition energy source when our bodies need it.

3. Protein

They literally are the basic unit block of our cells in body. Proteins are essential in building muscle mass. Our bodies use protein to build and repair tissues, make enzymes and hormones. Very essential element for growth indeed. Thus, it it very important to pregnant women, children and teens.

4. Carbohydrate

Also known as "carbs", they are major food source and key form of energy for most living things. In other words, carbs are also main source of energy for our bodies. They assist in metabolism in our bodies.

5. Vitamins and Minerals 

Vitamins and minerals consist of many components thus we will talk in-depth about this portion in its own post. For starter, vitamins and minerals considered essential nutrients due each and every different vitamins and minerals perform numerous important roles in our body!

We will discuss further each nutrients in more details in the upcoming post so make sure to stay tune!