| If you're like me, you first heard about nutrition in | | | | inappropriately. If you've ever been laughed at by |
| school, and thought, "boring." All the dietary facts | | | | your peers, it's possible a good diet can help |
| and statistics are like dates and events in History | | | | prevent that. |
| class. Once we start learning why the events | | | | Nutrition And Income: Energy, mental ability, |
| happened, history becomes interesting and | | | | education and social skills all combine to determine |
| relevant to us now. When we learn why it's | | | | how we do in the business world. Since all of |
| important for our current and future lives, good | | | | these things can be improved, the relationship is |
| nutrition goes from boring to interesting and | | | | obvious between good nutrition and how much |
| essential. Forget the boring details, this article is all | | | | money or satisfaction you have, professionally. |
| about how to keep from having a weak and tired, | | | | One executive put it this way, "It isn't that people |
| mentally slow, impoverished, diseased, short | | | | are angry, uncooperative and don't want to work, |
| life...now you're interested! | | | | it's just that they're ill due to their poor nutrition |
| Forget Nutritional Values: Most health articles are | | | | choices." Diet changes your emotions; how you |
| all about how much of this you should have or | | | | see things, how you react to things, what you |
| that to avoid...what is good and what is bad. You | | | | feel. It's no accident that some executive |
| can find that anywhere. Until you know why that | | | | interviews occur over a meal. Employers know |
| stuff is important, none of it matters. It just | | | | that people who follow good nutritional habits are |
| sounds like someone lecturing you on how to live. | | | | better, more productive, more cooperative, |
| I don't know about you, but I'm too busy living to | | | | healthier employees. |
| want to spend much time being preached at. | | | | Nutrition And Disease: It's probably very obvious |
| People preached at me for years about smoking | | | | to most people that poor diet and disease are |
| being bad for me, but until I experienced what it | | | | related. Many major diseases, like heart disease |
| was actually doing to me, I wasn't interested in | | | | and diabetes, have been linked to nutrients for |
| quitting. Once I knew why to quit, how to quit | | | | most of our lives. What isn't as obvious is the link |
| was easy. Once you know why to have good | | | | between good nutrition in general and almost |
| nutrition, how to do it will be easy, too. | | | | every disease, from the common cold and flu, to |
| Nutrition And Energy Now: Stop drinking liquids for | | | | cancer. Good, balanced nutrients give your body |
| 2 days and tell me how you feel. Tired? Go 3 | | | | what it needs to fight off minor colds and the |
| days and you'll be dead. Water is essential. Every | | | | terrible, frightening, crippling and life-threatening |
| nutrient works the same as water on a slower | | | | diseases. Even if you have a genetic |
| scale. The worse your nutrition is, the less energy | | | | pre-disposition toward certain diseases, good |
| you will have to live your life. When we're young, | | | | nutrition can reduce the risk of actually getting |
| we can usually go a long while before we crash, | | | | most of them. Daily, scientists are finding more |
| but the crash is certain if we don't have a | | | | and more evidence of the importance of diet in |
| balanced, healthy diet. When we're older, we can | | | | fighting, preventing and curing diseases. |
| feel the crash coming...trust me. The first thing | | | | Nutrition And Long, Quality Life: I guess it's |
| nutrition does for you is give you energy for the | | | | obvious if the above is true, your life will be |
| physical activities of life, today. | | | | longer. Many studies over the past 6 decades |
| Nutrition And Mental Ability: It isn't just for physical | | | | have confirmed a strong relationship between |
| activities. How fast you learn and whether you | | | | nutrition and longevity. They've also found that |
| can work through thinking problems all depend on | | | | the quality of life is greatly enhanced. |
| good nutrition. Deficiencies in some cases can | | | | Why is nutrition important? Because you can have |
| actually cause you to have the symptoms of | | | | more energy, more mental ability, more money, |
| Alzheimer's Disease, or Schizophrenia, for | | | | less disease and more life by simply making sure |
| example. By maintaining good nutrition, you can | | | | you have a good, balanced intake of nutrients. |
| improve your ability to learn and process | | | | Now that you know why, here's a resource for |
| information. Tests of students at all age levels | | | | information on the what and how of good |
| have confirmed this. Mental ability has to do with | | | | nutrition. Knowing why it's important will help you |
| more than learning facts and solving problems, | | | | navigate the sea of information on vitamins, |
| though. Social success depends on picking up and | | | | minerals, proteins, fats, carbohydrates, |
| understanding subtle clues. Often, people are | | | | antioxidants and everything else that's out there. |
| considered slow because poor nutrition causes | | | | Enjoy! |
| them to miss those clues and react | | | | |