| Few people have given any thought to what their | | | | different from those of a senior citizen. |
| nutritional needs are or how important nutrition is | | | | In many cases, what we need in terms of |
| to their overall health. They don't know that, for | | | | vitamins and minerals is much more critical than |
| example, if the human brain doesn't get enough | | | | our need for calories. If it is necessary, we can |
| protein, it won't develop correctly, or that if a | | | | take vitamin and mineral supplements, which are |
| female body doesn't get enough of certain | | | | manufactured by nutrition firms, to help us fill the |
| nutritional substances like flax oil, the metabolism | | | | gap that may exist if we don't get enough of |
| will be impaired, and the body will gain weight. | | | | these substances in our daily diet. |
| This information highlights and emphasizes the | | | | Nutrition is an extremely complicated subject |
| critical importance of determining what our needs | | | | because there are so many variables to consider. |
| are and meeting our nutritional needs through | | | | As mentioned before, it is a fact that our bodies |
| good eating habits. | | | | change as we age, and we will need to adapt our |
| Experts in the media often remind us to take our | | | | eating habits and nutritional foods accordingly. |
| vitamins and to eat fortified cereals and to drink | | | | Additionally, the nutritional needs of people with |
| out milk, but what we really need is information | | | | illnesses are different from those of healthy |
| about how our eating habits and the foods we | | | | individuals. Few doctors recognize this fact, |
| eat contribute to nutrition on a daily basis. We | | | | however, and may provide the same nutrition |
| must learn how to provide our bodies with | | | | advice to health pregnant women as to an ailing |
| everything they need - food, vitamins, minerals - | | | | cancer patient. |
| to maintain optimal health. | | | | To remain healthy and to sustain the optimal |
| In order to determine our basic nutritional needs, | | | | health and functioning of our bodies, we must pay |
| we need to educate ourselves about what, | | | | close attention to our unique nutritional needs. And |
| exactly, our individual needs are. Then we can use | | | | we must pursue more knowledge concerning how |
| that knowledge and apply it to buying, preparing, | | | | nutrition, physical exercise, and mental and |
| and eating appropriate foods. We need to | | | | emotional factors influence our overall health |
| recognize that our nutritional requirements change | | | | status. |
| as we age; the nutritional needs of a teenager are | | | | |