How Nutritional Supplements
(Nutrients) Are Supposed To Work.
Nutrients are chemical substances that provide
nourishment and affects nutritive and metabolic
processes of the body. You must have them for growth,
reproduction, and maintenance of your health.
Imagine a big hole (a.k.a. body) that has to be filled
with all different kind of rocks (a.k.a. nutrients).
When you first took possession (born), it was filled to
the brim with all sort of wonderful and different kind
of rocks. But it was pretty perfect. At the beginning,
your family helped you to fill it with the best rocks
and you took really good care of it. By now, you have
lost interest in filling it, yet you know you had to
fill it or it would collapse. So you give it rocks and
stones, but not the best. Eventually you realize that
you need to pay more attention and start to search out
better rocks and stones. It's a big hole to fill and
needs many different types of stones to fill in. So you
put in very large ones (macronutrients: carbohydrate,
protein, and fat). Then, you discover that there are
still some spaces left. So in your research you read
that you need to add smaller ones (micro-nutrients:
vitamins) but that still isn't enough. So you added
different kinds (more micro-nutrients: minerals) and
think it's all finished only to discover that there are
still tiny holes and without them, the hole won't
perform they way you want it to.
Our bodies' cells are complex, integrated living systems
requiring all the essential vitamins, antioxidants and
minerals to survive and thrive. We know that it is
important to eat a diet that supplies a wide array of
nutrient-dense foods; a diet rich in fruits and
vegetables and one that supplies all the essential
micro-nutrients, including the right amounts and kinds
of carbohydrate, protein, and fat. It's all about
balance and completeness.
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