Nutrition
Your nutrition plays a vital role in helping you build the body that you want to have. Your nutrition includes 7 major nutrients: carbohydrates, unsaturated fats, dietary fibre, minerals, proteins, vitamins, and water. Eating “right” can be hard because there are many different diets and you want to eat in a way that will benefit how you want to build your body. Eating junk food is not a way of eating right and doesn't benefit your body it harms it by building fat and not muscle. Protein is an important component of every cell in the body. Your hair and nails are mostly made of protein. Your body uses protein to build and repair tissues. You also use protein to make enzymes, hormones, and other body chemicals. Protein is an important building block of bones, muscles, cartilage, skin, and blood. Vitamins boost the immune system, support normal growth and development, and help cells and organs do their jobs. Minerals help your body grow, develop, and stay healthy. Your body uses minerals to perform many different functions from building strong bones to transmitting nerve impulses. Dietary fibre is important for our digestive health and regular bowel movements. Fibre also helps you feel fuller for longer, can improve cholesterol and blood sugar levels and can assist in preventing some diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and bowel cancer. Unsaturated fats include polyunsaturated fatty acids and monounsaturated fats. Both mono- and polyunsaturated fats, when eaten in moderation and used to replace saturated or trans fats (bad fats), can help lower cholesterol levels and reduce your risk of heart disease. When you eat carbs, your body breaks them down into simple sugars, which are absorbed into the bloodstream. As the sugar level rises in your body, the pancreas releases a hormone called insulin. Insulin is needed to move sugar from the blood into the cells, where the sugar can be used as an energy source. Drinking water helps maintain the balance of body fluids. Your body is composed of about 60% water. The functions of these water include digestion, absorption, circulation, creation of saliva, transportation of nutrients, and maintenance of body temperature. These are all important to keeping your body healthy and strong.
