NUTRIENTS, NUTRITION AND HEALTH

Nutrients, Nutrition and Health are interlinked. Only ample amount of supply of nutrients can nourish the body and helps in maintaining a good health.

You must have heard the word NUTRIENTS...What are they???

 NUTRIENTS are the constituents in food that must be supplied to the body in suitable amounts.
There are two types of nutrients: 
- Macro nutrients (Carbohydrates, Proteins, Fats and Water)
- Micro nutrients (Vitamins, Minerals)


I guess everybody knows them :)



Now what is NUTRITION???
NUTRITION is the science of foods, the nutrients and other substances therein, their action, interaction and balance in relationship to health and disease; the processes by which the organism ingests, digests,absorbs, transports and utilises nutrients and disposes of their end products. In short, it is a role of food in maintenance of health.

P.S. LIFE CAN BE SUSTAINED ONLY WITH ADEQUATE NOURISHMENT :)

What is health???
Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.

Essential dimensions of health :
- Optimal growth and development.
- Maintenance of the structural integrity and functional efficiency of the body tissues necessary for an active and productive life.
- Ability to withstand the inevitable process of ageing with minimal disability and functional impairment.
- Ability to combat disease such as resisting infections (immunocompetence), preventing the onset of degenerative disease, resisting the effect of environmental toxins
  and pollutants.
- Mental health.
- Social well being is the ability to live in harmony with others.

P.S. JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT SICK DOESN'T MEAN YOU ARE HEALTHY.