HEALTH MADE SIMPLE!

Everybody wants to be healthy. Healthy can be defined as free from illness or injury. Healthy can also be defined as being fit and having vitality. Unfortunately, being healthy takes work. To be free from illness, we must consume the right nutrients. To be fit, we must take in fewer calories than we burn. In other words, we have to eat right and exercise. To eat right a person should consume seven different nutrients daily.

These are protein, carbohydrates, minerals, vitamins, fats, fiber, and water. Some people might think that a slice of pizza fulfills the protein and carbohydrate requirements and if they add olives that covers the fiber. The fact of the matter is that the quality of calorie is just as important as the number. Foods high in fat, refined flours, and sugars could be considered "empty calories." They put weight on your body or, worse still, contribute to illness but they do not nourish your cells.

Our bodies are made up of countless amounts of cells with many different functions. Cellular nutrition should be the goal of any healthy diet. This would include eating a high percentage of fruits, vegetables, protein, and whole grains. One should also watch the amount of fat and limit trans-fats and hydrogenated oils. Unfortunately there is no one food that will make us healthy and there is no one pill that will make us slim. Therefore our diet should be filled with many different fruits and vegetables. We should explore different protein sources including plant-based proteins. Good supplements containing multivitamins and minerals could also enhance the health of your cells.

The reason for cellular nutrition is to enable the cells to provide us with energy. This energy needs to be expended or it will be stored as fat. In other words we have to exercise. Our cells combine to make muscles, tendons, ligaments, organs and bones. We are meant to move. Cellular nutrition allows us to do this free from illness or injury and in a fit and vital way. Cellular nutrition allows us to be healthy.