Question

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Explain why your nutritional goal is important to maintain health.

Answer 1

Your body needs a fresh supply of nutrients each day to nourish and rebuild its cells and organs. Your immune system can be either bolstered or damaged by what you choose to eat, and though it would be convenient if we could get all our necessary nutrients in the form of supplements and continue to eat the way we always have, nature does a much better job of combining the micronutrients and phytochemicals necessary for the body to properly absorb and utilize the nutrients in the food we eat.




In the 1930s Dr. Weston Price studied a number of indigenous cultures throughout the world who understood why nutrition is important. Though they had little knowledge of nutrition data, he found that in virtually every one, from tropical regions to the extreme north, people who were eating entirely according to the way their ancestors did were immune to chronic diseases.

Medical practitioners who served these populations confirmed the fact that diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, cancer, obesity, tuberculosis and gastrointestinal problems requiring surgical intervention did not occur until the people began incorporating foods of the local white population into their diet: sugar, white flour, vegetable oils, canned goods and other refined foods.

Why is Nutrition Important?
It Can Prevent Coronary Heart Disease

Though conventional wisdom has dictated that we avoid cholesterol and follow a low-fat diet if we want to avoid a heart attack, more recent studies have begun to dispute that idea. It's not so much the amount of fat you eat, but rather the type of fat that can be harmful to your health. And using more of the “good fats” can actually lower your level of bad cholesterol, reduce your risk of coronary heart disease and even help you lose weight!

Many are unaware of how important cholesterol is to the proper functioning of the body, due to common cholesterol myths. It strengthens cell walls, keeps your skin impermeable to water-soluble toxins, keeps bones strong, is the building block for production of the body's major steroid hormones, and allows you to digest and absorb the nutrients in your food.


Far from being the evil substance it has been made out to be by the media, some saturated fats are actually necessary and beneficial to your health.

Illnesses such as coronary heart disease and the prevalence of dangerous belly fat are increasingly being found to be caused by a number of factors inherent in our modern diet, including the excess consumption of vegetable oil and hydrogenated fat, too many refined carbohydrates in the form of sugar and white flour, vitamin and mineral deficiencies, particularly heart-protective magnesium and iodine, and not getting enough antioxidants, which protect your tissues from free radical damage.

Antimicrobial fats, such as the saturated fats of tropical oils rich in lauric acid, like coconut oil, once protected us from the viruses and bacteria that have been associated with the onset of pathogenic plaque that leads to coronary heart disease. These fats have all but disappeared from the food supply due to people's unwarranted fear of all saturated fats.
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Answer 2

sorry, I got this off of a website to help..!

Answer 3

Haha that's ok. Thank you! :D

Answer 4

ohh...and ur welcome btw (I just now saw ur message..lool..!