my mother raised me with this very specific and distinct rule on food she said your grandmother won't recognize it you should probably be careful if you eat it straight like that nutritional science basics listen up class I've got a few things to tell the body you're living in is made of trillions of cells how we live includes how we treat ourselves if our goal is physical wealth we must be conscious of our health there are four worldly things that every cell needs energy nutrients water and oxygen to breathe the junk looks good but we know
we shouldn't buy it eating right is the best way to maintain a healthy diet water is important this fact is legit seventy percent of your body is made up of it water helps pass on nutrients to cells and helps bodily waste the expelled three main nutrients in food carbohydrates proteins and those fats immediate energy from sugars carbohydrates are made of that carbs are in everything veggies milk bread and fruit there are good ones called complex and the bad ones called Simple simple carbs taste sweeter but are not the best found in goodies like candy and
cake so we have to be careful on how much we intake complex carbs are a much healthier deal found in whole grain bread vegetables and oatmeal for proper functioning of cells we have protein our main sources include animal products nuts and beans they are extremely important for our bodily needs aiding and growing bones muscles hair and nails and the healthy functioning of our immune system and blood is entailed there are healthy fats in foods like avocados milk and nuts the fats and processed in fried food are not good for us the fat molecules we take
in store energy long term and help the brain skin and other organs remain firm calories are the measure of energy of food contains they are basically the fuel that help our bodies maintain if we eat more calories than we burn off in a day they are turned into body fat and that weight will stay empty calories found in sweets like soft drinks and Candy give us energy but for nutrients don't come in handy processed food brings healthy eating to a home with high amounts of unhealthy sugars fats and salts they're also full of chemicals and
preservatives which no human needs to live having known and unknown effects on us there are so many foods that we cannot trust we should read nutrition labels to make sure the foods we eat are safe they tell us the nutrients and ingredients for allergies just in case things to avoid the artificial high calorie saturated and trans fat if the label says those you must stay away from that we can learn proper portions by checking serving size it's the little things that help Keep Us Alive [Music]
