You are what you eat.
Why do we eat? You need food for energy to supply your body with fuel for your day to day activities. Your body is constantly breaking down and replacing worn out cells and you need quality "building blocks" for tissue replacement.
You also need good quality vitamins and minerals which are essential for proper functioning of your body.
You also eat for pleasure, sensory receptors on your tongue convey messages to the brain so that you know if you like the food you are eating. Eating is meant to be a pleasurable experience, which is just as well as it is necessary for you to eat in order to stay alive and healthy.
In order to make sure that your body is supplied with all of the nutrients it needs for energy and tissue replacement, it is essential that you eat a balanced diet.
Diet don’t work
There are many fad diets which come and go into fashion. There are high protein, no carbohydrates, low fat, cabbage, chicken soup and fruit diets to name but a few. The usual aim with these diets is to lose weight quickly but they are not a long term healthy diet.
A high protein diet followed for a long period can lead to bone deterioration and kidney problems. A low fat diet may interfere with hormone health, brain function and your mood. Diets which promise that you will lose five pounds in five days are misleading. When you go on a diet you eat less food than your body needs. This causes your body to release glycogen for energy.
Glycogen is stored in a water base in your lean muscle tissue and liver. In effect when you lose weight in the early days of a diet you are simply losing water, you are not losing body fat.
