Have you ever stopped to consider how you prepare your food? Or why we eat, at all? Nutrition isn’t just a fancy word for dieters – it’s what we engage with when we plan a meal, prepare it, and then eat it! It’s what we do when we choose one type of sandwich bread over another.<\/p>\n
Here’s why nutrition is more important than you might have thought.<\/p>\n
1. Food fuels you Even reading this article requires your muscles (and your brain) to work – something that’s impossible without food to fuel it!<\/p>\n 2. You are what you eat<\/strong><\/p>\n If you eat chips, sweets, cakes and take-aways every day then it won’t be long before your body starts to resemble your diet: Greasy, dirty and sluggish.<\/p>\n When you understand food – and more importantly, what the different foods do for your body – you can start to make the right choices about what to eat (and how much of it to eat, too).<\/p>\n When you get this right, your body becomes the pristine machine it should be!<\/p>\n
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\nYou can’t survive without food. Your body requires the calories, nutrients, vitamins and minerals you get from food in order to function.<\/p>\n