Our nutritional requirements depend upon our genetic inheritance and the environment in which we live – what we digest and absorb through our digestive system, skin, and in the air. This can either work to balance all the body’s systems or put them in a state of imbalance.
Overall stress in the modern world is steadily increasing from longer working hours, pollution, and the food we eat, causing free radical damage to our cells which is recognised as a common cause of disease.
Our requirement for good food is higher than ever in order that we can maintain, repair, digest and absorb all the nutrients we need, along with fighting off disease. At the same time our quality of food has decreased, moving away from fresh organic produce to processed packaged and preserved foods that have a lower nutritional value, lack essential minerals and vitamins, and rob vitamins and minerals from the body in order to absorb them.
As I mentioned earlier, we each are biochemically individual and as such require differing mixtures of macro and micro nutrients to operate as we are intended. William Wolcott in his book ‘The metabolic typing diet’ identifies three main categories: carbohydrate; protein; or mixed type – all with differing mixes of carbohydrate, protein, or fat, and micronutrients. This forms the base for a diet that will help balance the body systems, but requires fine-tuning in order to meet everyone’s uniqueness.
Tune into the last part of the nutrition connection, next week to find out how and what you can do to help yourself.
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