Why We Need Nutrients? Healthy Living-Part 1

Eating healthfully is one of the most important steps you can take to ensuring that you live a long, healthy life. You could find healthy eating better for your budget once you get the ideas about what to eat. Before we start planning our diet, let us find out what nutrients do we need in order to stay healthy. There are certain things that our body needs to function properly, whether you get them in a vitamin or a supplement or get them from food.

1. Vitamins-Vitamins are essential for the normal growth and development of a multicellular organism. It requires certain vitamins and minerals to be present to keep all the systems in the body running properly..

2. Minerals-Some sources state that sixteen minerals are required to support human biochemical processes which helps your body digest food and keep your metabolism running properly. Without the right minerals you won?t be able to process food effectively in order to get the vitamins that the body needs.

3. Amino Acids-Amino acids are critical to life, and have a variety of roles in metabolism. One particularly important function is as the building blocks of proteins, which are linear chains of amino acids. Amino acids are also important in many other biological molecules. Due to this central role in biochemistry, amino acids are very important in nutrition.

4. Fat-Even though fat is vilified as the source of obesity human beings need fat in their diets. Fat is stored in the body for energy. Fat also keeps the brain functioning well and helps protect the body from damage and temperature changes. Vitamins A, D, E, and K are fat-soluble, meaning they can only be digested, absorbed, and transported in conjunction with fats. Fats are also sources of essential fatty acids, an important dietary requirement.

5. Protein-The best-known role of proteins in the cell is as enzymes. Enzymes carry out most of the reactions involved in metabolism, as well as manipulating DNA in processes such as DNA replication, DNA repair, and transcription.

6. Carbohydrates-Carbs give you energy, and without them you will soon find yourself unable to do even simple tasks, even though some weight loss plans promote the idea that you don?t need carbohydrates. In order to have the energy that you need to get yourself out of bed each day and function in the world you need to eat at least a minimal amount of carbs everyday.

By learning the 6 essential nutrients to properly fueling our body, in part 2 we are going to find some basic food ideas for eating healthy, living healthy, and even saving money.

Haiyan Lai-Heskin has been a nurse for 17 years. She has been writing Health, Wellness and Fitness articles for many years. Her website Healthy Living Guide has varieties of health related articles advocate people to have a healthy lifestyle. Try the part of Secrets Of Celebrity Diets to help your weight loss and exercise program.