Nutrition is the study of how food and drink affects our bodies with regards to taking the essential nutrients that are necessary to support human health.
When our nutrition is poor, it can lead to a lack of energy, digestive problems, food allergies, weight gain, depression and anxiety as well as many of today’s most prevalent chronic diseases like coronary heart disease, and cancer. Having nutritional knowledge is of vital importance as it helps us to make informed choices about the foods we should eat, which can help us to achieve and maintain optimum health over our lifetime.
The increase in both eating disorders and obesity dramatically demonstrate that diet is not just about giving your body sustenance. Nourishing yourself engages every aspect of your being—physical, social, emotional, mental, and spiritual. When any of these aspects are unbalanced, eating behaviors can suffer.
Nutrition is also about why we choose to eat the foods we do, even when we know they may not be good for us. What is going on at a cellular level in our bodies determines the kind of food we crave and as a result sets up food cycles that may be unhealthy or even damaging for our bodies. Nutritionists advise people on what to eat and how to modify their diet so they can maintain or restore optimal health or help relieve ill health and combat disease because of this our clients are always advised to seek the help of them before embarking on nutritional coaching.
A nutritional coach is your accountability partner keeping you motivated to follow through with your nutritional plans.
Nutrition also involves our relationships with our family, friends, the community, the environment, and the world. We need to make conscious decisions about what and how we eat so as to maintain not only our own health and wellbeing, but the health of those of our loved ones.