Category: Diet News
In Biomanantial we keep you informed about nutrition and food with the latest news from the sector. Nutrition News recognizes Nutrition as a science that is based on knowledge about food and nutrition issues for the proper functioning of our body. There is a wide variety of foods that provide us with the nutrients necessary for our daily performance and a healthy life, they are responsible for nutrition.
Nutrition
Every day our body permanently consumes energy that we obtain from the consumption of food, our main source of energy comes from carbohydrates.
Each person has different nutritional needs, and these are related to age, weight, gender, texture, physical activity, etc. which is why nutritionists elaborate individual diets for each case.
Energy is measured in calories and is obtained from food and fat reserves of the body, produced by energy not consumed.
Nutrients
Proteins: They are essential for muscle and tissue development.
Fats: They allow us to protect our internal organs and protect us from the external temperature.
Carbohydrates: They are the main source of energy that allows us to perform our daily activities.
Minerals: They are the inorganic elements necessary for the normal functioning of the body.
Vitamins: Their role is fundamental in the chemical processes of the body, they protect us from diseases.
Water: Essential element for life.
Fiber: It is not digestible, it is present in fruits, vegetables and cereals, it facilitates intestinal transit.
Food problems
Undoubtedly the main food problem is malnutrition. The term includes a series of conditions that vary from a mild to a severe situation. Protein-energy malnutrition is a very serious problem in children in developing countries, and occurs in most countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, where a large part of the child population does not consume enough food to meet your energy and nutrient needs, which is reflected in low growth.
Other problems related to nutrition, which also affect a large part of the human population, especially from developed countries and all age groups, are overweight and obesity. Other related problems are anorexia, bulimia, the misuse of diets and dietary supplements.