Application of Nutrition Principles

Application of Nutrition Principles
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Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
Reflective journal is designed to help one think deeply about learning process, especially on issues such as: the strategies you have taken to get around those difficulties, your progress in learning, the difficulties you encountered in the process of learning and your evaluation of your own performance
Reflective; throughout my process of learning the principles of nutrition its evident that it provide us with the basic concepts of nutrients in the food we eat and the metabolic functions of these nutrients. Applying the principles of nutrition will act as a guide to a healthy life with no nutritional related sickness or diseases. I reflectively learned that nutrition principles definitely help us to make better health decisions.
After the reading I came up with principles of nutrition. Is eating when one hungry and eating when not hungry, nutritiously? Whatever is good for the cells is good for your body, fresh whole foods are medicine to the body, substitution is better than elimination, moderation and food variety is better for your health, plant based nutrients are much better than animal based nutrients.
In order to live healthy, I clearly understand the relationship between nutrition and diet. Nutrients comprise of macronutrients (proteins, carbohydrates, and fats) which are required in large amounts and micronutrients (minerals and vitamins) required in relatively small amounts. Water also forms an essential basic element required by our bodies, it is required in all body functions.
In order t...