Nutrition: You Are What You Eat

Nutrition
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The body is made up of some components and processes, so intricately sewed together and interrelated in such a way that a slight adjustment on one of these aspects has a drastic impact on the other. It's what builds the concept of homeostasis in physiology. However, the outside appearance and functioning of the body are heavily dependent on the micro and nano-nutrients that are ingested. This is essentially what the statement ‘You are what you eat,' means. In other terms, the kind of foods that an individual eats, play a huge role in determining one's current and future health.
Food is a basic requirement for the sustenance of life. Human beings need food for the various body metabolic processes .Vitamins, carbohydrates, fats, proteins and roughages are required by the body in specific amounts. An excess of either results in a...