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What Is Nutrition

Nutrition means getting the right amount of nutrients from healthy foods in the right combinations.

Nutrition is health, and health is freedom. Being healthy not only makes us feel great, it enables us to enjoy life to our fullest potential, and to achieve our dreams.

Many of us choose our food and we don’t really eat a balance diet.

Poor diet can have a serious impact on health, and rob you of your freedom.

We will provide you with simple explanations on how to stay healthy. Nutrition is about choices.

Good health is defined as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being — a healthy mind, body, and spirit

What Are Nutraceuticals?

Definition of a Nutraceutical:

"Food, or parts of food, that provide medical or health benefits, including the prevention and treatment of disease."

The term "nutraceutical" was coined from "nutrition" and "pharmaceutical" in 1989 by Stephen DeFelice, MD, founder and chairman of the Foundation for Innovation in Medicine (FIM), Cranford, NJ. According to DeFelice, 'A nutraceutical is any substance that is a food or a part of a food and provides medical or health benefits, including the prevention and treatment of disease. Such products may range from isolated nutrients, dietary supplements and specific diets to genetically engineered designer foods, herbal products, and processed foods such as cereals, soups and beverages. In the United States the term nutraceutical is commonly used in marketing has no regulatory definition.

Since the term was coined by Dr. De Felice, its meaning has been modified by Health Canada which defines nutraceutical as: a product isolated or purified from foods, and generally sold in medicinal forms not usually associated with food and demonstrated to have a physiological benefit or provide protection against chronic disease.

Examples: beta-carotene, lycopene

The definition of nutraceutical that appears in the latest edition of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary is as follows: The word nu·tra·ceu·ti·cal Pronunciation: "nü-tri-'sü-ti-k&l Function: noun Etymology: nutritive + pharmaceutical: a foodstuff (as a fortified food or dietary supplement) that provides health benefits.

Source from ANA

Who needs supplements?

Elderly who are not able to eat enough food or can't get out in the sun.

Strict vegan or vegetarian.

Unable to can't consume dairy products or allergic or sensitive to other foods.

Pregnant, breast-feeding or child-bearing age and trying to get pregnant without success.

People with digestive tract disease or have had surgery.

Heavy smoker or drinker.

Taken certain medications over a long period of time.