"You Are What You Eat"
- Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
​Your food choices each day affect your health — how you feel today, tomorrow, and in the future.
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Food gives our bodies the ‘information’ and materials needed to function properly. If we don't get the right information, our metabolic processes suffer and our health declines.
If we get too much food, or food that gives our bodies the wrong instructions, we can become overweight, undernourished, and at risk for the development of chronic disease.
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Understanding that in each minute of every day about 300 million cells die in our body is a good reason to eat with purpose. Choosing a variety of fresh, nutrient dense foods are essential for the growth, development and maintenance of our body functions which all start at the cellular level.
The command center, your brain, is composed of 25 billion cells and contains the highest levels of innate intelligence found on the planet. Without thinking, the brain regulates your breathing, sends proper directions to muscles and nervous system, keeps body temperature steady and keeps all other organs operating exactly right. WOW!
Your heart beats 100,000 times every single day for decades, pumping blood through 96,000 miles of arteries. Your digestive system transforms the food you eat to bone, tissue, blood, teeth and muscle at the rate of 7 million new cells every second.
I wonder - are there some things we should do to help take care of this miraculous thing called our 'BODY'?
What we eat is central to our health! Food acts as medicine - to maintain, prevent and treat disease. The nutrients in food enable our cells to perform their necessary functions. "Nutrients are the nourishing substances in food that are essential for the growth, development and maintenance of body functions. When nutrient intake does not regularly meet the nutrient needs of our cell activity, the metabolic process slow down or even stop." - (Perspectives in Nutrition, Wardlow and Insel​)
Healthy living is an adventure. An adventure of discovering energy and vitality, of sleeping better and waking up refreshed. It's an adventure of having your body look different, feel better and perform at a higher level. How does this happen?
Even the most careful eaters can benefit from a daily multi-vitamin. Even among those who try their best to meet their daily nutrient demands through their diet, it can be a challenge to hit every nutrient target every single day.
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And while it’s true that a carefully planned, well-balanced diet can provide your body with all that it needs, it just isn’t always possible to eat perfectly every day. Busy lives often get in the way of meal planning and prep, and eating well isn’t easy when you’re eating on the run. That’s why a daily multivitamin is often seen as nutritional insurance and a convenient way to help make up for any nutrient shortfalls.
