Nutrition - The Three Phase Process That Keeps Us Going

Nutrition: the consumption of food and other nourishing material by the body. It is an amazing 3 phase process that keeps our bodies going from day to day.

Phase I - Consumption of Food and Drink
We have all heard the saying: "You are what you eat", well that cannot be truer. This is were it all starts, the beginning of nutrition for the body and why it is so important to consume the right food stuff.

Some of us are vegetarian, some vegan and some eat anything that is presented to them, but what matters is that what we consume is grown and prepared the right way and, off course, consumed in the correct quantities.

There are a myriad of diets, eating plans and diet pills on the market the help people loose weight and live a healthy life, but none of these will work if there is no passion to adhere to what is taught to you. You will not consume the correct amount of nutrients and will jump to the next diet / eating program / pill. The only way to get proper results is to make a conscious decision to live a healthy life through proper nutrition.

Phase II - The Body Breaks down Food and Drink into Nutrients
Once the correct nutrition is consumed and enters the body our fantastic machine goes to work to get the best out of the nutrition that was offered. The better the nutrition the easier it is to break it down into nutrients. The easier the breakdown quicker the body can get o Phase III and that is when we start feeling healthy, energetic and ready to take on every day with meaning.

This phase can only work properly when the nutrition we consume is of good quality, if not this phase will not work properly and we will be stuck excess waste that will materialize around the body and effect our daily lives negatively.

Phase III - The Nutrients Travel through the Body
This is were it all get exciting. Once everything is broken down into nutrients the body takes the nutrients and transfers it everywhere in the body via the blood stream. The nutrients then get used as fuel that keeps our body going daily. The more fuel our bodies contain, the more energy we have for everyday challenges.

It is then quite obvious that to give the body proper nutrition, a person has to eat and drink enough of the foods that contain key nutrients. NO special diets / eating programs / pills are necessary for this, just some common sense and a true will and passion to except yourself as a healthy person.

Nico Smit is the founder of http://www.ahealthylivinglifestyle.com and passionate about all things concerning health, from food to the environment.