Usually, we hear that a balanced diet consists of all food groups. While that is true, volume, combination, ratio, concentration, and variety play their part in establishing dietary balance. For example, is the scale balance simply because both sides have sticks and stones? In like manner, two parts of hydrogen and one part of oxygen makes up water (H2O) every time, chemical reactions in our bodies require a wide range of nutrients in specific proportions to produce enzymes, and build tissues. For instance, our bodies do not make protein if an amino acid is missing. At the same time, amino acids will not sit waiting for other amino acids to turn up no matter how long it takes. There is a limited time before the body starts to break down those amino acids to produce energy and eliminate unwanted by-products.
Eating balance must yield good health. This is logically so because, with a balanced diet, your body gets adequate amounts of all essential nutrients to produce enzymes, effect necessary repairs of damaged cells, and reproduce new healthy cells to replace dead ones. It follows then that the fundamentals of obtaining and maintaining good health involve eating a wide variety of foods every day in the right proportion. It also means ensuring that the diet always includes the four primary nutrients, water carbohydrates, proteins, and fats in adequate volume. Additionally, getting sufficient exercise and direct exposure to sunlight is also essential. Equally important is, knowing the correct proportion and kinds of foods to eat.
DAILY MEAL PROPORTION
No two persons are exactly alike in any way. Hence resorting to preset amounts of food will not work for everyone. There are vast differences in dietary needs, based on gender, activity, ethnic background, race, age, metabolism, body mass and so forth. These differences make it challenging to identify a calorie figure that will fit everyone and not result in deficiencies, muscle wasting, dizziness and the like, in some people. Eating full meals divided into a specific ratio is better for a broad spectrum of foods and nutrients and water plays a vital role for nutrient absorption and utilization.
Conforming to a nutritional guideline is vital for good health. This guideline focuses on full meal proportions with all primary nutrients in ratio rather than set amounts of one figure fits all. Meal proportions and average water requirement are explained in more details in the books, "Nutrition That Keeps You Alive" and "Diet For Diabetics And The Weight Conscious"(Books for sale). Adhering to this method involves eating a broad spectrum of foods in proper balance in each full volume meal to utilizing all the available minerals, fatty acids, and amino acids needed for proper body function, tissue, muscle, and bone synthesis.
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Water-soluble vitamins are essential in all meals. Desert is the best meal addition to include these vitamins combined with other nutrients for efficient digestion, absorption and utilization of meals. The dessert content should be considered as a portion of a whole meal and add to its balance and ease of digestion and vitamin K production. This is explained in more details in the book "Nutrition That Keeps You Alive".
Each individual is different and requires different amounts of food to supply adequate volumes of all nutrients for repairs and energy for health maintenance. So how do you avoid over-eating? Trust your stomach to indicate; it is time to stop. It is crucial to have your stomach filled at each meal. At the same time, you will want to avoid overeating. As soon as you are feeling full, you stop eating. If you find yourself eating frequently, it is an indication that you are not getting enough of one or more essential nutrients. Nutrition That Keeps You Alive explains how to address this issue. Juices and mammalian milk are vital for easier absorption of and adding adequate essential nutrients to the diet. There are specific amounts of each category of fluids you need to maintain a robust and dense structure even in older years when your body becomes less efficient. The books Caring Your Bones Today for the Future and Nutrition That Keeps You Alive explains further. To ensure getting a full volume of essential nutrients, include a complete food supplement. You will also find useful information in the book, "Diet For Diabetics And The Weight Conscious".
You might be saying its all well and good for me to be saying what I just said, but the affordability is not there. Well, can you afford to become ill? If you can afford to buy meats, you can afford to eat well. Meats are the most expensive portion of your meals and makes up a small portion. Let the books Nutrition That Keeps You Alive and Caring Your Bones Today for the Future suggest how you can eat well and economically.
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