How Important is Your Nutritional Status to Your Health?

This is the term which is used to describe how good your health is in relation to your everyday diet. For instance people who do not eat regularly due to lifestyle or circumstances do not get the essential nutrients and vitamins needed for a good balanced healthy lifestyle.

The lowest nutritional status you could have is malnutrition this means essentially that your body is deficient in a specific vitamin such as vitamin C (as the body does not store vitamin c) or it could derive from a medical condition, for instance Alcoholics often come across as malnourished as alcohol is a natural depressant for appetite and breaks down the body's metabolism so it can not deal with the nutrients in the correct way thus giving the body a very negative nutritional status.

In this modern age thankfully if you are concerned about your own levels of nutrition there are signs your doctor can look our for and even some that you can see. (if you know the tell-tale signs)

Firstly you should review your medical record to see whether you have any conditions that may make it hard for you to absorb nutrients easily such as dentures as you may need additional supplements to compensate for this.

Ask your GP to examine you for signs of nutritional deficiency such as poor posture which could be a sign of a lack of calcium to you bones in your spine. Dull hair and eyes which would be down to a lack of essential vitamins in your system.

You could also ask your GP to conduct a blood test to determine malnutrition and a lack of red blood cells which could mean you have anemia which would mean your system is lacking in iron, your GP would then either put you on a course of iron tablets or a series of iron injections. (you have to have these administered daily for up to 10-14 days which can be painful)

The human body is built from what you eat, so yes you really are what you eat! It is made up from the nutrients it obtains from food, water, carbs, protein, fat, vitamins and minerals. The body is made up of 60% water, 20% fat and the remaining 20% from muscle (mainly derived from protein) carbs, vitamins and minerals.

Throughout your adult life your main aim should be to maintain a balance between a healthy regular diet consisting of the right mix of proteins, carbs, fat and vitamins. This is the key to your ideal nutritional status.

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