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A good, well balanced, nutritious diet can enhance an athlete’s performance; providing them with the vitamins and minerals needed to aid with muscle growth and repair. Therefore, when considering personal training, a course in nutrition is vital. Through the right one, you will learn every detail required for sportsmen to…

Healthy Food For People Suffering From Diabetes

Trying to determine the best foods to eat when you are suffering from diabetes can be challenging. This being said, if you have diabetes you’re not doomed to a life of boring food. A diabetic patient can also eat tasty, colourful and healthy food. Just take a little bit of…

What are the essential nutrients?

The term ‘nutrient’ refers to anything that offers nourishment which is crucial for growth as well as maintaining life. If we talk about ‘essential nutrients’, we’re referring to compounds that the body is unable to make or make in adequate quantities. According to the World Health Organization, essential nutrients must…

How to keep your nutrition in check over the festive season

It’s that time of year again, when Christmas decorations started going up in the shopping centres (even though it’s only October) and people start thinking about their office year-end functions and winding down towards the end of the year. Because we’re tired after a long and stressful year, we tend…

How should you be doing your meal prep?

The concept of ‘meal prepping’ looks at preparing whole meals or dishes ahead of time. Prepping meals is particularly popular among busy people as this process can save a lot of time. Having meals, on hand, which are already prepared can, in addition, reduce portion size as well as assist…

What is good nutrition all about?

The term ‘nutrition’ refers to the supply of food materials that are required by organisms as well as cells in order to stay alive. In science as well as in human medicine, ‘nutrition’ refers to the science or practice of consuming and utilising foods. In hospital environments, ‘nutrition’ may encompass…

Why study a nutrition course?

Since before we can recall, people have been trying to change their bodies: People try to lose weight, People try to put on weight. There have been many fad diets which claim to help people do this. However, the problem with these is that although they may work for a…

What is nutrition?

The term ‘nutrition’ refers to how nutrients and other substances in food interact and have an effect on the following processes in the body: Maintenance, Growth, Reproduction, health, as well as disease Nutrition includes: Intake of food, Absorption, Assimilation, Biosynthesis, Catabolism, and Excretion. An person’s diet refers to what they…

What is Vitamin K?

The term ‘vitamin K’ refers to a collection of fat-soluble vitamins that perform a function in blood clotting, bone metabolism as well as regulating blood calcium levels. The body requires vitamin K in order to produce prothrombin (which is a protein) as well as a clotting factor which is significant…

What is the big deal about vitamin E?

Vitamin E is fat soluble and has antioxidant properties. Antioxidants are responsible for fighting free radicals. These are electrons that have separated from an atom. Free radicals have been connected with a wide range of health conditions such as cancer and premature ageing. Exposure to free radicals can also occur…

What is vitamin A?

‘Vitamin A’ is a blanket term for a collection of fat-soluble compounds which are extremely important for maintaining human health. This vitamin is essential for many processes in the body. These include: Preserving healthy vision, Safeguarding the proper functioning of your immune system and vital organs, and Assisting with the…

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What is a heart-healthy diet?

The term ‘cardiac diet’ describes a heart-healthy diet. This is an eating plan which dictates that you must eat plenty of nutrient-rich foods such as: Fruits and veggies, Whole grains, Lean poultry, and Fish A heart-healthy diet also means avoiding saturated fats, trans fats in addition to excess sodium as…

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