Unhealthy eating habits have contributed to the obesity epidemic in the United States: about 1/2 of the U.S. adults 33.8% are obese and approximately 17% or 12.5 million of children and adolescents aged 2-19 years are obese. Even for people at a healthy weight a poor diet is associated with major health risks that can cause illness and even death.
These include heart disease hypertension high blood pressure type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis, and certain types of cancer. By making smart food choices you can help protect yourself from these health problems. The food we eat gives our bodies the “information” and materials they need to function properly. If we get the right information, our metabolic processes suffer and our health declines. The
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Functional medicine is a dynamic approach to assessing, preventing, and treating complex and chronic diseases using nutrition. This area of healthcare also conducts research on the role that nutrition plays in health. As we know that food and water is necessary to build up on our body and keep it healthy. Every good food and liquid contains some important nutrition like proteins, carbohydrates, fats, some vitamins, minerals and water. These all play different role to keep our body healthy and build new cells in our body. Protein helps our body to build muscles and strong immune system. Basically proteins are made up of long chain amino acids. There are 22 different types of amino acid in our body that builds new tissues and repairs all damaged cells in our body. It also helps in formation of hormones and enzymes which play a variety of roles in our body such as metabolism and sexual development. There are many types of protein that play different types of important role in our body. For example collagen is a protein and it gives strength, elasticity, and composition of our hair and skin. Some of the good protein sources are lentils, low-fat dairy products, tofu, nuts, seeds, peas, tempeh. Some common foods such as whole grain bread, potatoes, corn, and pasta