Before you start controlling your diet, you must know what are for. Example if you had muscle aches and stops taking Proteins; is like walking on stony ground without any shoes on.
Let’s read on some of the 6 main essential ones with short description:
Water: Control body temperatures, digestions, transport nutrients & wastes in cell level.
Found in: Water (LOL!), fruits.
Remarks: Your body is around forty to sixty percent of water.
Carbohydrates: Main function as “body fuel”. Plays major roles in the working process of the immune system, fertilization, pathogenesis, blood clotting, energy storage development.
Found in: Rice, Bread, Noodles, Beans, Potatoes, Cereals, Sugar
Remarks: Carbohydrates are not essential nutrients in humans: the body can obtain all its energy from protein and fats. Carbohydrate obtained from fruit juice is very much healthier.
Proteins: Build, maintain and repair all your body's tissue, such as muscles, organs, skin and hair.
Found in: Primarily in Meat as well as most dairy products such as Milk, Tofu
Remarks: Protein can also be used as energy by your body, but this usually only happens when carbohydrate and fat stores are in short supply.
Fats: For absorption of vitamins. Maintains healthy skin and hair, insulating body organs against shock, maintaining body temperature, and promoting healthy cell function. It becomes Carbohydrate when stored.
Found in: Meat and many dairy products.
Remarks: Although it can store, it unhealthy to stop them completely. Goods one like Omega-3 is healthy. Most of the fats are ok to be taken moderately except for Trans fat.
Vitamins: Biochemical functions; Cellular and tissue growth.
Found in: Fruits and Vegetables (Especially the greenly ones)
Remarks: Is a must to take them. Most of them need WATER and FATS to work in the body.
Minerals: Healthy bones, appearance, growth, appetite.
Found in: Milk and dairy products (Calcium), Salt, meat, vegetables, everywhere…
Remarks: Calcium is found in dairy products. The rest can be found everywhere else.
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Now after understanding the use of the entire body’s essentials, let’s look at what if you taken a recommend complete balance diet verses its effects on the appearance of the body:
Water: Healthier Skin
Carbohydrates: Burns up and stores as easily. Protein can be its alternative.
Proteins: Needed and used muscles. Main energy source in absence of Carbohydrates.
Fats: Helps to produce healthier skin and hair. Stores easily on presence of high carbo.
Vitamins: Healthier Skin
Minerals: Healthy Skin and bones