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A balanced and healthy diet is very important to look and feel good about one’s self. With the vast amounts of junk food we consume every day, it is little surprise that we miss out on the most essential and vital nutrients necessary to stay healthy. It is important to eat healthy food to stay healthy. To eat healthy food it is necessary to understand nutrition. There are many things that come under nutrition. One important deficiency is that of proteins and essential fats. If proteins and essential fats are not consumed in the right amounts then it can lead to some problems. Nutrition tips are very important to eat healthy.

A protein deficiency leads to depression and acute tiredness.  Depression, along with fatigue, hormonal imbalance and an irritable bowel syndrome can result from a protein and essential fats deficiency. Protein is inadequate in quite a few diets today. The human  body is primarily made from proteins. All the cells and enzymes, the immune system, and connective tissues are protein-based. Regina had very weak connective tissues, was producing inadequate digestive enzymes and had immune system imbalance. A low protein diet leads to many mineral deficiencies.

Protein also stimulates the stomach to produce hydrochloric acid. This is used to break down food and enables minerals to be extracted from the food, which are used by the body. Eating adequate protein plus fat is very important it slows the emptying of the stomach which permits all the sugars from various carbohydrate foods to enter into the bloodstream more slowly.

Healthy food should also contain all the essential fatty acids, which are very important in the human body structure. This is because they contribute to the matrix of the many tissues in the body and the cell walls. They also contribute to the nerve coverings. A diet should be rich in essential fatty acids. As the name implies, these fats are essential. They cannot be made by the body and the only way they can be got by the body is if they have been eaten in some form of food. The best and largest sources are oily fish, nuts and seeds and their oils.

If fish is eaten infrequently and nuts and seeds are also not eaten because of fears of gaining weight, then the body is deprived of these very essential fats. All nutrition tips suggest including essential fats in regular diet. Consuming oils which are very refined and heated, bleached and hydrogenated, destroys the essential fatty acids. These fats are without any vitamins because of the heat used in the processing which destroys them. The lack of vital fatty acids leads to depression, hormonal problems and eczema.

Balanced nutrition suggests eliminating sugar, coffee, tea, alcohol, wheat and dairy. Processed foods, precooked meals, fast food, and junk food should be reduced or preferably, eliminated. A high quality diet of high fibre, adequate protein and essential fatty acids can make a big difference to blood sugar levels