Nutrition

The Basics

Food can be so delicious. That is not a bad thing. Everyone loves a great bite of scrumptious yumminess. We also understand that the food we eat provides the fuel our minds and bodies operate on. For our best health, we must balance our intake utilizing the extensive research and experience that has been gathered.

Performance Nutrition 101 is a brief article which presents basic nutritional information provided by dotFIT, an organization whose chief focus is understanding research on nutrition as it relates to athletic performance.

Also the Dietary Guidelines published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) draw on a wealth of information to provide a framework for healthy eating.

Most Americans are not consistently making educated food choices that lead to healthier lives. The following chart shows scores for adherence to the Dietary Guidelines with maximum possible score being 100.

Umm, I hope these are graded on a curve. Otherwise we're getting D's and F's.

A few items of significance observed from the research are noted below:

How can we do better?

The USDA offers 4 guidelines to start with:

As important as this is, given the influence it has on our health, we recommend that you really dig in to the details. First, gather the knowledge. You cannot change what you don't understand. Next, put it to use in your life. Making better choices will unlock the benefits to live your best life. To get started, check out:

You may also want to see how supplementation can aid in the process of achieving your nutrition goals.