Nutrition Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated

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Balanced nutrition affects everything from weight to energy level to mood to risk of disease. If you do not consume enough vitamins and minerals, or if you eat too many calories or too much fat or carbohydrates, you put yourself at risk of throwing your body’s systems off balance. To make things even more complicated, different people have different nutritional needs based on genetics, hormones, and activity level. This variance can severely impede your ability to give your body what it wants and needs, especially when restaurants and grocery stores are not exactly helpful. Foods touted as healthy may be overly processed or contain too much fat, sodium, or sweeteners. Restaurant food is often rich and heavy on the fats and salt, and the product labels at your local grocery store can be confusing or misleading. So how do you navigate a world of healthy-eating land mines? Read more…

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