Nutrient Dense Diet

Did you know that what you eat directly impacts how well your body functions? Eating a well-balanced, nutrient-dense diet is vital to giving you the energy to go about daily life. Nutrients found in Whole Foods are needed for your body to grow and develop optimally. Eating a variety of whole foods can help you balance good health and hormones and prevent or reduce diet-related illnesses. Food is more than fuel or energy for your body. Every bite you choose to take sends a message to your cells. Nourishing food contains macronutrients, micronutrients, vitamins, and minerals. Without them, your body would break down. “When you miss key vitamins and minerals, your body doesn’t work properly. You feel rotten. And you get sick.” (Berardi, St.Pierre, & Scott-Dixon, 2021) Unfortunately, the modern diet over the years has changed dramatically. The first human diets were nutrient-dense, minimally processed, and came 100% from the earth. According to the NTA’s Evolution of the Modern Diet Student Guide, “living this way, societies were largely free from many of the chronic diseases that are widespread today, including obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.” (NTA 2020) Today’s challenges can be overwhelming, especially when trying to sort through all the information thrown at you. Women, especially, can become obsessed with trying to be a perfect size or hit a specific number on the scale rather than aiming to achieve optimal health. You can achieve overall health by applying six foundations that heavily rely on each other to support the proper function of your body. The foundations are; diet, digestion, blood sugar regulation, fatty acids, mineral balance, and hydration. If any one of these foundations becomes unbalanced, your body cannot function optimally.