Health, Diet and Weight Loss – Understanding Our Body System

Health, Diet and Weight Loss – Understanding Our Body System

by Diane Hoffmann, certified nutritional consultant

The human body is a complex organism with the ability to heal itself — if only we’d listen to it and respond with proper care and nourishment. If we have respect for our bodies, diet will be easy. Understanding the nine main divisions of our body will help to discuss our needs with out health professional.

Respecting this fearfully and wonderfully made body system is key to realize the importance of diet and health. Even the smallest elements going into our body play a critical role in its proper function of health and well-being.

The body is composed of millions of cells that work like tiny engines. These work either synergistically or independently. To work properly these cells need specific types of fuel or nourishment. Like engines, if they are not given proper fuel and oil they cannot work properly – it’s as simple as that.

These fuel and oil called nutrients come from within the healthy foods we eat. These nutrients are basically vitamins, minerals, enzymes, water, amino acids, carbohydrates and fats. All of these are vital for the body to carry on its daily functions. The functions of these nutrients take place on a microscopic level. That’s why every bit of healthy foods and supplements given to our body affects the system critically.

To give you an idea, a cup of coffee has approximately 375 mg of caffeine. When a doctor gives you a medication, check and see what milligram of ‘whatever’ it contains. Often these may be only 5 mg. If only 5 mg of some medication is enough to make a difference, imagine what coffee does at 375 mg 2, 3 and 4 times a day!

The specific processes of these nutrients differ greatly and are involved from fighting infections to repairing tissues and nourishing even our brain function and thinking. If we do not give our body the proper nutrients, the normal functions are impaired. And we all know that this generation is lacking a major portion of these. That’s why we have so many sick people around and obese. There may even be no signs of illness or disease for a long time before we begin to notice symptoms. It is our responsibility to find out if we are eating right — most people in our society do not!

Right off, one of the most common problems is the cooking and processing of our foods. We cook and process nutrients right out of our foods before they even get into our mouths. The next thing is the organic raw foods supplying these basic elements are largely missing from today’s diet, because of the constant attacks from environment pollutants, food additives, pesticides, drugs, air pollution, chemicals and now, increasingly, genetically altered foods. All these destroy the needed nutrients from our foods and our bodies.

If we want to be and stay healthy, we must increasingly take conscious control of the food intake in the form of good choices of foods and supplements in order to overcome these pollutants. And to do this, it helps to know where our bodies might be affected.

The body is divided into nine main basic systems: 1. The Immune system. 2. The Circulatory system. 3. The Digestive system. 4. The Intestinal system. 5. The Nervous system. 6. The Respiratory. 7. The Urinary. 8. The Glandular.. 9. The Structural system. Each of these systems receives the benefit of certain key supplemental products. For more on each of these main divisions of the body click here.

For example the Digestive system’s key requirements and supplements are enzymes. If we eat our foods mostly over-cooked and over-processed, they are depleted of needed enzymes. Enzymes are found mostly in fresh, raw vegetables. The Intestinal system requires also a healthy bacterial environment and good amounts of fibre which are found respectively in acidophilus, yogurt, raw vegetables and fruits, etc.

So in order to get the right foods and supplements for specific problem areas, it helps to understand that not all foods and supplements are the same for all over the body. Being aware of this will help you to discuss your needs with your health professional in order to put your money in the right places. If we have respect for our bodies, diet will be easy./dmh

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Diane M. Hoffmann is a certified nutritional consultant and an entrepreneur of offline and online businesses. Diane offers this web site on health and stress management for business people who need to keep healthy and strong in order to run their businesses.

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