Do you have complete nutrition? The answer is probably no. Most people don’t get their daily allowance of minerals, vitamins, and amino acids.
The truth is that it’s okay to have a bad day, a day that doesn’t fulfill all of your daily needs. Chances are, if you’re careful about your health, you’ll make up for your deficits later in the week. The problem comes when the nutrition deficits are ongoing.
For example, if you never get enough vitamin B, you’re going to start experiencing some significant health problems. Yet if on a weekly basis you do get enough vitamin B, then your system will balance out. It’s important to know that many nutrients, not all, are stored in your body for a duration. And your body does make some vitamins, like vitamin D.
So complete nutrition doesn’t have to mean that you get 100% of every nutrient every day. What it does mean is that you do give your body the nutrients that it needs, and that is readily accomplished with a healthy diet. You don’t have to spend money on supplements.
There are a number of benefits to complete nutrition, including but not limited to:
1. Stronger Immune System
When you have complete nutrition, your body has what it needs to function optimally. That means that it can focus energy on your immune system. When foreign invaders like bacteria and viruses hit your body, and this happens on a daily basis, your immune system kicks into action and isolates and kills the invaders. If you don’t have complete nutrition, your body has to compensate for that lack. When it has to compensate, it’s weaker.
2. More Energy
You need a number of nutrients in your body for your metabolism to function well. Your metabolism is a complicated system of hormones, enzymes, and chemical reactions. It needs specific minerals and vitamins to manage different levels of the process.
For example, your thyroid is a gland that releases hormones that impact your metabolism. When this hormone is low, your metabolism slows down. You feel lethargic, you get sick more often, and you gain weight. Vitamins B, C and D are important for healthy thyroid function, as are many minerals including selenium.
3. Longer Life