Why should you eat right?
‘You Are What You Eat’. This phrase is literally true. Our physical and mental well-being is directly linked to what we eat and drink. Why does this happen? To explain this, every cell in the body has a shelf life - be it a skin cell, a red blood cell, hair cell or a stomach cell. Each and every day, the body has to make new cells to replace those that have expired and also repair the existing cells. The body uses the food that we consume as a source for this process. A diet filled with highly processed food that’s low on nutrients doesn’t give the body much to work with. Thus, a well-balanced diet leads to better health and overall body composition.
Importance of Nutrition Assessment
Many people feel that the food they are consuming is balanced while there are others who are not very concerned about their nutritional intake. Some have many queries in their head relating to the food they are eating. They are confused about:
• Is their food overloaded with carbohydrates and low on proteins?
• Is their food over-loaded with sugar impacting their physical and mental well-being?
• Is their food providing them with good immunity?
• Are they choosing the right fats to enhance brain health?
• Is their food rich in anti-oxidants?
In today’s world, advertising largely influences food habits. There is an onslaught of junk food consumption which has led to a high incidence of obesity, diabetes, cardio-vascular diseases, gut issues, cholesterol imbalance and depression. There are new diets on the market which are promising quick fix solutions for various purposes. This makes it very important for each individual to assess his / her nutritional status to understand if what they are eating is helping them or harming them.
A nutrition assessment is an in-depth evaluation of an individual’s food and nutrient intake. This can help a professional nutritionist evaluate the nutritional status of an individual and plan his / her future diet accordingly. This diagnostic tool is invaluable to improve poor nutritional status which leads to decreased quality of life, greater risk of ailments and increased mortality.
Know Your Nutrition Score
Café Nutrition is an exclusive counseling and diet planning center which envisions building a future where eating right and wholesome for good health is valued by each individual. We believe that good food is fundamental to optimum individual health and well-being. Our team of professional nutritionists create food plans which are not only balanced but also delicious and suitable to all food palates. To improve your nutrition quotient, it is very important to know your current nutritional status. Just as we have important diagnostic tools for our blood work to check for certain diseases and conditions, fitness tests to evaluate fitness levels and even generic tests to check pre-disposition to diseases, wouldn’t it be great to have a diagnostic tool to ascertain your nutritional score?
Cafe Nutrition has worked on developing a simple dietary form to ascertain an individual’s intake in each food group. Only if an individual is consuming the correct proportion of foods from the various food groups will he / she be said to be having a balanced diet. The ‘My Nutrition Score’ report which is generated on the basis of the information provided by the individual is based on research and scientific evidence in the field of nutrition and dietetics. It provides invaluable data to an individual about his dietary intake. The carbohydrate intake suggests whether an individual is consuming a deficit, adequate or excess of fruits, vegetables and cereals. Protein intake is further classified as dairy and non-dairy. Fats are broken up into visible and invisible fats. Such a detailed evaluation helps a healthcare professional to use this report and design a meal plan for an individual to enable him to achieve optimal nutritional status.