How The Brain Affects Our Health

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Article Title: How The Brain Affects Our Health

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Almost everyone is aware today, of the importance of protein in

our diet. Protein directly affects our muscles, tissues and

organs. It also directly effects the development of these

organs, our brain included. What happens if we don’t get the

necessary protein or any of the other many nutrients our body,

not just our brain, needs to function correctly? It is through

the use of our mind (or brain, whichever term you prefer) that

we are able to absorb the necessary facts and figures and

process it into useable pieces of information.

Nutrition refers to the nurturing of our body, in our ability

to keep it healthy and functioning as it is supposed to do. Our

ability to provide the body with all the necessary food,

vitamins, and minerals so that we continue to thrive in our

daily life processes.

How do we determine that we are providing the essential

nutritional needs? That knowledge comes by educating ourselves

about what our individual needs are, the needs of our family,

and then taking that knowledge and applying it to the foods we

buy, that we prepare, and that our families consume. Once

again, through the use of our minds, we are able to take the

guidance provided by the USDA, develop a journal and establish

what our daily requirements are, so that take care of our

necessary nutritional needs.

According to the guides published by the USDA, calorie needs

vary from one age group to another, one gender to another. So

how do you determine what your individual needs are? You can

setup a journal for recording your daily caloric intake for

about a month.

Make a note of your weight each day. If you don’t gain any

weight during the course of that month, you’re eating your

recommended calorie level in order to maintain your weight.

Now, take that calorie information, check with a nutritionist

about the recommended daily allowances of vitamins and minerals

that you need. Take both pieces of information, calorie intake

and nutritional requirements, use the food pyramid and comprise

a combination of foods that will help you achieve these

recommended daily intakes, and still be enjoyable food. You now

have an individualized healthy eating plan.

Over the course of absorbing the instructions for a healthy,

well-balanced eating plan, we have used our mind through the

whole process. Our ability to think and reason, our level of

education, and the exposure we receive to outside input on a

daily basis affects our entire environment, but especially our

health. We make choices based on the information we have

previously absorbed. Our food, exercise, and recreation choices

are no exception. It just so happens that these choices can

immediately affect our health.

Maybe now you have a clearer picture of the opportunities we

have for our brain to affect our health. It is more than just

conscious decisions. It is a result of brain development

through childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. It is a result

information we have previously absorbed, and input we will

continue to receive.

About The Author: Steve Hall is the owner of

http://www.your-official-guide.com, your one-stop location for

getting the information you are looking for on a wide ranging

and ever-growing list of subjects.

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