Malnutrition is a failure to get a sufficient and balanced supply of nutrients.
We may look like this: But our cells are like this:
In affluent modern societies, we nearly all suffer a degree of malnutrition due to inadequacy in our diet. Nourishment is the key to health, growth and success. You need nutrients for energy, and to maintain healthy tissue and organ function, replacement and growth. Lifestyle malnutrition is a major cause of poor health in affluent modern societies. We nearly all suffer a degree of malnutrition due to inadequacy in our diet. This has serious consequences for our long-term health.
The standard western diet does not contain enough nutritious foods. We rely too heavily on fast foods and processed and packaged foods, all of which have suffered a loss of nutrients in their manufacture. The most nutrient-rich foods are fresh fruit and vegetables. Most of us don't eat anywhere near enough of these! Sadly, even our 'fresh' produce loses many nutrients due to soil depletion, time taken in transportation storage, and preparation and cooking losses. Furthermore, farming and processing methods fill our food with 'foreign' chemicals which are toxic to our bodies. It's little wonder we're suffering from an epidemic of lifestyle malnutrition - the malnutrition of affluence.
It is not only what we eat that is crucial to our health. How our body digest, absorb and assimilate the nutrients in our body is also critical. Our unique personal needs for nutrients can be important since our bodies are all different, especially at certain times of our lives (e.g. during pregnancy, illness, unusual physical exertion or older age). Following are the 7 major causes of lifestyle malnutrition.
- Poor food Choices
- Depleted Soils
- Transport and Storage Loss
- Cooking Loss
- Poor Digestion
- Bad Food Combination
- Allergic Reactions
- Poor Absorption
- Unique Personal Needs
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