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Nutrition Nutrition is the intake of food, Nutrition

considered in relation to the
2. Nutrition body’s dietary needs (WHO).

Table 1. Main sources of nutrients and average use in body (Foskett and Ceserani
What is nutrition? 2012,180-197 & Satokausikalenteri 2018).

Nutrition is all about food and its relationship to the maintenance
of the body and to health”. It’s also good to remember that all
our foods are made up of nutrition in different proportions. Food
provides energy, growth and is necessary to maintain the body functions. On the
other hand, a food diet is the selection of foods that someone eats. Therefore,
balanced food diet provides all the nutrients that we need in sufficient quantities.
(Foskett et al., 2016, 198.)

There has been an increasing interest in food and nutritional science in recent
years. With a variety of food programs (television channels and cookbooks
et al.) people are more aware of different kind of food and nutrition intake.
For example, many bestseller books are related to food nutrition intake or to
different diets. At the same time, it can be a bit of a challenge to find your way
as an average consumer, through the jungle of advice on “what should we eat”.
(Norden 7, 2012.)

Nutrition is an important part of health because food contains a variety of nu-
trients, which also give us energy. As you can see in table 1. Where is expanded
main sources of nutrients and their sources and functions.

Altogether, there are about 50 nutrients, which are divided in different cate-
gories. This is displayed in table 1. (Foskett et al., 2016, 198.) “A healthy diet
and an adequate daily exercise regime promote health and reduce the risk of
many non-contagious diseases, such as cardiac and pulmonary diseases, type
2 diabetes, osteoporosis and certain cancer types” (FAO 2017 & Suomalaiset
ravitsemussuositukset 2014, 11.)

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