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Intake Needs / Food Intake
Daily Requirements
Your body needs the following to function:
1. Air
2. Water
3. Food
Balanced nutrition is important
for your body to be able to perform its basic functions; such
as providing you with the ability to move your muscles for your
chest muscles to breathe; for your heart muscle to get enough
energy to continue to beat; and for your muscles to have enough
energy, oxygen, and nutrition to keep going for you to stay alive
and well.
How much food do I need?
The function of food is mainly to provide you with energy and
nutrients (building blocks).
For example, when you eat a piece
of meat your body uses the fat in the meat to make energy or
to store the excess fat so you can have enough fat to burn later
on should you need that energy. Also, your body uses the protein
in the meat to build needed substances in your body like enzymes
and to maintain your body structures so you can continue to keep
functioning. |
