Fitness and Nutrition
Health is an essential aspect of people’s lives. Human health is also a big concern for the government in the provision of its resources. An individual’s health is often determined by what activities this person is engaged. These activities may range from physical activities, social activities and even the kind of nutrition the person employs. In particular, fitness is an integral part of overall health, and it plays a significant role in maintaining good health. Fitness activities may range depending on their application and level of intensity involved. The human body engages in physical activity every day, such as walking. Keeping fit is crucial as it helps the body become increasingly more resilient in terms of physical strength.
Engaging or embracing a fitness lifestyle has a lot of benefits to the body. A fitness lifestyle entails engaging in physical activity that is designed to keeping your body fit. One of the most common ways of keeping fit is through exercises. Physical exercises may be personalized to a particular person or particular body muscles and body parts (Arya, 2019). Fitness benefits include a healthy body. Exercise helps reduce the weight that may lead to complications such as diabetes. Fitness is also vital for mental health. Fitness has not always been associated with mental health, but research suggests that fitness benefits to mental health cannot be understated (Montainet al., 2015). Additionally, fitness also ensures that a person adopts a healthier and wholesome life; it increases one’s energy levels and reduces risks of contracting chronic and lifestyle diseases.
There is an intricate relationship between nutrition and fitness. For a person to remain fit, they must engage in a proper diet. Food is the ultimate need for a human body. A human body cannot survive without food or water. Food ensures that the body has the right energy levels it requires throughout the day (Arya, 2019). A human body needs a lot of energy for simple social activities such as talking and walking. Nutrition is the process of identifying the food consumed, the nutrients present and how they benefit the human body. Nutrition studies how the food is absorbed by the body, the nutrients and how they help the body and how these nutrients can be used for complex body functions such as preventing disease. Nutrition is, therefore essential, and it improves overall health.
Fitness and nutrition are concepts that go hand in hand. It is often understood that one cannot have without the other. One of the main goals or objectives of fitness is maintaining proper nutrition that helps and add energy to the body. As earlier observed, fitness involves physical activities to the body (Montain et al., 2015). Fitness also includes a very strenuous activity to help condition the body. Fitness requires a lot of energy as exercise involves burning calories, a very energy-consuming event. The energy needed in fitness is derived from the food and ultimately to nutrition. Not all foods will provide the proper strength required for exercise. This is the reason for diet.
Nutrition involves making calculations of the body weight, understanding any underlying conditions, body type and genetic make-up in understanding the nutrient and in effect the energy required by that particular person (HealthlinkBC, n.d.). Different foods provide varying benefits and nutrients to the body. Besides, food that contains harmful or potentially harmful components will not provide any nutritional value as far as fitness is concerned. Foods that contain a lot of sugar and chemicals will harm the body (WHO, n.d.). The type of work out will also determine the kind of food and in what quantity to consume, something that is also within the realms of nutrition. The value of diet cannot be understated in fitness and overall body health. It is essential to understand the kind of food to adopt a particular fitness model.
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