Barbados. Food is an important and major, but not only source of nutrition. But all foods are not equal! To keep the body healthy, an individual must choose among the wide range of options and within their means, foods that are ‘nutrient dense’.
Barbados. Food is an important and major, but not only source of nutrition. But all foods are not equal! To keep the body healthy, an individual must choose among the wide range of options and within their means, foods that are ‘nutrient dense’.
Simply put, individuals must ‘fuel-up’ on a mix of foods that have the greatest nutritional value and not ‘fill-up’ on ‘empty calorie’ foods. Although they are attractively packaged, tasty and filling, ‘empty calorie foods’, often called ‘Junk foods’, contain little or no nutritional value. Choosing to consume too much empty calorie foods is detrimental to good health.
Review our most recent publication in this topic: Hunger and Nutrition: From bely-full to body-fuel.
