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IN THIS CHAPTER

Understanding the importance of nutrition

Determining how nutrients build your body

Evaluating nutrition information

Figuring out how to read (and question) a nutrition study

You are what you eat. You are also how you eat. And when you eat.

Choosing a varied diet of healthful foods supports any healthy mind and body, but which healthful foods you choose says much about your personal tastes as well as the culture from which you come.

How you eat may do the same: Do you use a knife and fork? A pair of sticks? Your hands and a round of bread? Each is a cultural statement. As for when you eat (and when you stop), that is a purely personal physiological response to signals from your digestive organs and your brain: “Get food now!” or “Thank you, that’s enough.”

Understanding more about nutrition means exploring what happens to what you eat and drink as it moves from your plate to your mouth to your digestive tract and into every tissue and cell and discovering how your organs and systems work. You observe firsthand why some foods and beverages are essential to your health. And you find out how to manage your diet so that you can get the biggest bang (nutrients) for your buck (calories).