By Summer Banks FNS, SPT

Perhaps the most important way to guarantee good health is to ensure that you are getting the proper nutrition. The human body requires the right amounts and combination of nutrients for optimum health, and it is impossible to get adequate nutrition if you are unaware of your body’s general nutritional needs and its nutritional needs under certain circumstances. It is easier than ever to be well-informed about proper nutrition and health. Take the time to learn about these important topics and you will be well on your way to leading a long and healthy life.

Protein, Fats, and Carbohydrates

  • Dietary Fats: Know Which Ones to Choose: Looking for how to tell the difference between healthy fats and unhealthy fats? This resource page is a great guide.
  • Fats 101: Get the basics on fats and their role in proper nutrition with this resource from the American Heart Association. Even though high-fat diets are now becoming more popular, with similar results to what products like Keto OS claim to have, you still have to be careful with the potential side effects.
  • Learning About Carbohydrates: Here is a good all-around resource on the importance of carbohydrates to the body.
  • The Nutrition Source: Protein: This is an excellent overview of the different kinds of proteins and what they are used for in the human body.

The Different Types of Vitamins

Learning About the Digestive System

Metabolism and Energy

  • Five Tips to Speed Up Your Metabolism: Learn how your metabolism works and how you can make it work harder here.
  • Controversies in Metabolism: On this page, readers can learn about some disputed areas of human metabolism and what we do and do not know about the human metabolic processes.
  • Metabolism and Energy: If you are looking for information on how much energy different foods produce as a result of the metabolic process, this page will provide the answer you want.
  • Overview of Metabolism: Click on this link in order to get a good overview of human metabolism and the role of different nutrients in human nutrition.

Pregnancy and Child Nutrition

  • Foods to Eat While Pregnant: Look to this page from the Cleveland Clinic for an overview of the foods pregnant women should eat to stay healthy and to have a healthy baby.
  • Nutrition for School-Aged Children: Stanford Children’s Health has created this resource to help parents make sure their kids get the proper nutrition.
  • Pregnancy Nutrition: The American Pregnancy Association has put together this helpful page on the proper nutrition for pregnant women.
  • Vegetarian Diets for Pregnancy: Pregnant women can maintain a vegetarian diet and still have a healthy baby as long as they get the proper mix of nutrients. This page will help pregnant vegetarians do just that.

Exercise and Sports Nutrition

Obesity

What Users Are Saying

“Generally whatever country you’re in, the health service will have basics of healthy eating. They also generally tend to stick with what is traditionally healthy rather than any particular diet.”

“I can give you everything you need to know in a few lines: -Eat real, whole food. Avoid processed food. Even if something “appears” to be healthy (i.e, “kale chips” or orange juice) – remember it’s still processed so not as healthy as the real thing.”

“I’m an RD, and one of the best quick resources I’ve found is called “The Idiots Guide to Complete Nutrition” (or something like that..) it’s written by Joy Bauer, who’s also an RD. Really well done.”

Dietary Guidelines

  • Dietary Guidelines for Americans: The U.S. government has put together this excellent resource for helping Americans understand how to eat right and get the proper nutrition on a daily basis.
About the Author:

Summer Banks has researched over 5000 weight-loss programs, pills, shakes and diet plans. Previously, she managed 15 supplement brands, worked with professionals in the weight loss industry and completed coursework in nutrition at Stanford University.