Health and Nutrition Worksheet
Human Nutrition
SCI/220
University of Phoenix

Health and Nutrition Worksheet

1. What is nutrition? Why is nutrition essential to our daily lives? According to the Free Dictionary by Farlex, Nutrition is the process of nourishing or being nourished, especially the process by which a living organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and for replacement of tissues. Nutrition is also the science or study that deals with food and nourishment, especially in humans. As well as a good source of nourishment; food.

Why is nutrition essential to our daily lives? Being without an essential nutrient or not having as part of our regular diet is often linked to specific illnesses and chronic diseases. For example, high blood pressure, brittle bones, and various forms of cancer.

2. What is the connection between nutrition and health? No matter how hard we try to ignore it, this old adage still rings true. “You are what you eat”. Good health is largely dependent on good nutrition, so much so that doctors trace many physical and emotional ailments back to a diet deficient in vitamins and minerals. Food is the primary source for health and nutrition, although vitamins and supplements act as substitutes. Many medicines and drugs designed to improve health contain synthetic replicas of enzymes and chemicals found in nutrient-dense foods. A well-balanced diet that offers consistent health and nutrition is often extolled for encouraging long life, lowering the incidence of disease, and helping sick people recover. In contrast, inadequate nutrition and poor-quality foods can generally cut life span and subject a person to a range of diseases and deformities. The body needs fuel and building-blocks in order to create the energy it needs for metabolism, elimination of wastes, and execution of its immune, digestive,