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 AN ESSAY ON NUTRITION AND HEALTH:

 A WINNING SCHOOL ESSAY

St. Paul College, San Rafael

Nutrition Month 2009

Essay Writing – 1st Place

s technology an! "o!ern a!#ance"ent $in! the earth little $y little, "ore an!

"ore !ile""as are u%rising an! cree%ing sluggishly, %ulling the earth to&ar!s the

"u! of eternal un'no&ingness. (he "ore in!ustriali)ation esta$lishes itself, the

"ore natural resources are $eing era!icate! an! "ur!ere! to !eath. More %eo%le

are getting sic', "ore are !ying, "ore are %arte! fro" their !rea"s. E#erything *ustsee" to #anish in an instant.

Pro%er nutrition an! its "aintenance ha! $een one of the "ost intriguing focuses in

the &orl! to!ay. (he !eter"ining factor in the total health of an in!i#i!ual see"s to

$e a thing that is #ery har! to catch an! get that e#en the "ost a!#ance

"achineries cannot o+er any hel%. t is, in!ee!, e#en se%arating itself fro" %eo%le,

&ho" are &hich hy%noti)e! $y the he- of technos an! gi)"os. (hus, %eo%le

no&a!ays are attac'e! $y illnesses an! !iseases, "ost of &hich lea!ing to the

e-tinction of life, the a$olition of e-istence in the &orl!.

ne of the factors in#ol#e! in the attain"ent of %ro%er nutrition is eating. (he

hectic &orl! to!ay %ro#i!es a #ie& of a high nu"$er of %eo%le eating *ust to satisfy

hungry sto"achs &ithout consi!ering any nutriti#e #alue of the foo! $eing ta'en.

Most foo! esta$lish"ents, restaurants, an! "ar'ets o+er instant foo!, "any of

&hich are ac'no&le!ge! an! fa#ore! $y "a*ority an! yet consi!ere! as the &orst to

hu"an health. Reality s%ea's that the foo! a%%eal is ta'en into consi!eration rather

than its nutritional content.

/a Rochefoucaul! once sai! (o eat is a necessity, $ut to eat intelligently is an art,

thus %ointing to the actuality of a call to&ar! reorientation of the %eo%le $et&een

eating an! health. Mo!ern ga!gets &ill not %ro#i!e the nutrition one nee!s in his

stay on the groun!s of earth. Pre#ailing !e#ices neither science can3t %ro#i!e any

hel% in the u%$ringing of one3s health. t is still the nature an! !isci%line of an

in!i#i!ual that counts in the en!.

4oo! nutritional status is note! &hen "an $ene5ts fro" a &ell6$alance! !ietary

inta'e, "anifeste! in a nor"al organ !e#elo%"ent an! function, nor"al

re%ro!uction, gro&th an! "aintenance, o%ti"u" acti#ity an! &or'ing e7ciency,

resistance to infection an! a$ility to re%air $o!ily !a"age or in*ury. (hus, a &ell6

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$alance! !iet, !aily e-ercise, an! %ractice of !isci%line re#eals the necessary things

one "ust ha#e to attain goo! nutrition.

Pro%er nutrition "eans in#inci$ility to !iseases. Recently 8e#en u% to no&, the

&orl! &as e"$race! $y the en!e"ic n:uen)a 8;1N1 #irus, an illness that 'ille!

a lot of hu"an an! left the &orl! &ith fear an! an-iety. (his sho&s that "ost %eo%le

are #ulnera$le to !iseases, &ith causes "ostly $ecause of i"%ro%er nutrition. <ue

to technology, the &orl! is left su+ering. We "ay not notice $ut our continuous act

of ignoring nature is 'illing us little $y little.

Eating the right a"ount an! 'in!s of foo! e#ery!ay is a tre"en!ous contri$ution of

nutrition to %re#ention of !iseases. na!e=uate calorie inta'e has $een

!e"onstrate! to $ring a$out an i"%air"ent of %hysical e7ciency, lo& %ro!uction

out%ut an! %oor "uscle strength an! en!urance. >ita"in !e5ciency a+ects %hysical

5tness an! &ell6$eing. Protein !e5ciency results to "uscular &ea'ness, fatigue an!

o#erall &or' %erfor"ance.

We are challenge! not to $e $oun! $y the "o!ern &orl!. ll the %ro!ucts of science

an! technology &ill "ean nothing if &e !ie at 20 or ?0. t &ill not gi#e us the

nutrition that &e nee! to a#oi! ;1N1 an! 'ill e#ery #irus, !isease, an! infection in

the &orl!. t &ill *ust catch our attention, %ull us to its !ee%est attraction, an! &e3re!one, &e3re gone. We3ll $e !ust an! ashes in the s%lit of ti"e, in the $lin' of an eye.

Pro%er nutrition is the #ery thing &e nee! no&. ur e-istence &ill "ean a lot as &ell

as our goals if &e can utili)e this. f only &e can set asi!e e#ery earthly !istraction

an! %ay close attention to health an! life, then e#ery "an can &a'e u% each !ay

facing the ne& ho%e of the gol!en sun an! %ro#i!ing the &ells%ring of %rogress in

the &orl!.