Nutrition Lessons - the Basics

Air, water, food.

No air - we live 2 or 3 minutes
No water - we live 2 or 3 days
No food - we live 2 or 3 weeks

Those are not necessarily the most scientific numbers, but they do give us a rough idea of the importance for the three basics.

This section of our Nutrition Lessons site gives us a quick overview of the 3 nutrition basics of our bodies.

Click on one of these links to read more details on each of the three.

water

nutrition labels on our food

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Note that the contents here are not presented from a medical practitioner, and that any and all health care planning should be made under the guidance of your own medical and health practitioners. The content within only presents an overview of the topics and does not replace medical advice from a professional physician.

Where I have listed the nutritional contents of foods, that information is from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2005. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 18. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page.

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