The human diet is made up of two main types of nutrients. They comprise the micronutrients vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants as well as the macronutrients carbohydrates (carbs), fiber, fats, protein, and water. Each one contributes significantly to overall health, healthy bodily function, recuperation, and human performance. A person's eating habits play a major role in how successful a fitness or performance program is.
MACRONUTRIENTS:
A group of foods—carbohydrates, proteins, and fats—that the body needs in large amounts to support function and the production of energy.
MICRONUTRIENTS:
Substances that must be consumed in small amounts in order for the body to function properly; vitamins and minerals.
ANTIOXIDANTS:
Substances the body can utilize to fend off free radicals and the cellular harm they can do.
Carbohydrates, protein, and fat are the three macronutrients that the body needs to function properly. Each is essential for the body's regular functioning as well as for supporting further physical activity. There must be a careful balance between catabolism and anabolism for the body to produce molecules that can be used for growth and repair. When a protein is broken down into its constituent amino acids, for example, catabolism refers to the process of turning more complex molecules into simpler ones. The converse, anabolism, is the synthesis of more complex molecules from simpler ones, as occurs when amino acids are joined to form proteins.
CATABOLISM:
The transformation of complicated molecules into simpler ones within the body.
ANABOLISM:
The body's process of creating complex molecules out of simpler, smaller molecules.
AMINO ACIDS:
The basic organic substances that make up proteins are known as their building blocks.
