Good Building Materials Essential

When a man plans to build a house, he first secures the right materials, such as glass, wood, plaster, nails, roofing materials, concrete, stone, plumbing and electrical fixtures, and many more. He orders just the right amounts of each so there will be no waste. Then he begins to build. It is interesting to watch experienced men constructing such a house.

The same is true of this most wonderful of all houses- the human body. We are each builders, selecting the right materials for the building job going on within ourselves. This construction job begins at birth and continues for the rest of our selves. For a strong house or a strong body, we must have the right materials. Nothing interior must be allowed on this building job. Only the best will do. This is even truer when one is recovering from some illness or injury.

What are these body-building materials?

Doctors refer to them as proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, and water. These are the materials we must have, in sufficient quantity and at the right time, if we hope to stay strong and healthy. Where do we find them? In our foods only. Hence the need for learning how to choose the right foods.

The most important of these materials is protein, the great cell-building food, so essential for maintaining life in every part of the system. Our food must also provide us the calories for energy, otherwise we would soon feel weak and worn out. Most of our calories come from carbohydrates (or starches) and fats.

Other important chemicals, such as vitamins and minerals, are needed in sufficient quantities to regulate all the activities of this highly complex machine, the human body. Vitamins and minerals come almost entirely from plants and plant foods. For this reason, vegetable foods must form an important part of our diet.

To be sure of sufficient minerals and vitamins, we must have a wide choice in our foods. If we do this consistently all our lives, we can be assured of a strong, healthy, beautiful body. A good diet is not a question of money so much as knowing how to choose and prepare our foods properly. We cannot live very long on an unbalanced diet, no matter how much we may spend for food. If we try to get along on a poor diet, we will soon find ourselves in need of medical care.

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