Nutrition is the supply of food required to sustain life. The document discusses good and bad ingredients in common foods and drinks, noting that carbonated drinks, corn syrup, and preservatives in foods like Doritos are unhealthy. It recommends focusing on whole, minimally processed foods like brown rice, whole grains, fruits and vegetables to nourish the body in a healthy way.

1. What is Nutrition? Nutrition is the nourishment or the supply of materials - food - required by organisms and cells to stay alive. Eat your way to a stronger and healthier body or to a weaker and toxic one!!

2. Beware of the BAD GUYS…

3. Ingredients of the Infamous Coke… Carbonated Water – Leeches Calcium from the Bones High Fructose Corn Syrup – Increases blood cholesterol levels Phosphoric Acid – Dissolves teeth and leeches Calcium from Bones Natural Flavors - It's basically impossible to tell what is in natural flavors Caffeine - Makes digestion less effective by relaxing the muscles of the intestinal system

4. Chocolate Cadbury Dairy Milk Ingredients:- Milk Chocolate (sugar; milk; eggs; chocolate; cocoa butter; lactose; soy lecithin; PGPR, emulsifier; natural and artificial flavor .)

5. NOODLES: Atta, wheat floor, refined vegetable oil, salt and guar gum. MASALA MAKER: sugar, noodle power mixed spices, hydrolyzed groundnut protein ,onion powder, color, salt, refined vegetable oil, garlic powder, dehydrated vegetables (carrot, toasted onion, peas, coriander leaves), Flavor enhancer, Permitted color. To be used before nine months. Maggi Noodles Some of the flavor enhancers used by Maggi Noodles are E150d(Caramel Color) known as and E627(Sodium Guanylate) and Sodium Bicarbonate .

6. Doritos MSG - Addicts people to their products Makes you eat more Scientifically proven to cause obesity Causes brain damage Effects how the nervous system forms Permanently damages a critical part of the brain known to control hormones Disodium Phosphate - Irritates the respiratory tract, causes shortness of breath Red 40 - Impaired brain function Hyperactive behavior Difficulty focusing Lack of impulse control ADHD

7. So What Now? Car = Fuel Cell Phone Battery = Electricity Human Body = Nutrients What are you going to feed your body?!

8. First – Everyone’s Agreement! Second – Slow and Steady wins the race Third – Stop ingesting the bad stuff Fourth – Indulge once a week! A New Beginning…

9. Sodas & Juices V/S

10. Rice - Protein - Fiber - Vitamin B6 - Vitamin B3 - Vitamin B2 - Vitamin B1 - Manganese - Selenium - Iron - Magnesium White Rice Brown Rice

11. Sugar Brown Sugar Honey Agave Stevia Molasses Dates Fruit Juices

12. Snacks Opt for Baked food Dry Fruits Fresh Vegetable Sticks with home-made dip (celery, carrot, cucumber, radish) Yogurt and fresh fruit Almond butter and celery Bowl of whole grain cereal plain or with milk Rice cakes, whole-grain crackers, or whole-grain bread served with fresh cheese, fruit, nut butter spreads Pretzels or fresh popcorn Homemade fruit smoothie made with milk or yogurt and fresh fruit

13. Tips… Eat lots of different foods every day, variety is the key Gimme five! Eat FRESH fruits and vegetables with each meal and as tasty snacks! (Soups, Salads & Shakes) Opt for skinless chicken breast, instead of chicken nuggets Baked potato, instead of French fries Whole wheat bread, instead of white bread Oatmeal, instead of a sugary breakfast cereal Cooking with whole wheat flour, instead of white flour Whole wheat pasta In general…Choose more fresh whole fruits and vegetables and other unprocessed foods when you prepare meals

14. Make Your Choice It’s Your Life

15. Seema Thadhani Naturopathic Doctor, Acupuncturist, Certified Nutritional Consultant & Master Herbalist Tel: 98201-07053 Email: [email_address] Website: www.inourish.in