This will be hard to do in a short article, but what we need to establish is the main groups and there main function in as simple a way as not to boggle the mind.
The first Group isn't really a food but again I'd like to get across it's importance.
Water:
To put this as basic as I can so as not to take up to much time, drink water or nothing really works properly, we are predominately water based beings, we use it and loose it during the day and it needs to be topped up, there, simple.
Protein:
Found in foods such as Meats, Fish, Nuts, Tofu & Eggs this guy is the builder/repair man, without protein in your diet keeping muscle toned and developed would be nigh on impossible, but its not just muscle this takes care of, hair & nails, skin & organs, every Fiber of your body has a protein cellular make-up, so not to have protein in your diet would be crazy.
Carbohydrates:
Found in foods such as Rice & Grains, Fruit & Veg, Bread & Crackers, so if protein is the builder this would be the fuel to get him there, this is one of the fuel types that keeps your body moving, gives you energy and burns, protein too can be broken down and used as fuel, but the break down of muscle and the like is something you don't want to do, but with carbs you run the risk of eating to much of the fuel giver and then you store it it the form of fat deposits. The other thing about carbs is the quality, carbs can have a high natural (or non natural) sugar level, if you don't need this there and then to fuel the body it is even faster to get stored.
Fats:
Fats get a bad rap, miss understood and abused, fat is like the patsy, the fall guy, "your over weight because you eat to much fat", not always the case, there are different types of fat, and next week I'll go into that a bit more, but fat is a great fuel source as well as carbs, the one you should never eat is Trans Fats or Hydrogenated Fat, but like I said, I'll talk about fat next week.
Just remember your daily food intake needs to be structured and clean then going wrong isn't a problem.
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