Thirteenth day of Narsi Reddy resting. Alumni of Sarvail, APRJC, ANGRAU, and IRMA were there to pay homage, apart from several PROMAC students.
Radhaasthami. Raadha, eternal consort of Krsna, with unconditional love and unwavering devotion.
Nutrition. Nutritious food, water, and other substances that are required for the body – essential macronutrients (carbohydrates, proteins, fats) and micronutrients (vitamins, minerals), and their intensity, diversity, timing, etc., – that support life functions like growth, maintenance, energy production, disease prevention, etc. Crucial for proper physical and mental health, energy levels, and the body’s ability to heal and function optimally. We obtain nutrients by consuming organic matter, consuming inorganic matter, absorbing light, or some combination of these. Nutrients can be basic elements or complex macromolecules. Organic micronutrients are vitamins, and inorganic micronutrients are minerals. Nutrients are absorbed by the cells and used in metabolic biochemical reactions – fuelling reactions; biosynthetic reactions to convert precursor metabolites into building block molecules, and macromolecule polymers; assembly reactions to construct cellular structures.
A healthy diet improves the physical and mental health of an organism. Through ingestion and absorption of vitamins, minerals, and essential amino acids from protein and essential fatty acids from fat-containing food. Towards quality of life, health and longevity.
Energy flow is unidirectional and noncyclic. Movement of mineral nutrients is cyclic. Mineral cycles include the carbon cycle, sulphur cycle, nitrogen cycle, water cycle, phosphorus cycle, oxygen cycle, etc., that continually recycle along with other mineral nutrients into productive ecological nutrition. It includes foraging, seeking out nutrients in the environment – randomly, systematically.
Nutrient deficiencies, malnutrition, are caused by suddenly losing nutrients or the inability to absorb proper nutrients. May be due to lack of necessary nutrients; or as a result of other illnesses and health conditions. A lack of just one essential nutrient can cause bodily harm, just as an overabundance can cause toxicity. The Daily Reference Values – maximum and minimum nutrient intakes for the average person – keep the majority of people from nutrient deficiencies. Poor nutrition can cause deficiency-related diseases – blindness, anemia, scurvy, preterm birth, stillbirth etc.; nutrient-excess conditions – obesity, metabolic syndrome; nutrition disorders may cause/affect – cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, etc. Undernutrition can lead to wasting and stunting.
Most of us are omnivores eating a variety of foods. Early humans hunted animals for meat, and modern humans domesticate animals to consume their meat and eggs. Milk and milk products. Other foods, from plant sources, include cereals, nuts, seeds, fruits, and vegetables. Vegetable oils and fats. Plants uptake essential elements from the soil through their roots and from the air through their leaves. As these nutrients do not provide the plant with energy, they absorb energy from sunlight with chloroplasts and convert it to usable energy through photosynthesis.
Can we make farming and food, nutrition and health systems natural, synthetic & chemical-free? Can this transformation be a global movement, viral? In the next 10+ years. N-livelihoods, lives. Can we nurture ‘support’ around this? Can we build a Support Group for this, in 1000 days? Maybe some 25+ Core, 100+ Professionals, 100+ rolling interns-fellows-YPs, 100+ Community Pros. Can we?
Yes, we can. If we coexist, flowing. First L. In N? praana-praaniyoga for 7L.