I hope that by this point, you are aware of the importance of following a proper diet and making sure you receive all of your necessary nutrients every day. Maybe what you’ve taken from this is that your body type, amount of exercise, and fitness goals play an important role in your dietary needs, and that maybe Canada’s Food Guide isn’t “One Size Fits All”; you need to be able to eat according to your lifestyle, and what benefits that lifestyle. You could have learned that you have the body of an endomorph, and now know that the amount of grain servings listed in the food guide may be a few servings too many for you.
The first chapter was for starting with the basics, and getting a grasp on what factors are important to consider when discussing nutrition. The second was also meant as background information, in this case the history of the food guide, and why the recommendations have changed so much and why they are the way they are today. The macronutrient ratios chapter gave insight into the evolution of the guide, and detailed some of the reasons why individuals would think the food guide a poor choice for nutritional needs; the athletes chapter built on this concept, applying the more suitable macronutrient ratios to people of various shapes and activity levels, which seems to be much more effective than the typical food guide servings.
Finally the last chapter was included as insight into another part of the world; the reasoning behind the diets may differ, but some of the key concepts are quite similar (for example, the different doshas corresponding with the three main body types). Terri Guillemets once said that “health is a relationship between you and your body”; it’s your responsibility to make it a great one.
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