Getting enough of the right foods, vitamins and minerals helps to keep your body healthy. On the other hand, malnutrition, or the lack of proper nutrition, can be a serious problem especially for older people.

This section contains a detailed explanation of food as a source of energy and tells you, what is good and bad about the foods you eat.......

Healthy eating is about eating a balanced diet, and avoiding junk foods which contains little or no nutritional value. In order to eat a balanced diet, you need to eat enough from the four main food groups.

The body needs complex molecules as a source of energy and as building blocks to allow chemical processes to take place. For this complex organism to function at its best, supply has to equal demand.

Alcohol is the single most worldwide abused drug. What are the facts....and what are the myths? .......

Why do we need water? How much should we drink?