So what is Nutrition? Dr. Frederick Hatfield PhD defines Nutrition as the programmatic use of nutrients. Ok, so what are Nutrients? Nutrients are defined as food and the specific elements and compounds that can be used by the body to build and maintain itself and to produce energy. Most of the time we use this word to refer to the macronutrients of protein, carbohydrates, fats, and water and the micronutrients of vitamins, minerals, and trace elements. All these items are what our food consist of.

The United States is leading the world in obesity rates among young people and adults. Everyone has been on or will be on some sort of a diet in their lifetime. Americans seem to have a struggle with weight that people in other cultures do not have. So what is the answer to the obesity problems we as a country are faced with? Is there one answer? No.  But there is lots of real information out there for you to evaluate and use in your lives to help you make educated decisions on what or what not to put into your body. Our staff has put together articles and other information that is directed at helping you, not the back pockets of the mass food producing companies.

With the onset of the huge fast food companies and super growers of food, our food is not containing all the essential nutrition our bodies need. We are exposed to genetically-altered fruits, vegetables, dairy, and meat on a daily basis. We have diseases that were never seen or heard of 100 years ago but now are common household terms. We here at Wellness 4 everyone believe that the mass production of food and the mass handling of food is the cause for most of the diseases we are having to deal with in our society today. We believe that we have to be alert and conscious of what we are bringing into our bodies each day if we are to have any control over outside influences of our health.