Publisher's Synopsis
"Fitness, nutrition, and health all exist in a similar space. They all impact the human body, and being vigilant about all three is generally considered to be good for you. Is there a difference between being healthy and being fit? How does nutrition play a role in all of it? Let's attempt to answer these questions. Let's start with health. Technically, health is defined as "the condition of being sound in body, mind, or spirit; especially: freedom from physical disease or pain." Feeling sick or rundown has an impact on our overall health. The same goes for being emotionally stressed, malnourished, or physically unfit. Fitness and nutrition, therefore, are both things that can impact our health. You may have heard the saying, "you are what you eat." In many cases, that's true. Your cells are constantly growing, dying, reproducing, and otherwise changing in response to their environment. Part of that environment comes from food and water