The environment that we inhabit

    The Very Basics of Humans
   All that we (our body) are, ever were, or are going to be is borrowed
from the environment that we inhabit. This unique state of indebtedness
is primarily attributed to our nutrition intake. We must be grateful to the
earth's crust for lending us minerals that strengthen our bones and teeth
and allow us to have electrical operations that drives nerve and muscle
function. We must also pay homage to plants for the carbohydrate forms
that power our operations and for the amino acids that make the protein
in our muscle.
    Nutrition refers to the science of nourishing our body.
   All too often we do not truly appreciate the relevance of nutrition to
our basic being. But again, please keep in mind that nearly everything we
are and are able to do is either a direct or indirect reflection of our past
and current nutrition intake. No matter how oversimplified nutrition
may seem in television commercials and on cereal boxes, it is without a
doubt one of the most complex and interesting sciences out there. One of
the major tasks of this site is to provide an understandable overview of
nutrition as it applies to optimal health and longevity.