The Building Blocks of Nutrition

There’s a lot of information conflicting nutrition information out there – it can be hard to know what’s healthy. Nutrition doesn’t need to be complicated.

There are three main building blocks of nutrition (or, macronutrients):

Protein
Carbohydrates
Fats

These macronutrients each play a vital role in your boy’s daily function. Dr. P breaks it all down into bite-sized pieces.

Hear it from our experts…

What is a Protein and What Does it Do?

Protein is one of the body's building blocks - but what does that really mean? Dr. P. explains what protein is and what it does in the body.

What’s Up with Carbs and What Do they Do?

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Carbohydrates are a macro-nutrient. What does that mean? Dr. P. explains what carbs are and how they fit into the nutritional landscape.

What is Fat and How Does it Affect My Body?

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We want to manage healthy body composition, not so much weight. And in the world of fats like consumable fats, it's important to have a balance of healthy saturated and unsaturated fats that we use as an energy source.