When we look at the macronutrient make up of our body it becomes plain to see what we should be eating.

Most of us know that the body is made up of around 65% water assuming of course that you are well hydrated but did you know that the next most prominent element in our body is in fact protein at around 23%. Fats come in 3rd at roughly 10% (this probably varies significantly especially in the unhealthy among us) and then 4th is Nitrogen at roughly 5% of our body weight.

Carbohydrate doesn't even feature in the top 4 as our body only has limited capacity for carbohydrate storage (about 2%) in the muscles, blood and liver. If the body is over supplied with carbohydrates they are usually converted and stored as adipose tissue or body fat.

The reason I find this interesting is that most of us eat in completely the opposite manner - mostly carbohydrates, a little protein and a little fat. But if you take into account that most of us have a limited daily energy output and that our body completely renews its tissues every 7 years or so, it makes you wonder if we are in fact eating our macronutrients in the correct portions.

For much of the population protein and fat should form a greater part of our diet than they have in the past couple of decades. Recent research is finding that its not the fat in our food that makes us fat but the over consumption of processed carbohydrates without the necessary energy expenditure that drive our insulin requirements through the roof and make us fat.

Don't get me wrong we all need carbohydrates and active people and athletes do even more than the rest of us but my argument is that surely we get enough from consumption of vegetables and fruit without resorting to dead foods like processed chips, pasta, breads, biscuits and cakes.