The Commanders Guide to Nutrition

It is not just the health of military personnel that is considered to benefit from adequate nutrition, as general health improves, attention has turned to the role of nutrition in performance. The most important aid to physical and mental performance is a balanced diet providing sufficient calories to meet daily energy expenditure. This guide is designed to teach you and your staff the basics of good nutrition, and to help you to identify how nutrition can help to improve both the physical and mental performance of you and your troops.