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Food alone can’t heal a broken bone, but it can give your body the energy and components it needs to get the job done.

help your blood to clot and empower your immune system to fight infection. Other nutrients act as building blocks to help your body create more bone and bone marrow. If you don’t provide your body with the fuel it needs in the form of a healthy diet, it will attempt to get what it needs from its existing stores of fuel. In a worst-case scenario, the wound will simply never heal properly. It will become a chronic wound with symptoms such as soreness, itchiness, inflammation , and a bad smell.

Chapter 1: How Foods Impact Your Physical Performance

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