HSS 2342 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Dietary Fiber, Empty Calorie, Vitamin K

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSS 2342
• Professor: Keir J Menzies

Document Summary

Six basic diet-planning principles: adequacy: diet provides sufficient energy and enough of all the nutrients to meet the needs of healthy people, balance: helps to ensure adequacy diet includes foods across the major food groups (see. Ca(cid:374)ada"s food guide pro(cid:448)ides guida(cid:374)(cid:272)e o(cid:374) spe(cid:272)ifi(cid:272) t(cid:455)pes of foods to (cid:272)hoose fro(cid:373) ea(cid:272)h group. Each food group provides notable nutrients among a variety of other nutrients: vegetables and fruit, these foods notably contribute carbohydrate, fibre, folate, vitamin a, vitamin c, vitamin. K, magnesium, and potassium: grain products, these foods notably contribute carbohydrate, fibre, folate, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, magnesium, and iron, milk and alternatives, these foods notably contribute protein, riboflavin, vitamin a, vitamin d, vitamin b12, calcium. Is fat healthy: food guide also states, unsaturated fat, recommending that canadians consume about 2 3 tbsp or 30 . 45 ml per day: using water to quench thirst, instead of sweetened beverages; and, enjoying a variety of foods.