NUT-2202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Substance Abuse, Malnutrition, Calorie
Document Summary
Lifetime of nourishment: foods have a cumulative effect on health, your body continuously renews itself, best foods. Diet and health connection: influential lifestyle habits. Tobacco use, alcohol use, nutritional choices: chronic diseases. Other lifestyle choices: substance abuse, physical activity, sleep, stress, environmental factors. Human body and its food: 6 essential nutrients. Meet the nutrients: energy yielding nutrients. *macronutrients: need in large amounts: vitamins and minerals provide no energy some are essential. For severely ill people: real food superior to supplements. Why we choose the food we eat: tastes god, healthy, cultural/social meanings of food, vegetarian and omnivore. Factors that drive food choice: taste/price, convenience, advertising, availability, emotional comfort, habit, preference, social pressure, values, weight, nutritional/health benefits. Adequate nutrients without excessive calories: evaluate nutrient density. Vegetables have high nutrient density: time for food preparation. Options to save time, foods to avoid: combining foods into meals. True nutrition experts: academy of nutrition and dietetics.
