NUTR 23511 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Nutrient, Myplate, Phytochemical
14 Sep 2018
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Nutrition: the study of foods, their nutrients and other chemical constituents and the effects that food constituents have on health. A melting pot science: nutrition is an interdisciplinary science, behavioral and social sciences, biological, chemical, physical and food sciences, quantitative sciences (mathematics, stats) Nutrition knowledge is applicable: the science of nutrition can be applied to your own diet, health and eating behaviors, knowledge about nutrition and health, skills to use this information in your life. Food is a basic need of humans: humans need, enough food to live, the right assortment of foods for health, a sufficient supply of safe, nutritious foods, the ability to acquire food in a socially acceptable way. 6 categories of nutrients: carbs- substances in food that consist of a single sugar molecule or of multiple sugar molecules in various forms. Provide body with energy: simple sugars are most basic type of carb.
