BIO SCI 9A Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Environmental Working Group, Red Meat, Sustainable Seafood
3 Sep 2016
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Consume a variety of foods balanced by a moderate intake of each food. Balanced do not overeat any single type of food. Nutrient dense comparison of vitamin and mineral content with number of kcals. Comparison of kcal content with weight of food. Desirable nutritional health: intake meets body"s needs, body has small surplus. Undernutrition: intake is below body"s needs, surpluses are depleted, health declines, metabolic processes slow or stop, subclinical deficiency, clinical symptoms. Overnutrition: intake exceeds body"s needs, short term. Nutrition and genetics: nutrigenomics, nutritional diseases with genetic link. Cancer: the genetics loads the gun, but the environment pulls the trigger . Healthy habits to adopt: consume a healthy diet, control your weight, drink alcohol in moderation, exercise at least 30 minutes a day, don"t smoke. Dietary reference intakes (dris: set of reference values used to plan and assess nutrient intakes of healthy people that include: The dietary guidelines for americans: published by usda and dhhs, created to promote.
