Health Sciences 2000A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Dietary Fiber, Coronary Artery Disease, Dietary Reference Intake
11 Dec 2016
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Chapter 5: eating for optimal health and performance. Though we experience hunger, it"s definitely not the type that threatens survival. Hunger: the feeling associated with the physiological need to eat. We often eat because of appetite: the desire to eat; more often psychological than physiological: appetite can be triggered by smells, places, occasions, cultural and social means also trigger our desire to eat; habits, customs, ads, trends. Finding the balance btw eating to live and living to eat can be a challenge (hence the obesity crisis) large meals now consumed without lots of physical exercise. Social pressures influence the quality and quantity of your food intake. Culture is also a factor influences food selection, how much, when, where: mediterranean. Found in spain, yugoslavia, greece, turkey, lebanon, israel . Includes a lot of bread and cereals, fruits and veggies, fish, cheese, olive oil, tree nuts, wine. Little meat, most often included in everyday dishes. Desserts are sweet, but not often consumed.
