NUTR 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Peanut Butter, Saturated Fat, Meed
2 Mar 2017
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Fat, protein, weight management, alcohols and beverages for midterm. Food guide recommendations: have meat and alternative such as beans, lentils and tofu often, eat at least 2 food guide servings of fish/week, select lean meat and alternatives prepared with little or no added at and salt. Complete proteins: protein that provides all essential amino acids in the proportions needed to support protein synthesis, animal foods - meat, fish, poultry, eggs, milk, very few plants - soy products (tofu) Why become vegetarian: religious, ethical and food safety reasons, many religions don"t eat meat, hinduisn, buddism, some christians, ethical reasons, belief that animal treatment is inhumane, food safety, mad cow disease - hormones/antibiotics, environmental reasons, health reasons. Health reasons: vegetarian diets are high in fibre, vitamins, minerals, low in saturated fat, decreased risk for, cardiovascular disease, obesity, many cancers, diabetes, kidney disease. 10 minute sun exposure to get enough vitamin d. Obesity around the world: epidemic, extremely high in us, south africa,
