FOS 3042 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Monounsaturated Fat, Human Body, Bioavailability

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Food Science and Human Nutrition
• Course: FOS 3042
• Professor: Obadasi

Document Summary

Dietary guidelines: usda and department of health and human services, information is updated and published by usda every 5 years, for americans (2000) Choose a variety of grains daily (whole grains) Choose a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol (moderate in total fat) Choose beverages and foods that limit intake of sugars. Mediterranean diet: people in mediterranean area have low death rates, low in saturated fat, high in mono-unsaturated fat, high in dietary fat, health effects of olive oil. Main source of fat in the diet: includes daily physical activity. Nutrition facts panel: established in 1990, nutritional labeling and education act. Series of rules and regulations that require all food sold in the use to have a nutrition fact panel. Before this law, none of the info on the panel was known by the public. Helps with people who have allergies and food sensitivity: percent values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.