NTR 306 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Fried Rice, Soy Milk, Peanut Butter
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Eating pattern customary intake of foods and beverages over time. Those guidelines translate the nutrient recommendations of dri into food recommendations. Emphasizes a variety of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and fat-free and low-fat milk products. Stays within your daily energy needs for your recommended body weight. Includes lean meats, poultry, seafood, legumes, egg, seed and nuts. Is low in saturated and trans fats, cholesterol, salt (sodium), and added sugars. By law, this guideline are reviewed and revised as needed every 5 years! Food group plans diet-planning tools that sort foods into groups based on nutrient content and then specify that people should eat certain amounts of foods from each group. 5 groups: fruits, vegetables, grains, protein foods, milk and milk products. Contribute folate [folic acid (vitamin b9)], vitamin a, vitamin c, potassium and fiber. Consume a variety of fruits and choose whole or cut-up fruits more often than fruit juice: apples, apricots, avocados, bananas, blueberries, cherries, grapefruit, etc.
