Foods and Nutrition 1021 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Tennis Ball, Grain, Multivitamin
25 Sep 2017
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Chapter 2: nutritional tools standards and guidelines. Provide energy to maintain body weight within recommended range. No more caffeine than the equivalent of 4 cups of coffee a day. Include no more than 5% of total energy as alcohol (2 drinks a day or less) Allow connection between nutrition theories and the food people eat. Sort foods into groups based on their nutrition value. Recommendations: eat at least one dark green and one orange vegetable each day, choose vegetables and fruit with little to no added fat, sugars or salt, have vegetables and fruit more often than juice. Make at least half your grain products whole grain everyday. Choose grain products that are lower in salt, sugar and fat. Drink skim, 1% or 2% milk everyday: 2 cups everyday (500ml) fortified soy beverages are a replacement selected lower fat milk alternatives. Eat at least two food guide servings of fish every week.
