NUTR 221 Lecture 5: Nut lecture 5
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Basics of a healthy diet adequate diet: a diet that provides enough of the energy, nutrients, and bre to maintain a person"s health. Moderation: refers to eating the right amounts of foods to maintain a healthy weight and to optimize the body"s metabolic processes. Bring your body to a point where it can maximally use the nutrients. Goal: gauge energy intake with energy expenditure on a daily basis. Balanced diet: a diet that contains the combinations of foods that provide the proper balance of nutrients, trying to achieve rda (or ai) Variety: refers to eating many different foods each day. Calcium cholesterol vitamin d vitamin a amount of energy in a food source relative to its" mass. E. g. chocolate bar amount of nutrients in a food source relative to its" energy content. E. g. fruit or high quality protein has high amount of nutrients for amount.
