Foods and Nutrition 1021 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Special Circumstances, Neural Tube, Unsaturated Fat

• School: Western University
• Department: Foods and Nutrition
• Course: Foods and Nutrition 1021
• Professor: Noelle Martin

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Vegetables and fruit: eat one farm green and one dark orange a day reduces cancer, the darker the vegetable = the more nutrients. 2% milk each day: have 500ml (2 cups) of milk every day for adequate vitamin d, drink forti ed soy beverages if you do not drink milk, select lower fat milk alternatives. Monday sept 18th 2017: include a small amount 35 to 45 ml (2 to 3 tbsp) of unsaturated fat each day. Children: do not restrict nutritious foods because of the fat content. Older adults: everyone over the age of 50 should take a daily vitamin d supplement of 10 ug (400 iu) Monday sept 18th 2017: mediterranean has a pyramid shape, bottom is grains we don"t just have simple wheat, we have richer whole grains that are super healthy. Food guide serving sizes (fgs: typical servings on one eating occasion, provides comparable key nutrients, previously used in food guides.