NTRI 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Omega-3 Fatty Acid, Mypyramid, Saturated Fat
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Chapter 2: guidelines for designing a healthy diet. Recommended dietary allowance (rda: how many nutrients do people need to meet bodily needs, based on population, standard is set at 98% of the rda. If a population is eating at 70% or more of the rda, the population is considered healthy. Recommendations for food choice: how do we translate the science of nutrition into practical terms (what and how much we eat), u da"s (cid:1005)95(cid:1004)"s four (cid:271)asi(cid:272) food groups. Bread and cereal: food guide pyramid. 1992- plan was illustrated using a pyramid shape. Till has the sa(cid:373)e groups as i(cid:374) the (cid:1005)95(cid:1004)"s, e(cid:454)(cid:272)ept fruits a(cid:374)d (cid:448)eggies are now split into their own groups. Base of the pyramid has the number of servings, top has the least. From base to top: grains, fruits and veggies, meat and dairy, fats and oil. Bigger people need a greater amount of servings. Did(cid:374)"t reall(cid:455) defi(cid:374)e (cid:449)hat e(cid:454)a(cid:272)tl(cid:455) a (cid:862)ser(cid:448)i(cid:374)g(cid:863) is: mypyramid.
