NUTR 125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Apple Sauce, Apple Pie, Apple Juice
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Nonessential nutrients: nutrients that do not have to be eaten as the body can manufacture. Foods also contain phytochemicals: non-nutritive compounds in plant-based foods that have health promoting effects in humans, i. e. affect the risk of developing chronic disease; ex. Nutrigenomics: a scientific discipline studying the interactions between genes, the environment and nutrition; new field on how diet and genes impact chronic disease the abundance of foods to choose from. 100 years ago, people ate basic foods like fruits, vegetables, milk, grains, and meat. Grocery stores have changed from having 500 items in 1900 to over 40,000 in 2014. 5. 6% of income is spent on foods. Best bet: the less processed a food is, the better it is for you. Higher in fiber, lower in kcals and fat. Clean eating: consuming whole, natural foods that have not been processed. You lose nutritional value when you process foods: apple vs. apple sauce vs. apple juice vs. apple pie .
