BMS 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Human Services, Cardiovascular Disease, Human Genome
Basic Nutrition Notes Chapter 1
A lifetime of Nourishment
• Chosen foods have a cumulative effect
• Good health and poor health (70,000 meals)
• Your body continuously renews itself
• Healthy foods support growth and maintenance
Chronic Disease can shorten life
➢ Heart disease = 23.7% of total deaths
➢ Cancers = 22.9% of total deaths
➢ Strokes = 5.1% of total deaths
➢ Diabetes affects 29 million people
Nutrition is the science of how food nourishes the body
Healthy people 2020
• Objectives published by U.S. department of health and human services
Genetics AND Nutrition affect disease to varying degrees
• Human genome = sequence of genes in human DNA
The diet and health connection
Lifestyle habits are influential
Exercise
Sleep
Smoking
Stress
Meet the Nutrients
Energy Yielding Nutrient-the body can use the energy they contain
❖ Carbohydrates
❖ Fats
❖ Proteins
Non-energy yielding, and many are essential
❖ Vitamins
❖ Minerals
❖ Water (Cells cannot function without it)
The human body and its food
▪ Our bodies require the 6 types of nutrients
▪ Four are organic (Contains Carbon)
▪ Carbohydrates (O)
▪ Fat (O)
▪ Proteins (O)
▪ Vitamins (O)
▪ Minerals
▪ Water
Nutrients
❖ Human body and foods have
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