NSD 225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Buttered Popcorn, Vegetable Juice, Nutrient Density
5 Sep 2017
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Describe the 3 key principles of a healthy diet and the tools you can use to help guide you. Identify the required components of a food label and how to use it. Do not overeat any single type of food. Dietary reference intakes serve as a basis for information found in dietary guidelines for. Recommended intakes of nutrients that meet the needs of almost all age and gender the food and nutrition board of the national academy of sciences. Nutrient intakes estimated to meet the needs of 50% of healthy individuals within a gender and. Used to asses population"s nutrition adequacy but not for an individual"s intake life-stage group. Nutrient intakes used when not enough data are available to set rdas. Estimation of amounts needed to sustain health. Amounts people should consume on average over several days or weeks. Maximum daily nutrient intakes unlikely to pose a health risk. Not enough data are available to set uls for all nutrients.
