NFS 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Human Nutrition, Olive Oil, World Health Organization
9 Sep 2016
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Nfs 207: lecture #1, intro to nutrition. Nutrition: the nutrients and substances within food. How food interacts and balances in relation to health and disease. How an organism process (ex: absorbs, ingests, transports, utilizes, excretes) food and nutrients. Ex: nutritionists can work at a smaller cell level, some work with animals and their eating habits, others work with humans seeing how their food habits affect their body functions. Human nutrition is complex because we are the most complex organism. The relationship between humans and their cultural factors (social interaction, biochemistry in body, psychological wellness, nourishment, socioeconomic status) Food: fuels us with energy and materials we need to build and maintain different types of cells. Nutrients: substances we obtain from food (ex: vitamin c, carbohydrates) Nutrition has a long history but the field of scientific study is young. Nutrients were first discovered between the years of 1850 and 1950. The first study in nutrition was malnourishment.
