NFS 033 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Trimethylamine

• School: University of Vermont
• Department: Nutrition and Food Sciences
• Course: NFS 033
• Professor: amy trubek

Document Summary

Shifts are needed within the protein foods group to increase seafood intake, but the foods to be replaced depend on the individuals current intake from the other protein subgroups. Shift to increase variety in protein food choices and to make more nutrient dense choices: average intake of total protein foods is close to recommendations, while average seafood intake is below recommendations for all age-sex groups. The recommendation to consume 8 or more ounces per week of seafood is for the total package of nutrients that seafood provides, including epa and dha content. Some seafood choices with higher amounts of epa and dha should be included. Eating patterns that include seafood are associated with reduced risk of cvd and moderate evidence indicates that these eating patterns are associated with reduced risk of obesity. They recommend eating fish (particularly fatty fish) at least two times a week.