NUSCTX 104 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-21: Nutrigenomics, Melanin, Nutrient
19 May 2017
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Nutritional status: definition: health as influenced by intake of nutrients, det. by organism, essential nutrient: nutrient cannot be made by body, must be eaten, malnutrition: under/over nutrition. Needs: omnivore"s" paradox (dilemma, human has diverse food nutri, good: diverse, pleasurable, creative by cooking, adaptable, bad: overeating. D: lighter: less melanin - > need less vit d. Personalized nutrition: the new frontier: nutrigenomics: the relationship between genes and diet, should all humans have the same dietary prescription, no, because living in different environments (cold, hot, etc. ) Diet & cuisine: diet: chooses what to eat, cuisine: prepare methods of specific culture, contributes to nutritional status, but not always be the same. Physical environment: collective or individual, depends on socio-econ status, area, climate, soil, water, plant, animal life, directly related to technology and socioeconomic environment. Staple crop & cultural psychology sustainability/cost, culture: physical environment and ideology connection, wheat -> more independent culture, rice -> more communal culture.
