BPK 140 Lecture Notes - Short-Chain Fatty Acid, Monounsaturated Fat, Trans Fat
16 Jan 2014
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In the section on chronic diseases, the major preventive actions always included diet, exercise, and weight control. As such the next few lectures will encompass these effective preventative measures to enhance the health and wellness of an individual or a population. Certainly we recognize that eating is a homeostatic drive. The trick is to eat the correct foods for proper nutrition. English sailors are sometimes called limeys" because they ate limes in the 1750 through 1800"s during long sailing voyages. Before the consumption of limes, thousands of sailors died from scurvy. Scurvy is perhaps the longest known nutritional deficiency malady dating back to egyptian times. In 1747 on a long sailing voyage, 12 sailors contracted scurvy. Dr james lind divided the sick into 6 groups of 2 and gave each group the normal sailors diet but also consumed a supplement that was different between the groups.
