BPK 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Overnutrition, Trans Fat, Scientific Method
4 Feb 2014
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Nutrition in health in disease: malnutrition: when intake does not meet needs. Inadequate calcium promotes osteoporosis: overnutrition: when intake exceeds body needs. Too much carbs, fats, energy calories causes obesity. Overnutrition of one nutrition can cause disease. Balancing nutrition can decrease the risk of diseases in the future. Both nutrients and genes, all together take role in diseases. Choosing a healthy diet: eat variety of foods, foods from difference groups and diverse foods from within these groups, practice moderation, balance your choices. Sodium: produces electricity in our body, : nutrients, energy in and energy out, balance less healthy choices with healthier choices. A study is increasingly credible if it is: blind: the subjects don"t know which group they are in, double blind: both the researchers and the subjects do not know who is in which group. How involved should the government be in our food choices: poor diets increase rates of chronic disease (ex.
