KINE 4020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Food Energy, Nutrient Density, Turnip
30 Mar 2014
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A healthful diet is adequate means that the diet provides sufficient energy and enough of all the nutrients to meet the needs of healthy people. Balanced the art of balancing the diet involves consuming enough but not too much of each type of food. Varied (colourful)- eat food from different groups kcalorie (energy) control= kcalorie control is to select foods of high nutrient density. Nutrient density is good because foods in it that deliver the most nutrients for the least food energy. 1 cup of milk provides about 300 milligrams of calcium, and 1 2 cup of fresh, cooked turnip greens provides about 100 milligrams. Thus a serving of milk offers three times as much calcium as a serving of turnip greens. To get 300 milligrams of calcium, a person could choose either 1 cup of milk or. Another valuable way to evalu-ate foods is to consider their nutrient density their nutrient contribution per kcalorie.
