English 3444E Midterm: Food and Nutrition Midterm Review.docx
13 Dec 2014
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Protein: can yield energy, but also provide materials that. Vitamins: act as regulators, assisting in all body. Minerals: same as vitamins, but a few also serve as parts. Balance: diet choices do not over-emphasize one nutrient. 6 classes of nutrients: water: constantly lost from the body and must be replaced. 2. or food type at the expense of another. Calorie control: foods provide the amount of energy. 3. needed to maintain appropriate weight, not more or less. 1. treatments and their apparent effects in a clinical setting. To prove that a treatment has produced an effect requires observation of a control individual. Correlations between dietary habits and disease prevalence are observed. A good first step in seeking nutrition-related causes of diseases, but still only indicate relationships between factors, not cause and effect. Moderation: foods don"t provide excess fat, salt, sugar, or. Variety: foods chosen should differ from one day to the. In addition, meals should occur at regular times.
