NSC 101 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Nutritional Genomics, Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase, Personalized Medicine
14 Sep 2016
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We need to eat and drink to live. Many factors influence our choice of food: taste and culture, social reasons and trends, advertisement, cost, time, and convenience, habits and emotions (what you eat and when you eat) Nutrition: the study of food, including: how food nourishes our body, how food influences our health. Food = fuel for our body to work. Energy in foods is measured in calories / kilocalories / kcals. We need to eat and drink to live: Nutrients: chemical compounds in foods that provide energy for growth and maintenance, and regulate body processes. Phytochemicals: nonnutritive compounds in foods that promote health and may play a role in fighting chronic disease. Nutrients: the chemicals in food that are critical to human growth and function: carbohydrates, fats, oils (lipids, proteins, vitamins, minerals, water. Phytochemicals are harmful chemicals found in processed foods. You tend to eat more when you eat with others.
