FRHD 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5-6: Fad Diet, Bulimia Nervosa, Anorexia Nervosa

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1100
• Professor: Robin Milhausen

Document Summary

Every day your body needs certain essential nutrients that it cannot manufacture for itself they provide energy, build and repair body tissues and regulate body functions. 6 classes of essential nutrients are: water. Carries nutrients, maintains temperature, helps with digestion: protein. Critical for growth and repair form the basic framework for our muscles, cones, blood, hair and fingernails: carbohydrates. Organic compounds that provide our brain and body with glucose, their basic fuel. Simple carbohydrates include natural sugars and added sugars. Complex carbohydrates are the foundation of a health diet. Dietary starches are where we get the most of our complex carbohydrates and include grains, cereals, veggies, beans and nuts. Dietary fibre is the non digestible form of carbohydrates occurring natural in plant foods. Glycemic index is a measure of how much carbohydrate containing food is likely to raise your blood sugar fats.