HSS 1101 Chapter 5: Eating for Optimal Health and Performance
5 Oct 2015
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Hunger: the feeling associated with the physiological need to eat. Mediterranean: traditional mediterranean diet found in spain, southern france and italy, greece, turkey etc. typically includes lots of bread and other cereal products, vegetables and fruits, fish, cheese, olive oil, tree nuts and wine. Nutrition: is the science that investigates the relationship between physiological function and the elements of food we eat. Nutrient: the constituents of foods that sustain us physiologically; water, proteins, carbs, fats, vitamins, minerals. Calorie: a unit of measure that indicates the amount of energy obtained from a particular food. This is all close to the recommended levels for their specific age/sex group: dieticians have begun to consider dietary intake in comparison to meeting the acceptable. It is the high concentration of fats (animal fats-saturated) and trans-fats that put canadians at risk for cardiovascular disease and cancers and processed sugars which heighten type 2 diabetes and tooth decay.
