Foods and Nutrition 1021 Chapter Notes -Alcohol Dehydrogenase, Dental Caries, Quackery
19 Apr 2013
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Chapter 1 sorting the impostors from the real nutrition experts. Nutrition fraud / quackery: promotion for financial gain of false services / products without proof of safety and effectiveness. Only trust websites . gov and . edu and registered dietitians (rd) Phytochemicals: plants compounds of carrying out biological / biochemical activity within the body when consumed. Help prevent the forming of potential carcinogens, oppose forming of cancer in the body. All foods are functional to some extent all have taste, aroma, and nutritive value. Functional foods: appear similar to conventional foods and consumed as part of a usual diet with psychological benefits / ability to reduce risk of chronic disease. Large doses of purified phytochemicals added to foods may produce effects vastly different from those of the phytochemicals in whole foods. Eat more fruit, increase vegetable portions, use herbs & spices, replace some meat, add grated vegetables, try new foods.
