Health Sciences 1001A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Sulfite, Niacin, Coconut Oil
20 Apr 2018
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An area in which you have complete control when you eat, foods you buy etc: however, control is within means what you have access to and what you can afford. Provides body with nutrients required to produce energy, repair damaged tissue, promote tissue growth, regulate physiological processes. Choosing a healthy diet involves: knowing which nutrients are necessary and in which amounts, translating those requirements into a diet consisting of foods you like and that are available/affordable. Body requires proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and water = 50 essential nutrients from these 6 groups. Essential = must get substances from food because body is unable to manufacture them (or not enough to meet physiological needs) Body obtains nutrients through digestion slowly breaking food into small enough pieces. Energy in food expressed in kilocalories (1000 calories) = scientific expression of the energy value of a good (1 cal= amount of energy it takes to change 1 gram of water by 1 degree.
