HUN-1201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Braising, Guesstimate, Textured Vegetable Protein
12 Feb 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Adequacy providing all essential nutrients, ber, and energy in amounts su cient to maintain health. Adequacy re ects a diet that provides su cient energy and enough of all nutrients to meet the needs of healthy people. Because the body loses some ion each day, people have to replace it by eating foods that contain iron. Failure to do so could result in a de ciency (anemia) Balance providing foods in proportion to one another and in proportion to the body"s needs. Balance in the diet helps to ensure adequacy. The art of balancing the diet involves consuming enough, but not too much, of di erent types of foods in proportion to one another. In a balanced diet, foods rich in some nutrients do not crowd out foods rich in other nutrients. The essential minerals calcium and iron, taken together, illustrate the importance of dietary balance kcalorie (energy) control management of food energy intake.
