PSYCH 243 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: High Fructose Corn Syrup, Deep Sea Fish, Iodised Salt
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Psych 243 chapter 3 our immune system, nutrition, and drinking. 3 factors of physical well-being: nutrition (eating and drinking), exercise, sleep. Must assert our right to be happy, productive, whole and active (claiming what is rightfully yours: not aggressive (hostile) Good information: health psychology, preventative medicine, governmental public health agencies. Protect us from foreign materials that could harm us. Determines our vulnerability to disease and psychological stressors. Immune system effectiveness depends on eating, drinking, sleeping, resting, exercising, and states of mind. What we eat makes us who we are. Eating is learned: caretakers, trial and error experimentation passed on from survivors. 100 years ago no fresh fruits 6 months of the year, no refrigerators, no packaged frozen food. Now we have fresh foods but also have completely artificial foods with unnatural chemicals. Nutritional value of food determines energy available to us during the day and our resistance to diseases. Only one percent of population are farmers today.
