NUTR 2332 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: National Organic Standards Board, Framingham Heart Study, Calorie
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What do we mean by nutrition : nutrition, variety of scientific disciplines, nutritional scientists, dietitians, rd credential, nutritional sciences, nutrients, evolving definition, six categories, macronutrients, micronutrients, essential nutrients, nonessential nutrients, conditionally essential nutrients, nutrients, organic compounds. Certified organic foods: national organic standards board (nosb, reading labels, health-promoting substances found in plants, health-promoting substances found in animal foods, phytochemicals, zoonutrients, functional foods, enhanced amounts of traditional nutrients, phytochemicals, zoonutrients. What are the major nutrient classes: carbohydrates, primary source of energy, elements, types, glucose, roles, proteins, sources, elements, roles. Lipids: sources, types, elements, roles, water, roles, vitamins, elements, roles, types, minerals, roles. How do foods provide energy: energy, capacity of a physical system to do work, energy-yielding nutrients, adenosine triphosphate (atp, energy measurement, calorie, bomb calorimeter, estimating food calories, carbohydrates and proteins 4 kcal/gram, alcohol 7 kcal/gram. Lipids 9 kcal/gram: percentage of energy from energy-yielding nutrients, recommendations.