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Nutrition

Nutrition. Definition. The process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth. The Importance of a Healthy D iet. Prevents Obesity Prevents Disease More Energy Improves the Healing Process Live Longer. Examples of Diseases R elated to N utrition.

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Nutrition

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  1. Nutrition

  2. Definition • The process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth

  3. The Importance of a Healthy Diet • Prevents Obesity • Prevents Disease • More Energy • Improves the Healing Process • Live Longer

  4. Examples of Diseases Related to Nutrition

  5. Components of the healthy diet • Carbohydrates • Proteins • Lipids • Vitamins • Minerals • Fibres

  6. Carbohydrates • Made up of carbon, hydrogen & Oxygen. • Mainly sugars & starches. • Energy source • Function of the central nervous system and muscles.

  7. Proteins • Energy source. • Growth and repair • Helps create the antibodies • Made up of Amino acids

  8. body needs many different proteins for various purposes • Essential Amino acids/Non essential Amino Acids • Essential – From food , Non essential- body can produce

  9. Lipids • Energy source • Membrane structures • Absorption of fat soluble vitamins Vitamin • Protects organs and bones from shock • 30 to 45 mL (2 to 3 tablespoons) - of unsaturated fat

  10. Vitamins • essential for normal growth • Required in small quantities in the diet because they cannot be synthesized by the body • Vitamin A, B, C, D E

  11. Vitamin Deficiencies

  12. Minerals • Calcium Milk, cheese, yogurt, vegetables, fish • Salt High blood pressure

  13. Fibres 25-35 grams of dietary fiber per day

  14. Food Allergies • Peanut allergies • Shellfish

  15. Food Labels • Fat - Cheese • Carbohydrate – Cereals • Protean – Meat

  16. How to Read • Serving size • Calories (and Calories from Fat) • General Guide to Calories is based on a 2,000 calorie diet • 40 Calories is low • 100 Calories is moderate • 400 Calories or more is high • Eating too many calories per day is linked to overweight and obesity

  17. How to Read 3. Nutrients: How Much • Health experts recommend that you keep your intake of saturated fat, trans fat and cholesterol as low as possible as part of a nutritionally balanced diet • May increase your risk of certain chronic diseases, like heart disease, some cancers, or high blood pressure 4. Nutrients: Get Enough of These • Most Americans don't get enough dietary fiber, vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, and iron in their diets. 5. Understanding the Footnote on the Bottom of the Nutrition Facts Label %DVs (%Daily Value) are based on a 2,000 calorie diet

  18. How the Daily Values Relate to the %DVs Equivalencies 30% DV = 300mg calcium = one cup of milk 100% DV = 1,000mg calcium 130% DV = 1,300mg calcium

  19. How to Read 6. The Percent Daily Value (%DV): based on the Daily Value recommendations for key nutrients but only for a 2,000 calorie daily diet • The %DV helps you determine if a serving of food is high or low in a nutrient. Note: a few nutrients, like trans fat, do not have a %DV • 5%DV or less is low and 20%DV or more is high • Makes it easy for you to make comparisons • Use the %DV to help you make dietary trade-offs

  20. Important • Health experts recommend that you keep your intake of saturated fat, trans fat and cholesterol as low as possible as part of a nutritionally balanced diet • To limit nutrients that have no %DV, like trans fat and sugars, compare the labels of similar products and choose the food with the lowest amount

  21. What to Choose ? Plain Yogurt - contains no added sugars Fruit Yogurt - contains added sugars

  22. What to Choose?

  23. Food Supplements

  24. The Canada Food Guide

  25. Dietician in Canada • Definition • What they are doing • Where can you find them • Sobeys

  26. Questions

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