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Nutrition is vital for health and growth, providing the essential food needed for overall well-being. A healthy diet plays a crucial role in preventing obesity, diseases, and improving energy levels and the healing process—ultimately contributing to a longer life. Key components of a balanced diet include carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, vitamins, minerals, and fibers. It's important to manage the intake of saturated fats and cholesterol while ensuring sufficient dietary fiber and vitamins, as many individuals lack essential nutrients in their diets.
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Definition • The process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth
The Importance of a Healthy Diet • Prevents Obesity • Prevents Disease • More Energy • Improves the Healing Process • Live Longer
Components of the healthy diet • Carbohydrates • Proteins • Lipids • Vitamins • Minerals • Fibres
Carbohydrates • Made up of carbon, hydrogen & Oxygen. • Mainly sugars & starches. • Energy source • Function of the central nervous system and muscles.
Proteins • Energy source. • Growth and repair • Helps create the antibodies • Made up of Amino acids
body needs many different proteins for various purposes • Essential Amino acids/Non essential Amino Acids • Essential – From food , Non essential- body can produce
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
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
Minerals • Calcium Milk, cheese, yogurt, vegetables, fish • Salt High blood pressure
Fibres 25-35 grams of dietary fiber per day
Food Allergies • Peanut allergies • Shellfish
Food Labels • Fat - Cheese • Carbohydrate – Cereals • Protean – Meat
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
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
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
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
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
What to Choose ? Plain Yogurt - contains no added sugars Fruit Yogurt - contains added sugars
Dietician in Canada • Definition • What they are doing • Where can you find them • Sobeys