BALANCED DIET A balanced diet is a healthy diet; To be able to function properly, our body needs all the nutrients that come from foods, that is proteins, carbohydrates (sugar) and fats, plus vitamins and minerals. To help maintain a healthy weight and have the best chance to stay in good health, balance is key. A healthy diet is a diet that helps to maintain ...
Diet Diet produces energy What you eat is the fuel that allows your muscles to move What does food do • for me? Provides energy •Repairs injured tissue •Helps our bodies grow •Contributes to good general health A balanced diet produces enough energy for the working muscles and recovery after exercise Types of foods The 7 types of food:- 1. Carbohydrates 2 ...
ymcaawards.co. uk YMCA Awards Importance of a Balanced Diet in Leading a Healthy Lifestyle ymcaawards.co. uk Session aims • State that a balanced diet provides essential nutrients • Understand that foods contain a mixture of different nutrients in different proportions • Identify the role of nutrients • Understand a balanced diet is important to maintain a healthy weight • Understand that a balance ...
• Whether you're young, teen or any age, start eating balanced today on a balanced diet • Breakfast, lunch and dinner. These three meals will take on a broader sense than you already know simply • because you have more balance. Want to know how to use the three most important meals of the day to lose weight and enter balance? If so then ...
NUTRITION ADVICE The first thing to understand about a diet with fat loss as the goal, is that energy balance is what leads to fat* loss i.e. calories in vs calories out. That means in order to lose body fat, you must be in a calorie deficit. There are many ways (methods) to achieve this: lower carb, lower fat, paleo, keto, intermittent fasting etc ...
Epidemiology • Epidemiology is defined as follows: It is the study of the frequency, distribution and determinants of health related phenomena in human populations. 2 CHS 269_Lecture (1) NUTRITION • Science of food, nutrients and other substances therein, • the processes by which the organism ingests food, digests, absorbs nutrients, transports, utilizes and excretes waste or undigested substances –And their action, interaction and balance ...
Chapter 1 AN OVERVIEW OF NUTRITION & Chapter 2 PLANNING A HEALTHY DIET Science of Nutrition • The study of food and the substances they contain • The study of nutrients - their action, interaction & balance – in relation to health & disease The Study of Food •Food - derived from plant or animal sources • Provide energy and nutrients ...
Today’s Topics 1. Concepts in choosing a healthful diets 2. Dietary Guidelines and Diet Plans 3. Recommendations for nutrient intake? 4. Reading and Interpreting Food Labels Linking Nutrients, Food, and Health • Planning how you will eat – Adequacy • The foods you choose to eat provide all the ___________ nutrients, fiber, and energy in amounts sufficient to ___________________________________________ and _______________. • Just because ...
Diet Planning Principles Adequate Balanced Energy controlled Nutrient dense Moderation Variety 2 Adequate Providing all the essential nutrients, fiber, and energy in amounts sufficient to maintain health. 3 Balanced Providing foods of a number of types in proportion to each other, such that foods rich in some nutrients do not crowd out of the diet foods that are rich in other nutrients Balance helps to ...
Components of a Healthy Diet • Nutrients- Provide energy to the body– measured in kilocalories – Carbohydrates – Proteins – Fats or Lipids – Vitamins – Minerals – Water Carbohydrates • Supply energy to cells in brain, • Good Carbs nervous system, and blood; – Whole Wheat Breads, supply energy to muscles Cereals, and Pasta (high in during exercise fiber) • 50% of daily calories ...
NUTRIENT - A SUBSTANCE THAT IS INGESTED, DIGESTED, ABSORBED, AND USED BY THE BODY. GROUPED INTO FATS, CARBOHYDRATES, PROTEINS VITAMINS, MINERALS, AND WATER CALORIE – THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY PRODUCED FROM THE BURNING OF FOOD BY THE BODY. o 1 GRAM OF FAT SUPPLIES THE BODY WITH 9 CALORIES o 1 GRAM OF PROTEIN PROVIDES 4 CALORIES o 1 GRAM OF CARBOHYDRATE PROVIDES 4 CALORIES ...