Final Fucking Deck For Nutrition

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is a system of nutrient recommendations that is used in the United States to develop healthful eating plans

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Dietary Reference Intake (DRI)

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Meant to maintain good health-not restore health
Specific for gender, age and pregnancy/lactation status
Values are guidelines for AVERAGE DAILY consumption

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Dietary Reference Intake (DRI)

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when there is less information gathered about a nutrient but still enough to know that a certain amount must be included in the diet, an ____ _____ is established. This value is not as precise as an RDA.

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adequate intake

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the highest amount of a nutrient that can be each day that is UNLIKELY to cause ill effects

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Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL

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the amount of energy, in calories, that a person must eat each day, on average, to maintain their weight.
Based upon sex, weight, age, activity level, pregnancy/lactation status
Values based on an ‘average’ person
We all use calories differently

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Estimated Energy Requirement (EER)

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range of calories we should get each day for each macronutrient

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Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Range (AMDR) –

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food characteristic used to determine the nutritional quality of a food

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nutrient density

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Ratio of non-caloric nutrients to caloric nutrients
How many vitamins and minerals do I get for the amount of calories I eat in this food-

Low nutrient density – white potato
High nutrient density – sweet potato

Both mostly in carbohydrates but sweet potato has Vitamin A, iron and is lower in calories

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nutrient density

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Information on a food package that is required by the Food and Drug Administration

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food label

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-canned beans
-corn chips
-milk

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required to have a food label

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fresh produce
-fresh meats

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not required to have a food label

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Statement of identity-Common name of the product
Net contents of the package-can be listed as weight, volume or count (4 bars)
Ingredient list-ingredients are listed in descending order by weight
Name and address of manufacturer or distributor
Nutrition Facts Panel

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food label

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A collection of nutrition information presented in a standard manner.
Ideally, the common presentation allows comparisons between similar foods

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nutrition facts panel

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A term on food labels based on the RDA (Recommended Dietary Allowance) designed to help consumers use food label information to plan a healthy diet

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daily value DV

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information about a nutrient in the food (e.g.sodium, fiber, calcium, fat) described in general terms

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nutrient claim

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describe a relationship between a nutrient or food and a disease or health-related condition. well researced and supported scientifically

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health claims

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eating many different foods from the food groups
-No single food meets all nutrient needs
-No food needs eliminated entirely (no BAD food)

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variety

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do not overconsume any single food or food group.

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balance

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eat portions sizes that allow you to maintain health.

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moderation

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make sure that you are meeting your nutrient needs. meet these over time do not need to meet needs everyday

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adequacy