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Dietary guidelines for american |
1. Eat variety of foods 2. Balance the food you eat with physical activity 3. Maintain or improve your weight 4. Choose a diet with plenty of grains, vegetables and fruits 5. Choose a diet moderate in sugar 6. Choose a diet moderate in salt and sodium 7. If you bring alcoholic beverages, do so in moderation |
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Abbreviation for RDA |
Recommended Dietary Allowances |
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____ were intended to promite optional health by establishing nutrient intake that would lower the risk of nutrient deficiency |
RDA |
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Refers to the highest amount of a nutrient that appears safe for regular consumption and beyond which there is an increase risk of adverse effect |
Tolerable upper intake level |
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Valued use as a guide for nutritional intake when an RDA cannot be determined |
Adequate intake |
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Abbreviation for RENI |
Recommended Energy and Nutrient Intake |
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it is a system of determining a daily food plan based on units or exchanges of various food types |
Food exchange list |
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Carry info that will make you to make food choices, labels will list additives, ingredients, and nutrition info such as fats and nutrition information and protein context |
Food labels |
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Ensure that food product labels include accurate information and identify nutrients contained in the product |
Food labelling |
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Large molecules grouping that are needed by the body to maintain normal physiologic functioning |
Macronutrients |
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contains proteins, lipids, and carbo |
Macronutrients |
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Provides 4 kilo calorie per gram |
Proteins and Carbo |
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Provides 9 kilo calorie per gram |
Lipids and fats |
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spare body protein to prevent ketosis and regulate blood glucose level in order to maintain normal function of brain |
Carbo |
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Act as energy yielding compounds, the major fuel of the tissue |
Glucose |
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Constitute the structural of the organism converted to carbo |
Glucose |
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act as important storage of food material of the organism |
Glycogen |
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act as protective function of amino acid and fatty acid |
Glycogen |
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Key role of metabolism |
Glycogen |
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Four building blocks unit |
Monosaccharide Disaccharide Complex Polysaccharide Fiber |
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Basic unit of building blocks |
Monosaccharide |
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from dextrose/sugar, component of all three dietary disaccharides |
Glucose |
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Most concentrative form of sugar often use as additives |
Fructose |
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Breakdown of milk sugar or lactose |
Galactose |
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Teo monosaccharide joined together |
Disaccharide |
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Glycogen is the storage form found anywhere in the liver and muscle tissue and helps to sustain glucose level |
Complex polysaccharide |
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Provide the major source of carbo in the diet |
Starches |
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Adds volume not fuel (soluble vs. insoluble fiber) |
Fibers |
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include honey, molases, brown sugar and maple syrup |
Natural sugar |
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Simple carbo that have low nutrient dietary eg. white sugar, white bread, candy bars, cola |
Refined sugar |
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Carbo deficiency |
Hyperglycemia Glycosuria Galactocemia Pentosuria Diarrhea and flatulence |