Vitamins and minerals are both macronutrients but unlike micronutrients they are not a direct source of energy. Both micronutrients are need in small amount for the body to function properly. While people mistakenly use them synonymously, vitamins and minerals are extremely different. Vitamins are a tasteless organic compound and are needed for the body to grow, reproduce, and maintain good health. With so many important functions of vitamins, luckily, it can be easily obtained through food (plants and animals). It important to consider, vitamins can be destroyed by air, water, or heat. So it is easy to destroy vitamins when working with food. Reducing cooking time, keeping produce cool, and using less water to boil vegetables are just a few
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Often time’s people have no symptoms and many people will not even know that they have it. This is why it is so important to check your blood pressure regularly. DASH stands for the dietary approach to stop hypertension. It regulates several lifestyle factors than can reduce hypertension on. This includes reducing sodium intake, increase certain vitamins, and maintaining a healthy body weight. A typical Dash diet would have low sodium/ low fat foods; meet the dietary fiber recommendation, limited caffeine, and an adequate amount of water. It somewhat mimics the DRI daily standards. Factors outside the diet include, exercise and quitting …show more content…
Unfortunately once I get older my risk will increase. Since I am of small frame and I am a woman. Women have a lower peak bone mass compared to men. In the diet analysis my calcium levels and vitamin D levels were low which also heightened my risk for osteoporosis. Lastly my low protein intake can also put me at more of a risk. I do not smoke, drink alcohol, and only consume small amounts of caffeine. A few lifestyle changes that I make will lower my risk for osteoporosis. If I get an adequate amount of calcium, vitamin D, and do muscle exercises regularly my risk for osteoporosis can decrease
Often time’s people have no symptoms and many people will not even know that they have it. This is why it is so important to check your blood pressure regularly. DASH stands for the dietary approach to stop hypertension. It regulates several lifestyle factors than can reduce hypertension on. This includes reducing sodium intake, increase certain vitamins, and maintaining a healthy body weight. A typical Dash diet would have low sodium/ low fat foods; meet the dietary fiber recommendation, limited caffeine, and an adequate amount of water. It somewhat mimics the DRI daily standards. Factors outside the diet include, exercise and quitting …show more content…
Unfortunately once I get older my risk will increase. Since I am of small frame and I am a woman. Women have a lower peak bone mass compared to men. In the diet analysis my calcium levels and vitamin D levels were low which also heightened my risk for osteoporosis. Lastly my low protein intake can also put me at more of a risk. I do not smoke, drink alcohol, and only consume small amounts of caffeine. A few lifestyle changes that I make will lower my risk for osteoporosis. If I get an adequate amount of calcium, vitamin D, and do muscle exercises regularly my risk for osteoporosis can decrease