Table of Contents
Nutrition for Health
An Overview of
Nutrition and Health/Diseasemalnutrition
Chapter 1
Definitions
Other Components in
Foods
Why Do You Eat the
Foods You Eat?Chapter 1 - page 13
Diet and Disease - a
previewChapter 1 - pages 16-17; tables 1-5 & 1-6
How to select the
most nutritious foods:
Digestion,
Absorption & MetabolismChapter 3 - pages 81-91
Mechanical and
Chemical DigestionChapter 3 - pages 81-91
(continued)
Review pages 81-91
for:
Chapter 2 -
Nutrition Tools
Food Guide
PyramidPage 45
24 hour dietary
intake
Food Labels
Proteins and Amino
AcidsChapter 6
Functions of Protein
Protein Quality
The Protein RDA
Protein Deficiency
Protein and Amino
Acid Supplements
Vegetarian Diets
Potential Problems
of Vegan Diets
Chapter 4 -
Carbohydrates
Usefulness of
Carbohydrates
Soluble and
Insoluble Fiber
Benefits of Fiber:
Lactose Intolerance
Hyper- and
Hypoglycemia
What about sugar?
LIPIDS: Fats, Oils,
Phospholipids & Sterols
Fatty Acids
Saturated and
Unsaturated Fatty Acids
Essential Fatty
Acids
Fish Oils
Effects of
Processing on Fats:
Fat Replacers:
Fat in the Diet:
Controversy 5 - page
183-187
Vitamins: Water
& Fat Soluble
Supplements &
Megadoses of vitamins:
Fat Soluble Vitamins
Vitamin A
Vitamin A
Food Sources of
Vitamin A:
Vitamin D
Vitamin D Toxicity:
Vitamin E
Vitamin E
Vitamin K
Water Soluble
Vitamins:
Water Soluble
Vitamins:
The B Vitamins:
B Vitamin
Deficiencies:
B Vitamin
Deficiencies:
B Vitamin
Deficiencies:
B Vitamin
Toxicities:
Non-B Vitamins
Vitamin C:
Vitamin C:
Vitamin C:
Substances sold as
dietary supplements:see page 257 of text
Vitamins as
antioxidants:Controversy 7
Minerals:
Calcium:
Calcium:
Sodium
Sodium
Potassium
Iodine
Iron
Iron
Zinc
Zinc
Selenium
Fluoride
Other Essential
Minerals
Water
Water
Water
Basal Metabolism
Exercise/Physical
Activity Needs
How do you determine
what your best weight is?
What Causes Obesity?
Other Theories of
Obesity Causes
Maintaining or
Losing Weight
Problems with Low
Calorie or Fasting Diets (see page 374, Table C9-2)
Characteristics of a
Good DietSee table 9-6, page 357
Ineffective Methods
for Weight Loss
How to Gain Weight
Eating
DisordersControversy 10 - pages 414-421
Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia Nervosa
cont.
Bulimia Nervosa
Eating Disorders
Sports Nutrition
Strategies to
maximize glycogen stores
Special needs of
athletes:
Pregame Meal
Pregame Meals
Nutrients to
Consider in Athletics
Ergogenic Aids
More Ergogenic Aids
Fluid Replacements
Nutrition &
Disease Prevention
Risk Factors for
Coronary Heart Diseasepage 433
So, What is a
Prudent Diet?
What is a prudent
lifestyle to prevent chronic diseases?
Alcohol
Effects of Alcohol
Effects of Caffeine
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