HNF 150 Nutrition Recommendations

HNF 150 Nutrition Recommendations Dietary reference intake ️️DRI; reflect daily intakes to be achieved on average over time; set high enough to ensure that body stores will meet nutrient needs during periods of inadequate intakes; set by food and nutrition board and national academy of sciences Recommended Dietary Allowances ️️RDA; nutrient goals for individuals Adequate Intakes ️️AI; nutrient intake goals, set when scientific data are insufficient to establish RDA Estimated average requirements ️️EAR; population-wide average nutrient requirements use in nutrition research and policymaking, form basis for the RDA's Upper Intake Levels ️️UL; suggested upper limit for potentially toxic nutrients, intakes above are likely to cause illness from toxicity nutrient density ️️foods rich in nutrients when compared to their calorie count; lower the cal, higher the nutrients = good 6 types of nutrients ️️water, carbs, proteins, minerals, fats, and vitamins 3 types of nutrients that provide energy ️️fats, carbs, proteins Energy yield for fats, carbs, proteins, and alcohol ️️fats- 9, carbs- 4, protein- 4, alcohol- 7 characteristics of a nutritious diet ️️to have balance between the nutrients: not too many carbs, fats; have calories from all nutrients, moderation and variety- eating the same things over and over is never healthy, so consume a variety of food groups but within reason Whole foods ️️non-processed food, nothing is taken away or added to these foods; kinda like organic, when it grows to be a final product that's the way it stays, ex. fruit, vegetables, legumes processed foods ️️deliberate change in a food like freezing or drying food to preserve nutrients and freshness or formulating a frozen meal with the right nutrients; ex. canned veggies, most packaged foods enriched food ️️is when you have a whole food, remove the nutrients then put it back into the food; some the nutrients get lost in this transaction, ex. enriched white floir fortified food ️️add nutrient that was never in the food originally functional foods ️️a general term fro a food with beneficial physiological or psychological effects beyond providing essential nutrients ex. tomatoes, oats, omega-3s credible sources of nutrition info ️️FDA, WHO, AHA, registered dietitians Essential nutrients ️️have to obtain these from external sources aka food or supplements, either the body can't make them or doesn't make enough calorie ️️energy; raise temp of 1 L of H2O 1C, food is measured in kilocalories scientific method ️️1) ask a question 2) formulate a hypothesis 3) design an experiment 4) collect data 5) analyze 6) conclusion 7) redo the experiment with a diff question or redo for the purpose of accuracy questionnaires ️️knowledge, attitudes, and behavior food frequency ️️foods commonly eaten over time, how often? 24-hour recall ️️all food/liquid intake for the day before and portion sizes case studies ️️studies of individuals epidemiological studies ️️studies of populations; usually revels correlation, not causation migration studies ️️type of epidemiological study; populations who move from one environment to another intervention study ️️controlled or clinical study; researchers acti