2 - Nutritional Principles: Canada food guide Flashcards
What is the role of food guide?
- To assist in helping people maintain a healthy diet
- for dietary analysis
- For nutritional goals
- For food consumption surveys
- For food supply & production
What are the food-based dietary guidelines?
- Public food & nutrition
- For advice
- For promotion of health & prevention of diseases
- > 100 countries have good based dietary guidelines
What are some significant changes from the 2007 version of the food guideline?
- No portion sizes
- No serving recommendations
- No gender differences
- In essence it is completely different from how we have been using the food guide to date
What are some healthy food choices an individual can make?
- Vegetables + fruits
- Whole grains
- Protein foods
What are some of the healthy eating recommendations?
- Monitoring our eating habits
- Cooking more often
- Enjoying food
- Eating with others
What is the 1st guideline for healthy eating?
- Vegetables, fruits, whole grains + proteins foods are to be eaten regularly
- Protein consumption should be plant-based more often
- Unsaturated fat foods should replace foods that contain mostly saturated fat
- Water is to be the beverage of choice.
What is the 2nd guideline to eating healthy?
Avoid consuming regularly food which undermine healthy eating:
- Processed or prepared foods km
- Beverages which have:
1.) excess sodium
2.) saturated fat
3.) Free sugars
What is the 3 guideline to support healthy eating?
- To acquire food skills
- To assist in navigation of the complex food environment
- Promotion of cooking with nutritious food as a practical way to support healthy eating
- promotion of food labels as a tool to help people make informed food choices.
Where can we see vitamin C deficiencies more often?
- In older patients
- Smokers
- Drug abusers
What would be an inadequate amount of Vitamin C? & what would it cause on an individual?
Gingiva inflamed & BOP
What can chewable Vitamin C cause in individuals?
- Enamel erosion
- Dentin Hypersensitivity
What is the definition of Nutritional deficiencies?
when you are not receiving enough of the nutrients needed for growth & development (lack of vitamins + minerals)
What can nutritional deficiencies cause on an individual?
They modify the host immune response & how it reacts to periodontal diseases & conditions.
When does pH begin to decrease after consumption of foods?
2-3 mins after
What pH does decalcification begin to occur?
pH 5.5
How long does it take for pH back to the initial starting point?
40 minutes
Why can choosing milk or water as a beverage choice impact pH levels?
They both do not have a significant drop in pH levels upon consumption, due to the lack of acidic components within the beverage.
What are some foods with little or no acid?
- Cheese
- Nuts
- Cocoa products
- proteins
- Fats
What are the 12 core nutrients?
- Fat
- Saturated fat
- Trans fat
- Fibre
- Sugars
- Proteins
- Cholesterol
- Potassium
- Calcium
- Iron
What is the maximum consumption of sugars in an adult daily?
100g/day
