Lesson 7 - Chapters 9&10 Flashcards
There are little differences between the diet of rural and urban families?
False
Cancer and cardiovascular disease, both nutritionally related, are two of the biggest killers of the adult population?
True
Sweets before bed, or as rewards, can create lifelong problems with our relationship with food?
True
When we change our diets we need to pay close attention to what?
How the body handles new foods as digestive problems and allergies may occur
Refined grains were melt to 10% of total calories in the paleo diet?
False
Paleo diet facts:
High fibre intake
Hunter gatherer diet
Protein was high, between 19 and 35% of total calories and always included meat
Longevity similar to our, but with less chronic degenerative disease
Which habits weaken the digestive system and make it easier to gain weight?
Overeating
Eating late at night
Eating too many different foods at the same time
What is the most important food habit?
WHAT we eat
Which principle is the best approach to daily meal patterns?
Eat the most before you do the most
What food generates the most alkaline ash out of grains, nuts, milk, and lemons?
Lemons
Food combining rules:
Fruits are best eaten alone
Meats require an acidic digestive medium and starches require an alkaline environment, so when eaten together it slows digestion and makes it less efficient
Proteins should not be mixed with starches
If eaten with other foods, fruits and simple sugars can ferment in the body allowing gas to go through the intestines
To calculate the calories from carbs on a food label, multiple total grams of carbs by 4 calories ?
True
Food labelling rules;
High potassium means 700mg or more per serving
Good source of fibre indicates 2.5 to 4.9 per serving
Children should be encouraged to drink plenty of water and juice during the day?
False, not juice
Which spice can be contaminated with salmonella and should be stored in the fridge?
Paprika
What are some good recommendations to avoid the spread of infections through food?
Avoid over ripe produce
Don’t buy bulging cans
Use meats and poultry within 1 or 2 days
About one/third of deaths by food poisoning can be directly traced to which three organisms?
Salmonella. Listeria. Toxoplasma
Which foods generate alkaline ash in the body?
Most fruits and veggies
What is something avoided in the macrobiotic diet?
Fruit juice
Are veggies and legumes a complete protein?
No,
Nuts plus legumes or grains plus legumes
What diet does not include animal flesh, but does include the by products of chickens and cows, such as eggs and milk products?
Lacto ovo vegetarian
Which diet whether omnivores or vegetarian can provide all the nutrients we need?
Natural foods
Which diet consists of small meals or snacks every 2 to 3 hours and focuses on the concept that food is our fuel?
Warrior
Tooth decay, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes are all problems associated with which of the following diets?
Standard American diet
Industrialized diet
Which cultural diet practices Ayurvedic approach to eating, which believes the forces that make a diet healthy or unhealthy are the same forces that govern the entire universe?
Indian
When the industrial or refined foods diet was introduced to different tribal cultures throughout the world, a general degradation of their health followed within a single generation ?
True
Extra salt and too few of the other minerals affects the body’s water balance, thereby affecting the kidneys, blood pressure, and eventually the entire cardiovascular system
True
Should we drink water with meals?
No
Acid alkaline balance refers to the body’s response to the food consumed, not the foods PH level in isolation ?
True
The main concern regarding food contamination is contamination by handling?
False
Once food is cooked, contamination is unlikely?
False
The three aspects of the American diet that has received the most attention are?
Salt
Red meats
Fats
Reducing totally fat intake is probably the most important step to creating a healthier diet?
True
