Midterm 1 - UNIT 02

Question 1

Designing a healthful diet:
BASICS of Healthy Diet
Moderation vs balance

Answer 1

Moderation = eating 'right' amts to optimize healthy weight and metabolic processes
Balance = diet containing a combo of foods that provide balance of nutrients

Question 2

Nutrition Labels include: (1-6)

Answer 2

1 - Nutrient content claims
2 - Health claims
3 - Ingredient list
4 - Nutrition Facts Table - serving size
5 - info of food
6 - Manufact/packer/distribut

Question 3

Daily Values =
, has 2 reference points
what needs less…

Answer 3

= amt of nutrients provided in a serving of food
1 - recommended daily intakes - most vit and minerals included
2 - reference standards
… fat, chloesterol, Saturated Fat, Sodium

Question 4

FOOD GROUPS
* in notes *

Plant sterols =

Answer 4

= plant counterpart to animal based chloesterol, inhibits absorption of chloesterol in GI system
–> 1.5g plant sterols - decreases blood chloesterol by 10-15%