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    Lecture 1 - Introduction To Nutrition

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    This document discusses nutrition and the essential nutrients required for human health. It defines nutrition as the processes by which organisms ingest and utilize food. There are two types of essential nutrients - macronutrients including fats, carbohydrates, and proteins, which provide energy, and micronutrients such as vitamins and minerals, which support growth and cellular function. The document outlines the key functions of each macronutrient and several important vitamins and minerals, providing examples of food sources for each. It concludes with an assignment asking the reader to list local food sources of various fat-soluble vitamins and water-soluble vitamins.

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    This document discusses nutrition and the essential nutrients required for human health. It defines nutrition as the processes by which organisms ingest and utilize food. There are two types of essential nutrients - macronutrients including fats, carbohydrates, and proteins, which provide energy, and micronutrients such as vitamins and minerals, which support growth and cellular function. The document outlines the key functions of each macronutrient and several important vitamins and minerals, providing examples of food sources for each. It concludes with an assignment asking the reader to list local food sources of various fat-soluble vitamins and water-soluble vitamins.

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    This document discusses nutrition and the essential nutrients required for human health. It defines nutrition as the processes by which organisms ingest and utilize food. There are two types of essential nutrients - macronutrients including fats, carbohydrates, and proteins, which provide energy, and micronutrients such as vitamins and minerals, which support growth and cellular function. The document outlines the key functions of each macronutrient and several important vitamins and minerals, providing examples of food sources for each. It concludes with an assignment asking the reader to list local food sources of various fat-soluble vitamins and water-soluble vitamins.

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    Nutrition and Prevention

    Timothy Chifamba, DMD


    What is Nutrition?
    • “the sum of the processes by which an animal or plant take in and
    utilize food substances”
    • Human Nutrition – the process by which human beings ingest,
    metabolize and utilize food
    Elements of a Good Diet
    Food consists of macro and micro nutrients which are necessary for life,
    growth, body function and tissue repair:
    • Macronutrients, include fats, carbohydrates and protein
    • Micronutrients, include vitamins and minerals

    (Mother and Child Health and Education Trust, 2017)


    Functions of Macronutrients
    Fat:
    • fat supports many of your body’s functions such as vitamin and
    mineral absorption, blood clotting, building cells, and muscle
    movement
    • is high in calories, but those calories are an important energy source
    for your body
    • healthy fats in your diet can help you to balance your blood sugar,
    decrease your risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes, and improve
    your brain function. They’re also powerful anti-inflammatories, and
    they may lower your risk of arthritis, cancer, and Alzheimer’s disease
    Functions of Macronutrients
    Carbohydrates:
    • necessary for a healthy body (don’t let trends fool you)
    • fuel the body, especially the central nervous system and
    brain, and protect against disease
    • should make up 45 to 65 percent of the total daily calories
    Functions of Macronutrients
    Protein:
    • is used primarily for growth, health, and body maintenance
    • provides the building blocks of the body (Every cell, from
    bone to skin to hair to muscle, contains protein
    • All of your hormones, antibodies, and other important
    substances are composed of protein. Protein is not used to
    fuel the body unless necessary
    • 16 percent of the average person’s body weight is from
    protein
    (Ferriera & Butler, 2018)
    Functions of Vitamins (fat-soluble)
    Functions of Vitamins
    Functions of Vitamins (water soluble)
    Functions of Minerals
    Mineral Functions Sources
    Calcium Needed for forming bones and Canned salmon with bones,
    teeth sardines, milk, cheese, yogurt,
    Helps nerves and muscles cabbage, broccoli, and calcium-
    function fortified orange juice

    Magnesium Needed for forming bones and Green leafy vegetables, nuts,
    teeth bran cereal, seafood, milk,
    Needed for normal nerve and cheese, and yogurt
    muscle function
    Phosphorus Needed for forming bones and Milk, yogurt, cheese, red meat,
    teeth poultry, fish, eggs, nuts, peas,
    Needed for storing energy from and some cereals and breads
    food
    Assignment 1
    1. List three examples of locally available foods with the
    following fat soluble vitamins:
    • Vitamin A
    • Vitamin D
    • Vitamin E
    • Vitamin K
    2. List four examples of locally available foods with the
    following water soluble vitamins:
    • vitamins C
    • B complex
    List of References
    Ferriera, M., & Butler, N. (2018). 6 Essential Nutrients: What They Are and Why
    You Need Them. Retrieved from https://www.healthline.com/health/food-
    nutrition/six-essential-nutrients
    Mother and Child Health and Education Trust. (2017). The Elements of a Healthy
    Diet - Mother, Infant and Young Child Nutrition & Malnutrition - Feeding
    practices including micronutrient deficiencies prevention, control of wasting,
    stunting and underweight. Retrieved from
    http://motherchildnutrition.org/healthy-nutrition/about-healthy-
    nutrition/elements-healthy-diet.html

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