Question

Nutrition 100 Week 8 Discussion

The Course Outcomes listed in the syllabus state that after completing this course, you should be able to:

1. Interpret and correctly apply information obtained from the media in healthy meal planning and food choices.

2. Analyze diet for calories and nutrients

3. Comprehend the relationship between diet and health

4. Apply concepts of energy balance to weight management

Answer 1

1. A healthy meal should contain:

Fruits and vegetables

Fruits like apple, orange banana, and vegetables such as carrot, beetroot

leafy vegetables like spinach, cabbage, etc.

Grains

whole grains are best than refined grains because whole grains carry a rich amount of nutrients, vitamins.

Diary food

Milk and other dairy products play a key role in the human diet because it contains rich protein contents

Non-veg

Meat, fish, the egg contains a rich amount of protein content. marine fishes carry many nutrients and minerals.meat and fishes are great sources of vitamin B-complex.

Unsaturated Fat.

Unsaturated fat s best and healthier than saturated one.

2. consuming the right amount of calories is very essential for daily life.

Carbohydrates

proteins

minerals

vitamins

unsaturated fats

According to the U.S health department, a man needs 2700 kcal per day and it is 2200 for women. A calorie is based on age, sex, time spending for physical activities, body mass, height, general health.

3. Taking a proper amount of nutrients, minerals, vitamin containing foods, carbohydrate-rich food like grains on a daily base will protect the body from heart diseases, and overweight. a well-determined amount of food provides good energy, mood, and mindset, good immunity power, and thereby good general health. overeating will not give good health but alter your mindset in a negative way and mood losing, over body mass, heart and liver diseases.

4.

Concept of energy balancing

positive energy balance: the body is taking more calories than it spending

negative energy balancing: burning more calories than intake calories

Basic components for an energy balance is following,

energy intake, energy storage, energy expenditure.

If the rate of energy intake is not proportional to the energy expenditure then t will store once body. the excess energy will convert into fat and stores in the body. the rate increases lead to large body mas.

The fact is we are consuming more energy than we are spending and that is why many studies indicate nowadays overweight in humans is increasing.

Conclusion

positive energy balance leads to over mass

negative energy balancing leads to a decrease in body mass.

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