Dieting and nutrition
Question 1
Principles of dieting include the keeping of a food journal, one not skipping meals as well as eating out less often. The best tool is where one ensures that every diet has five groups of food which help in offering the best macro and micronutrients.
Question 2
DRIs refer to the reference values, which are quantitative estimates of nutrients intakes that are used to plan and assess the diets of healthy people. RDA is the average daily level intake which is sufficient for meeting the nutritional requirement in a healthy individual. AI is established when there is not sufficient evidence of developing an RDA (Papas, 2019). EAR refers to the median daily intake values, which is estimated to meeting the daily requirements. On the other hand, UL refers to the highest average nutrient intake, which has no chance of risking someone’s health. Then AMDR refers to the range of intake of certain energy sources which is always expressed as % of the total energy.
Question 3
Dietary guidelines offer evidence-based nutrition’s information as well as advice for people over two years for helping Americans in making healthy choices concerning food in their daily lives.
Overall guidelines include;
Focusing on variety, amounts and nutrient-dense foods
Limitation of calories from added sugars and saturated fats
Shifting to healthier foods and beverage options
Following a healthy eating pattern in someone’s lifespan
Supporting healthy eating patterns
Question 4
My Plate goes and chooses MyPlate gov refers to the current nutrition guide, which was published by the USDA Center for nutrition policy (Alcázar et al., 2020). It depicts a place with a plate and glass that are divided into five food groups.
Question 5
The food label is a panel which is on packages of foods that has various information concerning the nutritional values of food items. They help in limiting the fat, sugar and cholesterol levels in the body (Alcázar et al., 2020). FDA requires that the food labels should have nutrition facts charts which involve the amount of calories and amount of fat in a product.
Question 6
The three claims on food products are health claims, nutrient content claims, as well as function claim. For health claim, it entails the substance and the health-related condition to the food (Alcázar et al., 2020). Nutrition content claims are where there is a description of nutrient levels in a product using terms like low or high. It also makes a comparison of the nutrient levels in food to another food type based on what is reduced or more.
Question 7
Functional foods offer vital nutrients which help in the protection of a person from diseases; most of them are rich in antioxidants (Alcázar et al., 2020). They assist in the neutralization of harmful compounds like chronic conditions. They can be used for boosting the intake of essential nutrients and filling of the gap in the diet as well as supporting the overall health.
Question 8
Positing of nutritional information on menus will not help in solving the obesity epidemic, and reading of nutritional information does not in any way override compulsion of ordering something unhealthy (Papas, 2019). One decides to order, depending on what they feel like eating at that time.
Question 9
The statement of you is what you eat means that when one eats good food, they end up being health (Papas, 2019). An example is where one feels energetic when they eat salad; hence statement you are what you eat. I notice what I feel after consuming a particular food. This is key since whatever I take in the body has an overall effect on my health status.
References
Papas, A. M. (Ed.). (2019). Antioxidant status, diet, nutrition, and health. CRC press.
Alcázar, R., Fortes, A. M., & Tiburcio, A. F. (2020). Polyamines in Plant Biotechnology, Food Nutrition, and Human Health. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11, 120.