Food and Nutrition Notes
Food AND Nutrition
Scurvy
(15) http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155758.php
Who gets scurvy?
Though scurvy is a very rare disease, it still occurs in some patients - usually elderly people, alcoholics, or those that live on a diet devoid of fresh fruits and vegetables. Similarly, infants or children who are on special or poor diets for any number of economic or social reasons may be prone to scurvy.
16) http://www.articlesbase.com/anti-aging-articles/americans-unhealthy-lifestyle-is-the-leading-cause-of-death-407805.html
A study by Mathew Reeves, a Michigan State University epidemiologist finds that only
3% of Americans maintain a healthy lifestyle.
14) http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/v/vitamin_a_overdose/causes.htm
• Hypervitmaminosis
• Skin peeling
• Nausea
• Headache
• Hair loss
• Orange skin
Organic vs modified food http://www.trustyguides.com/healthy-eating8.html Healthy Eating by Andrew Alexander
Alexander, A. (n.d.). Healthy Eating. Curiosity Media Inc. Retrieved April 10, 2010, from http://www.trustyguides.com/healthy-eating8.html
• Organic food are grown 100 percent naturally, without any synthetic chemical pesticides or fertilizers
• People buy organic food so they can avoid eating chemicals
• Although people eating organic food do ingest less chemicals, but according to a 202 study by Consumer Union, the Yonkers, NY-based publisher of Consumer Reports magazine states that “customers who buy organic are exposed to about a third as many residues as those who buy conventionally grown foods.”
• So far there has been a full on conclusive evidence that pesticides levels on the food are at a high enough level to be harmful to humans
• Most experts say there is a very small amount of pesticides on our fruits and vegetables and if washed most of it will be cleaned off. http://www.differencebetween.net/object/difference-between-organic-and-inorganic-food/ Difference Between Organic and Inorganic Food
(2009).
Scurvy
(15) http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155758.php
Who gets scurvy?
Though scurvy is a very rare disease, it still occurs in some patients - usually elderly people, alcoholics, or those that live on a diet devoid of fresh fruits and vegetables. Similarly, infants or children who are on special or poor diets for any number of economic or social reasons may be prone to scurvy.
16) http://www.articlesbase.com/anti-aging-articles/americans-unhealthy-lifestyle-is-the-leading-cause-of-death-407805.html
A study by Mathew Reeves, a Michigan State University epidemiologist finds that only
3% of Americans maintain a healthy lifestyle.
14) http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/v/vitamin_a_overdose/causes.htm
• Hypervitmaminosis
• Skin peeling
• Nausea
• Headache
• Hair loss
• Orange skin
Organic vs modified food http://www.trustyguides.com/healthy-eating8.html Healthy Eating by Andrew Alexander
Alexander, A. (n.d.). Healthy Eating. Curiosity Media Inc. Retrieved April 10, 2010, from http://www.trustyguides.com/healthy-eating8.html
• Organic food are grown 100 percent naturally, without any synthetic chemical pesticides or fertilizers
• People buy organic food so they can avoid eating chemicals
• Although people eating organic food do ingest less chemicals, but according to a 202 study by Consumer Union, the Yonkers, NY-based publisher of Consumer Reports magazine states that “customers who buy organic are exposed to about a third as many residues as those who buy conventionally grown foods.”
• So far there has been a full on conclusive evidence that pesticides levels on the food are at a high enough level to be harmful to humans
• Most experts say there is a very small amount of pesticides on our fruits and vegetables and if washed most of it will be cleaned off. http://www.differencebetween.net/object/difference-between-organic-and-inorganic-food/ Difference Between Organic and Inorganic Food
(2009).