Contents INTRODUCTION 3 BALANCED DIET 4 FOOD GROUPS 5 CARBOHYDRATES 5 MAIN SOURCES 5 FUNCTIONS 5 ENERGY SUPPLY 5 PROTEINS 6 MAIN SOURCES 6 DIETARY IMPORTANCE (FUNCTIONS) 6 ENERGY SUPPLY 6 LIPIDS 7 PRINCIPAL SOURCES 7 DIETARY IMPORTANCE (FUNCTIONS) 7 ENERGY SUPPLY 7 VITAMINS 8 MINERALS 9 WATER 10 FUNCTIONS 10 DIETARY FIBER /ROUGHAGE 11 FUNCTIONS 11 PROBLEMS OF AN UNBALANCED DIET 12 MALNUTRITION 12 EFFECTS OF MALNUTRITION 12 CONSTIPATION 13 HEART DISEASE 13 OBESITY 14 STARVATION 15 Poverty 15 Over
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Alcohol and it is effects on a human health Alcohol has a long history Humans have drunk alcohol for at least 12‚000 years and it has used in the different religious rituals. For instance the ancient Romans had a god of wine Bacchus and Greeks had also a god of wine Dionysus. Cristian Communion services and certain Jewish religious retuals include wine to the present day. On the other hand wine was usual daily drink in Mediterranean countries and beer was part of the staple diet until the early
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Stephanie Mendoza Biological Anthropology 101 Professor Deanna Heikkinen 06 October 2010 The Effects of Genetic Research in the Modern World What makes the human genome so incredibly fascinating? Is it the thousands of genetic sequences of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) or the fact that all life is specified by genomes? Or could it be the fact that a genome contains the building blocks of life and without it‚ life would not exist as it is at this very moment? These are the types of questions
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reasons the ketone diet is beneficial for treating inflammatory disease is because it reverses the effects of the SAD diet. August McLaughlin from Livestrong says‚ “High-glycemic carbs can cause blood sugar irregularities and trigger or worsen inflammatory responses.” (Carbohydrates and Inflammation). High carb diets are creating all of this metabolic derangement with inflammatory responses. Switching from the standard american diet to the ketogenic diet drastically improves symptoms of inflammatory
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Many health and body figure conscious people struggle for years to shed unwanted pounds. Unfortunately‚ successful and permanent weight loss is only possible with comprehensive lifestyle changes that address eating behaviors‚ physical activity‚ and psychological factors such as goal-setting and self-esteem issues. Weight loss is becoming an unhealthy obsession dealing with body images‚ but in some cases can improve health and fitness. The best approach is to moderately restrict calories and increase
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INFORMATION Eating a balanced diet means choosing a wide variety of foods and drinks from all the food groups. It also means eating certain things in moderation‚ namely saturated fat‚ trans fat‚ cholesterol‚ refined sugar‚ salt and alcohol. The goal is to take in nutrients you need for health at the recommended levels. Two examples of a balanced eating pattern are the USDA Food Guide at MyPyramid.gov and the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH Diet). Both eating patterns emphasize
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The Atkins Diet: Is it Safe and Effective? People in today ’s society all want to find the perfect solution to their weight problems. They are looking for a diet which would allow them to eat all the foods they love and still loose weight. Dr. Robert Atkins‚ founder of the Atkins Diet‚ devised a diet that allows people to eat such food as fried eggs‚ bacon‚ steak and other high-fat foods as long as they drastically reduced the amount of carbohydrates they consumed. Is this a safe and effective
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The Paleo diet plan mainly focuses on the lifestyle of an individual. It is intended to restrict and eliminate specific food groups that may cause a person to gain weight. You can compare the Paleo diet to eating like a caveman. This is based on the understanding that the ideal human diet was the one we had in earlier times. These are foods that were eaten by those living in the Paloelithic era‚ hence the name‚ Paleo diet. The main foods of the Paleo diet include: -Fish -Vegetables -Meat -Nuts
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The Average American Diet America today is in the middle of a nutritional crisis. Throughout the country‚ the obesity epidemic has struck every population demographic. According to recent projections made by the United States Government‚ 63.9 percent of Americans are either overweight or obese. That is over half of the population! What exactly is the culprit behind this crisis? How can someone fix this issue? The answers lie in the average American Diet. The diet consumed by Americans is one
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“Discuss the social and individual factors leading to unhealthy diet‚ its effects and some possible solutions for this problem” There are more and more people having unhealthy diet while there are also more and more issues about our body appearance. In this essay‚ I want to discuss these phenomena‚ its influences in our lives and give some suggestions as well. Regarding the reason why unhealthy diet has become popular‚ there are several to consider. First of all‚ a lot of girls want to be thinner
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