1. John Vince M. Buenconsejo
BEED 2-1D
1. Describe the science of nutrition in terms of its major basic science foundations
- Water is the most important nutrient.
- Essential nutrients are needed throughout life, only the amounts of nutrients
needed change.
- No single food contains all the essential nutrients in amounts needed for
optimum health.
- Good nutrition
- Proper nutrition
- All of the nutrients most of us need can be obtained by eating a variety of
different types of foods
- Nutrients are important chemical substances that work together and interact
with the body chemicals.
2. What contributions do other basic sciences make toward understanding human
nutrition? (Hint: outline your list into biological, physical, and behavioural
sciences)
- The physical sciences, particularly the anatomy of the body, how growth and
development of cells and organs, physical fitness and well-being are affected
by nutrition.
- The biological sciences of biochemistry and physiology help us to see how
nutrition relates with how the body works to promote health and wellness
throughout the life cycle. Genetics explains the inherited traits of a person.
The study of genetic nutrition is in its infancy and may explain the familial
tendencies of some diseases that may run in a family tree.
- The behavioural sciences help us to better understand how nutrition is
interwoven with our unique nature as human beings. Anthropology,
psychology, and other social sciences provide the background of the cultural
diversity of people and how food habits are formed. Attitudes toward food and
eating patterns develop throughout our life span from the acculturating
influences of family, group, ethnic/regional group, community, nation, even
our world.
3. True or False: Explain your answer.
3.1. Man’s only source of nutrients is from foods
- False, because water is also one the source and important nutrient for human
and it also accompany food while eating.
3.2. There is teamwork among nutrients.
- True, because nutrients have teamwork in order their purpose to become
more effective.

2. 3.3. We eat to live not live to eat.
- True, because people do not live to eat. They eat so they can live.
3.4. All nutrients are essential for bodily functions but some are not dietary
essentials.
- True, because some of the nutrients are needed for dietary essentials like
carbohydrates.
3.5. Energy is an essential unit.
- True, because energy is also needed in our everyday live. Nutrient cannot be
process without energy.
3.6. Water is not a nutrient
- False, water is also a nutrient because the nutrients of highest priority are
those that provide energy, which must be supplied from foods or can be
supplied from quantities stored in the body.