The document discusses key topics in nutrition including the six categories of nutrients, calories, carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals and water. It emphasizes that a balanced diet contains all essential nutrients within calorie needs, manages weight through physical activity and makes healthy choices from various food groups while limiting harmful foods. A balanced diet and cooking nutritious meals is important for overall health and wellness.

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2. • Complex needs to
function and be
healthy.
• Large segment of
clientele requires it.
• Necessary in many
professional contexts.
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Why understand nutrition?

3. Chemical compounds
that are present in
foods.
• Fulfill different functions:
• Supply energy for body
functions.
• Provide molecules to
build and replace cells.
• Regulate body
processes.
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What are nutrients?

4. • Carbohydrates
• Fats
• Proteins
• Vitamins
• Minerals
• Water
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Six nutrient categories:

5. A unit of
measurement of
energy.
• Amount of heat
needed to raise the
temperature of 1
kilogram water by
1°C.
• Used to measure how
much energy certain
foods supply.
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What is a calorie?

6. Only carbohydrates, proteins, and fats can be used
by the body to supply energy.
• 1 gram carbohydrate supplies 4 calories.
• 1 gram protein supplies 4 calories.
• 1 gram fat supplies 9 calories.
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Do all nutrients provide the
same energy?

7. • Foods with empty calories provide few nutrients
per calorie.
• Refined sugars and starches.
• High nutrient density foods provide many
nutrients per calorie.
• Fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.
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Does all food bring equivalent nutrition?

8. Compounds that consist of carbon, hydrogen, and
oxygen atoms bound together in chains of
varying lengths.
• Sugars are simple carbohydrates.
• Starches are complex carbohydrates.
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What are carbohydrates?

9. The body’s most accessible
source of food energy.
• The body uses carbohydrates
as energy first.
• One of the important
functions of carbohydrates is
to help the body burn fat
properly.
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Do we need carbohydrates?

10. A group of carbohydrates that can neither be
absorbed nor used by the body.
• Soluble fiber absorbs water and forms a kind of gel.
• Insoluble fiber forms bulk in the intestines.
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What is fiber?

11. • Fats supply energy to
the body in highly
concentrated form.
• Some fatty acids are
necessary for
regulating certain
body functions.
• Fats act as carriers of
fat-soluble vitamins.
• Vitamins A, D, E, and
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Do we need fats?

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Are all fats the same?

13. Saturated Fats are solid at room temperature.
• Major sources:
• Animal Products
• Solid Shortenings
• Tropical oils
• Carbon chain is fully saturated with Hydrogen
atoms
• Contribute significantly to heart disease and other
health problems.
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What are saturated fats?

14. • Occur naturally in small amounts.
• Most are manufactured (hydrogenation).
• Give foods a longer shelf life, desirable taste and
texture.
• Limit the body’s ability to rid
itself of cholesterol.
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What are trans fats?

15. • A fatty substance closely
linked with heart disease,
as it collects on artery walls
and blocks blood flow to
the heart and other vital
organs.
• It is found only in animal
products.
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What is cholesterol?

16. The average adult needs 50 to 60
grams protein a day.
• Essential for growth, building body
tissues, basic body functions.
• Composed of amino acids
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Do we need protein?

17. • Regulating body function.
• Supply no energy.
• Some vitamins must be present in
order for energy to be utilized in
the body.
• A lack of certain vitamins causes
deficiency diseases.
• Some are soluble in water
(eliminated), others in fats
(stored).
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What are vitamins?

18. YES!!
• Metabolism and other cell functions
• Digestion
• Delivery of nutrients
• Removal of waste
• Temperature regulation
• Lubrication and cushioning of joints and tissues
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Do we need water?

19. What is microbiota?
The ecological community of
commensal, symbiotic and
pathogenic microorganisms
that literally share our body
space.
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20. What is digestion?
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21. Can we get protein without meat?
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22. What is a balanced diet?
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23. Readings
• In your text book:
Pages 59 to 96
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25. • We must consume a varied diet that contains all the
essential nutrients.
• Additionally, we must limit our intake of foods that can
be harmful in large quantities.
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The Balanced Diet

26. General recommendations for people who want to
remain healthy:
• Get adequate nutrients within calorie needs.
• Manage weight.
• Engage in physical activity.
• Select from the right food groups.
• Manage consumption of fats.
• Manage consumption of carbohydrates.
• Manage consumption of sodium and potassium.
• Manage consumption of alcoholic beverages.
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The Balanced Diet

27. Professional cooks are making their foods more healthful
in several ways:
• Using less fat in cooking
• Cooking methods that require no added fat can be considered the
most healthful.
• Using unsaturated fats
• Try to substitute with monounsaturated fats.
• Emphasizing flavor
• Rely more on the natural flavors of foods and less on salt and
other additives.
• Using the freshest, highest-quality foods possible
• It is important to use high-quality natural ingredients at their peak
of flavor.
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Cooking Healthful Meals

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• Storing foods properly
• loss of nutrients can be slowed by proper storage
• Modifying portion sizes
• Smaller portions are likely to be more healthful
• Giving customers a healthful choice
• Offer a menu with a variety of foods
• Training the dining room staff
• Train dining room personnel to answer customers’
questions about the menu and to offer suggestions when
asked
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Cooking Healthful Meals

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• Using nutritional information
• Study the nutritional content of foods in order to plan
healthful menus
• Publications are available that list the nutritional content of
common food items
• Basic awareness of nutrition helps every professional
minimize the fat, cholesterol, and sodium in and maximize
the nutritional content and balance of the foods they serve
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Cooking Healthful Meals

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