This document discusses the importance of nutrition in preventing cancer. It notes that 20% of cancers are related to poor nutrition, excessive alcohol, obesity, and inactivity. It then provides information on the main food categories - protein, carbohydrates, fats, and vitamins. Each category is defined along with examples of foods that contain them. The document also explains what a Nutrition Facts label contains, such as serving size, calories, nutrients to limit/get enough of, and footnote information on daily recommended intake amounts. E numbers for food additives are also defined, with some to take care with like nitrites.

1. Nutrition & preventing
cancer
Why are we talking about nutrition?
20% of all cancers diagnosed in the US are related to body
fatness, physical inactivity, excess alcohol consumption and poor
nutrition

2. Have you ever thought about what you are
eating ? whether if it was good or bad ?

3. Outline
• Different food categories
• What is the Nutrition Facts Label?
• The numbers and letters that are found on it ?

4. Our food consists of four main types
1. Protein
2. Carbohydrates
3. Fat
4. Vitamins

5. Protein: helps in building our body and muscles , it also helps in
healing wounds
Meat Chicken Legumes
Such as Lentils,
beans, …
Fish

6. Carbohydrates : are those foods that provide us with the energy
that our body needs
Rice Macaroni

7. Fat
Healthy
Fat
Unhealthy
Fat

8. Healthy Fats:helps to maintain health and protect against heart disease and
atherosclerosis
Olive Oil

9. Unhealthy Fat: be cautious and minimize them; may lead to
atherosclerosis
Margarine and animal fat

10. Vitamins : helps the body resist against diseases
and is good for general health

11. Vegetables
Cucumber, tomato and carrot

12. Fruits
Watermelons, bananas, pomegranates ...

13. Have you ever seen this table ?
Nutrition Facts Label
Let’s know more about it >>>

14. 1. The Serving Size
Is the amount of food that you get from the product at a time

15. 2.Calories (and Calories from Fat)
Calories provide a measure of how much energy you get from a serving of this
food.

16. =limit this nutrients
Eating too much fat, saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, or sodium may
increase your risk of certain chronic diseases

17. = Get Enough of These
Eating enough of these nutrients can improve your health and help reduce
the risk of some diseases and conditions

18. Vitamin A it is present in carrots and it
improves vision
Vitamin C it is present in orange
helps in the treatment of colds
and flu
Calcium it is present in milk
helps in formation of bones
iron it exists in eggplant and molasses
helps in the formation of red
blood cells

19. 5. Understanding the Footnote on the Bottom of the Nutrition Facts Label
It contain the correct amount of certain nutrients that your body needs per day

20. • What are the E numbers ?
E numbers are codes for substances that are permitted to be used as food additives
• Take care of this E numbers
• E250 , E251 nitrites
• E320 BHA
• E321 BHT

21. Conclusion
1- importance of nutrition
2-Different food categories
3-What is the Nutrition Facts Label?
4-The numbers and letters that are found on it ?
5- E numbers that we must take care of it

22. References :
http://www.fda.gov/Food/IngredientsPackagingLabeling/LabelingNutrition/ucm274593.htm#see1
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1298662
http://www.berkeleywellness.com/healthy-eating/food- safety/article/two-preservatives-avoid