What are ultra-processed foods, and what effects do they have on our diets? Find one food or product that belongs in each of the NOVA categories in your home […]
nutrition
Food/lifestyle suggestions
Your mom is pre-diabetic and her doctor wants her to make some changes to her diet and lifestyle. List and explain your top three food/lifestyle suggestions […]
Describing a Nutritional Assessment Tool
Find a dietary assessment tool that can be used either generally or for a specific alteration in health. When you have found your assessment tool, […]
Nutrition and Healthy Food Choices
In this assignment, imagine yourself in the role of a preschool classroom teacher preparing to send home with students a Healthy Take Home Bag that offers families […]
Difference between total sugars and added sugars
Look at the nutrition labels for the two breakfast bars below, also paying close attention to the ingredient lists provided in each. Answer the following questions: What is the difference […]
A food’s mineral content
Explain why a food’s mineral content is not necessarily a good indication of its ability to effectively meet our needs for that mineral. Explain why […]
Regulations governing the sale of dietary supplements
Explain why current regulations governing the sale of dietary supplements in this country make their use a bit risky.
Taking a multivitamin-mineral supplement
Explain why taking a multivitamin-mineral supplement is no substitution for eating a wide variety of whole grains, fruits, and vegetables.
Saturated and Unsaturated Fats
What is the difference between a Saturated fat and an Unsaturated Fat? Provide an example of each. How do Saturated fats impact your heart health?
Lipoprotein.
Lab Work: Using information from your text and the American Heart Association’s Cholesterol Animation, complete the table below with information about each lipoprotein. Lipoprotein Healthy Level What is its purpose? […]