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Nutrición - Avanzado

Asociación General

Artes Domésticas

Destreza: 3
Año de introducción: 1986

Requisitos

1. Tener la especialidad de Nutrición.

Véase Nutrición para consejos e instrucciones.

2. Leer un libro sobre la nutrición.

3. Mantener un diario de lo que comes durante una semana.

4. Calcular la cantidad total de nutrientes de los siguientes elementos en la dieta de cada día:

a. Calorías

b. Proteínas

c. Hierro

d. Calcio

e. Vitamina A

f. Tiamina

g. Riboflavina

h. Niacina

i. Vitamina C o ácido ascórbico

5. ¿Cómo está el número de nutrientes en la dieta comparado con el gráfico de cantidades diarias recomendadas?

6. Explicar por qué una dieta alta en fibra es importante y decir cómo ésta se puede obtener.

7. Nombrar 3 enfermedades debido a la desnutrición y describir los síntomas de cada una.

8. ¿Cuáles son los síntomas de la deficiencia de vitamina B12?

9. ¿Qué consejo se puede dar a una persona que decide ser un vegetariano total?

10. What is the difference between saturated and unsaturated fats? Which is the most healthful, and why?

Saturated fats and trans fatty acids are the kinds of fats most likely to cause heart disease. Saturated fats are found mainly in animal products (eggs, butter, cheese, whole milk, and whole milk products), and in coconut, palm, and palm kernel oil. Trans fatty acids appear in foods containing hydrogenated fats like margarine and crackers. To reduce the risk of heart disease, replace saturated fats with unsaturated fats like canola oil, olive oil, flax seed oil, nuts, avocado, soy products, and nut butters. Choose margarine, cookies, crackers, and snack foods that do not contain hydro-genated fats (read the label). See [1]

11. Why is it advisable to use less sugar in the diet? List several ways in which this may be accomplished.

There are a several reasons why sugar is ruining your health: Sugar can suppress the immune system; Sugar leads to cancer of the ovaries; Sugar can cause heart disease; Sugar can cause appendicitis; Sugar can cause multiple sclerosis; Sugar can increase cholesterol; Sugar can increase the systolic blood pressure; Sugar can cause drowsiness and decreased activity in children; Sugar can contribute to Alzheimer’s disease; Sugar can lead to prostrate cancer; Sugar can cause liver tumors; etc. [2]

12. What are amino acids? How many are needed to make all the proteins in the body? What is meant by essential amino acids? How many of them are essential? Where can you get all the essential amino acids?

Definition of Essential Amino acids: the nine a-amino acids required for protein synthesis that cannot be synthesized by humans and must be obtained in the diet: histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, and valine.

Note: http://www.google.com enter definition essential amino acids to get this and other related definitions! [3]

13. Know the difference between water and fat soluble vitamins. What are two common vitamins that are fat soluble? What are two vitamins that are water soluble?

The fat soluble vitamins are soluble in lipids (fats). These vitamins are usually absorbed in fat globules (called chylomicrons) that travel through the lymphatic system of the small intestines and into the general blood circulation within the body. These fat soluble vitamins, especially vitamins A and E, are then stored in body tissues. Two common vitamins that are fat soluble (A, D, E, and K). Two vitamins that are water soluble (B and C). It determines how each vitamin acts within the body. [4]

14. Using the book Counsels on Diet and Foods by Ellen G. White, write a paragraph on the benefits of a lacto-ovo vegetarian diet.

Use the "search the writings" feature on http://www.egwestate.org

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