Introduction
What is food?
What happens to the food we eat?
Our nutrient needs
Energy balance
Nutritional status
Laws & labels
Additives & colours
Toxicity in food
Processing food
Stability of food nutrients
Storage life of foods
Food- associated health problems
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WATER INPUT AND OUTPUT
INPUT 2500 MILLILITRES (ml)
Solid and
semi-solid
food
1200 ml
Drinks
1000ml
From digestion
of food
300ml
OUTPUT 2500 MILLILITRES (ml)
Expired air
350 ml
Sweat
500 ml
Urine
1500 ml
Faeces
150 ml
Food Facts
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Assessing your own nutritional status
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Water balance
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Special nutritional situations
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Medications
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Sugars and health
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Diet and lifestyle
Figures:
16:
Several ways to assess your nutritional status
17:
Are you too fat?
18. Water input and output
19:
Nutritional needs of particular health conditions
20:
Some medications that may increase nutritional needs
21:
Dietary intake and culture or lifestyle
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